GOD'S MINISTRY
THROUGH HIS SON JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH
BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

Revs. Mr. and Mrs. H. Dean Daniels

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ANOINTING OIL - PART I


 

6:43 AM 1/10/2006 research about Anointing oil when I came across this information!

 

Genesis 28:18

 

[set it up for a pillar]

 

Stone Monuments

 

Jacob set the stone up for a monument and anointed it to consecrate it to God as an altar (Genesis 28:18). About thirty years later he repeated his solemn vow in the same place (Genesis 35:14). It was customary to do this when commemorating great events. Moses did this at Sinai (Exodus 24:4). Joshua set up two monuments at Jordan (Joshua 4), and at Shechem (Joshua 24:26). Samuel set up one to witness victory over the Philistines (1 Samuel 7:12). Stones for memorials were allowed, but as idols were forbidden (Leviticus 26:1; Deut. 16:22). There is an unfounded tradition that the stone Jacob set up was afterwards brought to Jerusalem, later taken to Spain, then to Ireland and finally to Scotland. On what is supposed to be that very stone, the kings of Scotland sat when crowned. Edward I had it brought to Westminster and placed under the chair on which kings of England were to be crowned.

 

Genesis 28:18  And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.

 

shemen, Hebrew 8081, Strong’s

 

shemen,  sheh'-men; from Hebrew 8080 (shaman); grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figurative richness :- anointing, × fat (things), × fruitful, oil ([-ed]), ointment, olive, + pine.

 

Exodus 29:7

[anoint] Hebrew:  mashach (HSN-4886), to rub or anoint with oil; consecrate.

 

Twenty-two Examples of Anointing

 

1. Aaron to be high priest (Exodus 28:41; Exodus 29:7; Exodus 30:30; Exodus 40:13; Psalm 133:2)

2. Aaron's sons to be priests (Exodus 28:41; Exodus 29:29; Exodus 30:30; Exodus 40:15)

3. Wafers (Exodus 29:2; Leviticus 2:4; Numbers 6:15)

4. Cakes (Leviticus 7:12)

5. The brazen altar (Exodus 29:36; Exodus 40:10; Leviticus 8:11; Numbers 7:1)

6. The tabernacle (Exodus 30:26; Exodus 40:9; Leviticus 8:10; Numbers 7:1)

7. The laver of brass (Exodus 40:11)

8. Vessels of tabernacle (Numbers 7:1)

9. The Messiah (1 Samuel 2:10,35; Psalm 2:2; Psalm 45:7; Isaiah 61:1; Luke 4:18; Acts 10:38)

10. Saul (1 Samuel 9:16; 1 Samuel 10:1; 1 Samuel 15:1)

11. David (1 Samuel 16:3-13; 2 Samuel 2:4; 2 Samuel 5:3)

12. Absalom (2 Samuel 19:10)

13. Solomon (1 Kings 1:34-45; 1 Kings 5:1)

14. Hazael (1 Kings 19:15)

15. Elisha (1 Kings 19:16)

16. Jehu (2 Kings 9:3-6,12; 2 Chron. 22:7)

17. Joash (2 Kings 11:2,12; 2 Chron. 23:11)

18. Jehoahaz (2 Kings 23:30)

19. Cyrus (Isaiah 45:1)

20. Lucifer (Ezekiel 28:14)

21. Enoch and Elijah (Zech. 4:14)

22. Paul (2 Cor. 1:21)

 

Exodus 30:24  And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:

 

[cassia] Cassia is the aromatic bark of a shrub resembling cinnamon. It grows in various parts of the East (Psalm 45:8; Ezekiel 27:19).  The fact that cassia and the other spices were commanded to be used proves the Israelites had contact with trading caravans which visited Egypt, Syria, and Palestine.

[hin] A hin was six quarts.

 

Exodus 30:24-25  And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin: [25] And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.

Exodus 30:31  And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.

 

Exodus 31:11  And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.

 

Exodus 37:29  And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.

