Luke 4:18 "The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
How many would like to see your Christian faith stronger than ever? You would like to see more miracles, more salvations, more healings, deeper prayer, etc.
In order for this to happen… you must have spiritual authority that only comes from God on high. God is looking for people who will do battle with the Satanic forces and powers of darkness which have long held many people and nations in bondage. To have victory in these areas we must have the anointing from God on high.
In the Old Testament, oil was actually poured upon the heads of 1- Lepers, 2- Preists, and 3- Kings.
THREE ANOINTINGS
1. Lepers Anointings - Leviticus 14:14-18.
Lev 14:14 "The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
Lev 14:15 "And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand.
Lev 14:16 "Then the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD.
Lev 14:17 "And of the rest of the oil in his hand, the priest shall put some on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the trespass offering.
Lev 14:18 "The rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed. So the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD.
Leviticus 14 gives a series of procedures for the leper and the priest to go through. These procedures had to be adhered to in order for healing to take place.
First, the leper offered a lamb for a trespass offering Lev. 14:13.
Lev 14:13 "Then he shall kill the lamb in the place where he kills the sin offering and the burnt offering, in a holy place; for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the trespass offering. It is most holy.
The blood of the lamb was then applied to the right ear, the right thumb and the big toe of the right foot.
After the blood was applied, the anointing oil was applied to the same spot on the ear, thumb and toe v.17 & v.25.
A. Ear = hearing
As sinners, we refused to hear God's commandments and broke them continually. As Christians, we listen to the voice of the Good Shepherd and keep His commandments (John 10:4,5) to love and serve one another.
B. Thumb = service
Gal 5:13 For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
Luke 10:30-37 - Example of the Good Samaritan
As Christians who are "washed by the blood of the Lamb, we use our gifts to serve God and others. We use our hands to heal and to help others.
3. Toe = walk
As unclean with leprosy of sin, we walked in ways of rebellion, wickedness and strife. When the blood is applied, we renounce hidden works of darkness and immorality and walk in paths of righteousness and purity.
Leprosy is symbolic of the Holy Spirit's work in salvation when we are cleansed from our "spiritual leprosy," sin. Just as leprosy moves into the physical body and destroys it, so sin moves in to destroy and kill the spirit.
There are two instances of healing of the leper in the Old Testament The story of Miriam and the story of Naaman.
It was not only the blood of the Lamb that cleansed the leper it was the anointing oil (symbol of the Holy Spirit) that restored him.
The Holy Spirit comes to empower our hearing, to empower us for service, and to empower us to walk uprightly.
So... we see the anointing of the leper illustrates the work of the Holy Spirit in redeeming us to God for His pleasure.
Rev 5:9 And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
Rev 5:10 And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth."
WE NEED THE LEPERS'S ANOINTING!
2. The Priestly Anointing - Exodus 29:29 and 30:30
Exo 29:29 "And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed in them and to be consecrated in them.This was for Aaron and his sons, the priests, of the the tribe of Levi.
Exo 30:30 "And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister to Me as priests.
The work of the Spirit of God in our life not only saves us from the guilt and penalty of sin, but the Lord wants to also save us from the POWER of sin the habit, the force of it. The Spirit's work is to make us holy, to make us righteous, to express righteous deeds through service to others and to the Lord. Cleansing.
The anointing is to come into our lives to break all the influence of sin upon us. The Holy Spirit breaks the power of canceled sin.
Isaiah 10:27 - "... the yoke (of sin) shall be destroyed because of the anointing."
The priestly anointing is for holiness, to cause us to live right, to produce righteous acts, to motivate righteous deeds.
3. The Kingly Anointing - I Samuel 10:1 and 16:13.
1 Sam 10:1 Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head, and kissed him and said: "Is it not because the LORD has anointed you commander over His inheritance?
1 Sam 16:13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.
Thirdly, the Old Testament describes the anointing of a king. The anointing of a king was anointing to power and authority. It is the kingly anointing that Jesus spoke of to His disciples in Acts 1:8.
It was not only the blood of the Lamb that cleansed the leper it was the anointing oil (symbol of the Holy Spirit) that restored him.
The Holy Spirit comes to empower our hearing, to empower us for service, and to empower us to walk uprightly.
So... we see the anointing of the leper illustrates the work of the Holy Spirit in redeeming us to God for His pleasure.
Rev 5:9 And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
Rev 5:10 And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth."
WE NEED THE LEPERS'S ANOINTING!
2. The Priestly Anointing - Exodus 29:29 and 30:30
Exo 29:29 "And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed in them and to be consecrated in them.This was for Aaron and his sons, the priests, of the the tribe of Levi.
Exo 30:30 "And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister to Me as priests.
The work of the Spirit of God in our life not only saves us from the guilt and penalty of sin, but the Lord wants to also save us from the POWER of sin the habit, the force of it. The Spirit's work is to make us holy, to make us righteous, to express righteous deeds through service to others and to the Lord. Cleansing.
The anointing is to come into our lives to break all the influence of sin upon us. The Holy Spirit breaks the power of canceled sin.
Isaiah 10:27 - "... the yoke (of sin) shall be destroyed because of the anointing."
The priestly anointing is for holiness, to cause us to live right, to produce righteous acts, to motivate righteous deeds.
3. The Kingly Anointing - I Samuel 10:1 and 16:13.
1 Sam 10:1 Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head, and kissed him and said: "Is it not because the LORD has anointed you commander over His inheritance?
1 Sam 16:13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.
Thirdly, the Old Testament describes the anointing of a king. The anointing of a king was anointing to power and authority. It is the kingly anointing that Jesus spoke of to His disciples in Acts 1:8.
Acts 1:8 "Ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Spirit is come upon you, and you shall be witnesses unto Me..."
He wanted them to go out and preach the gospel with power."
It was never the intent of Jesus that the gospel should be delivered "...in word only, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God." I Corinthians 2:45.
Jesus commissioned His disciples to go out and preach, heal the sick and cast out devils. "...freely you have received, freely give." (Matthew 10:8).
He never expected the world to believe a gospel devoid of power.
He expected that "these signs shall follow them that believe. They would cast out devils, speak with other tongues, lay hands on the sick and they would recover. (Mark 16:1520).
Paul writes in Romans 15:19 "...from Jerusalem, and round about Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ."
The Gentiles Paul preached to were made obedient not by word only, but by "word and deed,"
Acts 8:56 "Phillip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ unto them. The people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Phillip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did."
The sick were healed. The demons were cast out and there was great joy in that city.
These people had a kingly authority about them.
The same pattern of anointing (the three anointings) in the Old Testament is the same path that God brings authority to us as believers.
Authority because we have been forgiven, He wanted them to go out and preach the gospel with power."
It was never the intent of Jesus that the gospel should be delivered "...in word only, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God." I Corinthians 2:45.
Jesus commissioned His disciples to go out and preach, heal the sick and cast out devils. "...freely you have received, freely give." (Matthew 10:8).
He never expected the world to believe a gospel devoid of power.
He expected that "these signs shall follow them that believe. They would cast out devils, speak with other tongues, lay hands on the sick and they would recover. (Mark 16:1520).
Paul writes in Romans 15:19 "...from Jerusalem, and round about Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ."
The Gentiles Paul preached to were made obedient not by word only, but by "word and deed,"
Acts 8:56 "Phillip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ unto them. The people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Phillip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did."
The sick were healed. The demons were cast out and there was great joy in that city.
These people had a kingly authority about them.
The same pattern of anointing (the three anointings) in the Old Testament is the same path that God brings authority to us as believers.
Authority because we have been cleansed.
Authority because we have been empowered.
The anointing brings that.
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