 

Exodus 30:22-38  Moreover the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, [23] Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, [24] And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin: [25] And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil. [26] And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony, [27] And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense, [28] And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot. [29] And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. [30] And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. [31] And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations. [32] Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. [33] Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people. [34] And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: [35] And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy: [36] And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy. [37] And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord. [38] Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.

 

Exodus 30:23

[Take thou also unto thee principal spices ...]

 

Five Commands—the Holy Anointing Oil

 

1. Make holy anointing oil of: pure myrrh, 19 1/2 lbs.; sweet cinnamon, 9 3/4 lbs.; sweet calamus, 9 3/4 lbs.;  cassia, 19 1/2 lbs.; and olive oil, 6 qts. (Exodus 30:22-25).

2. Anoint the tabernacle, ark, table of showbread and its vessels, the candlestick and its vessels, altar of incense, the brazen altar and its vessels, the laver and its foot, and sanctify them to be most holy (Exodus 30:26-29).

3. Anoint Aaron and sons and consecrate them to be ministers (Exodus 30:30).

4. The holy anointing oil is not to be poured on the flesh of any man (other than priests, Exodus 30:30; Psalm 133:2), and no man is to make any oil like it to be used in Israel (Exodus 30:31-32).

5. Whoever makes any like it or puts it on a stranger shall die (Exodus 30:33).

 

[principal spices] The best spices.

 

[myrrh] Myrrh is a gum which comes from the stem of a low, thorny, ragged tree growing in Arabia and East Africa.  Pure here means free flowing.  The best exudes spontaneously from the bark while the inferior comes more abundantly by splitting the bark.  See John 19:39.

 

[five hundred shekels] A shekel weight was 240 grains, so 500 shekels would be 120,000 grains.  There were 5,760 grains to a troy and the apothecarie's weight per pound, so 500 shekels would come to about 21 lbs.  That we must take the apothecarie's weight of 12 ounces per pound instead of the 16 ounces of the avoirdupois weight seems clear from Exodus 30:25,35; Exodus 37:29; 2 Chron. 16:14; Eccles. 10:1.

 

[cinnamon] Cinnamon comes from the dried inner rind of a tree growing in Sri Lanka and the islands of the Indian Ocean (Proverbs 7:17; Song 4:14; Rev. 18:13).

 

[two hundred and fifty shekels] The 250 shekels was 10.5 lbs. (note above on shekel weight). The 63 lbs. of spices and 6 quarts of olive oil were combined in some way to make a texture thin enough to pour (Exodus 30:32; Psalm 133:2). The work was entrusted to Bezaleel (Exodus 37:1,29), then to Eleazar (Numbers 4:16), and later to the sons of the priests (1 Chron. 9:30). The fragance no doubt counteracted the stench of the butchering, burning, and cooking of animals in the tabernacle court. The ointment was to be used freely in every generation (Exodus 30:31), but not on anyone who was not a priest (Exodus 30:32; Exodus 29:7,21; Leviticus 10:7). Anyone who compounded any like it to use privately or sell to others was to die (Exodus 30:33).

 

[sweet calamus] This is a fragrant cane whose root is highly prized as a spice.  It grows in Arabia and India (Exodus 30:23; Song 4:14; Ezekiel 27:19).

 

Leviticus 8:2  Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread;

 

Leviticus 8:10  And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them.

 

Leviticus 8:12  And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.

 

Leviticus 8:30  And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him; and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.

 

Leviticus 8:30

 

[sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, ...]

 

The Sprinkling of Blood and Anointing Oil

 

The sprinkling of the blood and anointing oil together on the bodies and garments of the priests was a fitting conclusion for their consecration and of the entire rite of sanctification. Blood had been applied before this to the bodies (Leviticus 8:23-24) and to the altar (Leviticus 8:14-15). Aaron had already been anointed as high priest (Leviticus 8:10-13), so the new part of the ritual did not cleanse from sin, sanctify, or bless in any way except to show the necessity of continued trust in the blood and the need for continued anointing with the Spirit. The outward ritual of anointing with oil signified the choice of God, the calling of God, and the impartation of power for the particular work one was called to do. Priests, prophets, and kings were all anointed. If they carried out their calling they had God's support. If they sinned and failed, they received the curse of God until they repented and came back to the original calling and fulfilled it. If they never came back, the curse of God remained on them forever. This is exemplified even among angels who were once anointed (Ezekiel 28:11-17; Isaiah 14:12-14; Matthew 24:41; Rev. 12:10-12; Rev. 20:10), as well as demons and men

 

Jude 1:5[afterward destroyed them that believed not]

 

Twenty-one Examples of Beings Fallen from Grace

 

1. Lucifer.  He was sinless and walked in the ways of God perfectly until he sinned (§Ezekiel 28:11-17, notes).  He fell from God's favor and was cast out of heaven (Isaiah 14:12-14; Luke 10:8).  He became sinful and lustful (John 8:44) and destined to eternal hell (Matthew 25:41; Rev. 20:10).

 

2. Holy angels.  Over one-third of God's holy angels rebelled with Lucifer (Rev. 12:3,7-12) and became destined to hell with Satan (Matthew 25:41; Isaiah 24:21).  Many of these committed the additional sin of fornication and are now in hell (2 Peter 2:4; Jude 1:6-7).  Angels are sons of God (Genesis 6:1-4; Job 1:6; Job 2:1; Job 38:4-7) and yet those who sin are to be punished forever in hell, so sonship is no unforfeitable guarantee of heaven.

 

3. Demons.  They were also created sinless and in God's grace and favor. That they sinned and are doomed to eternal hell is clear from their own admission of being worthy of punishment (Matthew 8:29; Mark 5:7; Luke 8:28-32; James 2:19).  Many of them are now in the abyss (Rev. 9). 

 

4. Pre-adamites.  According to Genesis 1:2; Isaiah 14:12-14; Jeremiah 4:23-26; Ezekiel 28:11-17; 2 Peter 3:5-8 and other scriptures, Lucifer ruled the earth before Adam and caused all the people of his kingdom to lose God's favor and be destroyed in the flood of Genesis 1:2; 2 Peter 3:5-8.  Not one person, animal, city, or plant was left alive (Jeremiah 4:23-26, notes).

 

5. Adam and Eve were created in God's grace or favor (Genesis 1:26-31). They fell from grace by sin and lost the eternal life they would have kept if they had not sinned (Genesis 2:17; Genesis 3:1-19; Romans 5:12-21; 2 Cor. 11:3).  Nothing is ever said of their salvation from sin.  They are not listed with the faith-worthies of the Old Testament (Hebrews 11).  Adam was still a sinner at the age of 810 years (Genesis 6:3, note).  He was a son of God (Luke 3:38).  Thus, again, sonship is proved not to be a guarantee of eternal life.  God promises to punish every angel or man who sins regardless of sonship or relationship

 

6. Adamites.  Every person born of Adam was once in grace in Adam and fell from grace or favor when Adam did, for they were in Adam's loins when he sinned.  This is why death passed upon all men (Romans 5:12-21; 1 Cor. 15:21-22; 2 Cor. 11:3).  If all people fell from the same favor Adam did and are commanded to regain grace in Christ, then it is settled that falling from grace and regaining it can happen more than once (note, Galatians 4:19).

 

7. Many Israelites.  Before their sin in Exodus 32 they were born again (Deut. 32:18; Galatians 4:28-29), redeemed (Exodus 15:13; Deut. 21:8), sanctified (Exodus 31:13; Leviticus 20:8), converted (Psalm 19:7), in grace (Exodus 33:12-17; Psalm 84:11), had their names in the book of life (Exodus 32:32-33; Exodus 69:25-29), had the same gospel we have (Galatians 3:6-14; Hebrews 4:2), and had other spiritual. When they sinned they were cut off from God and were lost (Exodus 32:32-33; 2 Cor. 10:1-18; Hebrews 2:14; Jude 1:5).  Scores of times they forsook God and were cursed (Deut. 17:3; Deut. 29:26; Judges 2:11-23; Judges 3:5-14; Judges 4:1; Judges 5:31; Judges 6:1; Judges 8:28-35; Judges 10:6-11:33; Judges 12:7-13:1; Judges 20:13; 1 Samuel 2:12-36; 1 Samuel 3:11-14; 1 Kings 11:1-13,38-39; 1 Kings 12:25-33; 1 Kings 13:33-34; 1 Kings 14:16-31; 1 Kings 15:29; 1 Kings 16:2; 2 Kings 17:7-23; etc.).

 

8. Nadab and Abihu, holy priests of God (Exodus 19:6; Exodus 22:31), were cut off in sin (Leviticus 10:1-20; Numbers 3:4).

 

9. Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and other holy men of God were cut off by sin and went to She-owl (HSN-7585) (Numbers 16:1-3,23-33).

 

10. Saul, who had a change of heart and received the Holy Spirit (1 Samuel 10:9-13,21-24), went into spiritualism (1 Samuel 28; Leviticus 19:31; Leviticus 20:6).  He lost the Holy Spirit (1 Samuel 16:12-23), and died by suicide and was cursed by God (1 Samuel 31:1-6; 1 Chron. 10:13-14).

 

11. Many disciples of Jesus left Him and His grace and followed Him no more (John 6:66).  They believed for a while (Luke 8:13).  They drew back to perdition (Hebrews 10:26-39).  To receive Christ and confess Him for only a moment brings the new birth, so those who believed for awhile had grace to fall from (John 1:12; 1 John 5:1).

 

12. Judas was once saved because:

 

(1) He was a familiar friend of Christ (Psalm 41:9).  Would Christ call any unsaved man or the devil (as some suppose Judas to be) "mine own familiar friend"?

(2) Christ trusted Judas at one time or He would not have said "in whom I trusted" (Psalm 41:9).  Hebrew: batach (HSN-982), to confide in, as to be secure without fear.  Used in this sense 107 times.  Would He have confided in such a man if he had always been untrustworthy?

(3) Judas ate of Christ's bread (Psalm 41:9).  This always assures eastern people of very personal and intimate friendship.

(4) He had his name written in the book of life with the righteous (cp. Acts 1:20 with §Psalm 69:25-28, notes).

(5) He was a bishop of the church Christ is building (Acts 1:20 with Psalm 109:8).  See Thirty Facts about Judas.

(6) He had part of the apostolic ministry (Acts 1:17,25).

(7) Christ gave him power against unclean spirits to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and disease.  This was true of the twelve, Judas included (Matthew 10:1-4).

(8) He was sent forth as one of the twelve to represent Christ among Israel (Matthew 10:5-6).

(9) He was called to preach (Matthew 10:7).

(10) He was commanded to heal the sick, cleanse lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils (Matthew 10:8; Mark 3:14-15; Mark 6:7; Luke 9:1-2).

(11) He freely received power to heal and it was commanded that he freely give (Matthew 10:8).

(12) He had the peace of God to give to a home as did all others of the twelve (Matthew 10:13).

(13) He was a sheep in the midst of wolves like others of the twelve (Matthew 10:16).

(14) He had the Holy Spirit in him (Matthew 10:19-20).

(15) He was ordained by Christ to the ministry as much as the others (Mark 3:14).

(16) He was just as successful in preaching and healing as others (Mark 6:12-13; Luke 9:6,10).

(17) He was an apostle, meaning he was one divinely called and sent to do the work of God (Luke 6:13; note,  Acts 15:33).

(18) Judas fell by sin from the ministry and apostleship (Acts 1:25). How could he do this if he was always a sinner, as some say?

(19) Satan entered into Judas at the close of Christ's ministry, proving that he was not always an agent of the devil, much less one from the beginning (Luke 22:3; John 13:2).  Therefore, he backslid and became a thief (John 12:6), a devil (John 6:70, Greek: adversary), and the betrayer.  To make Judas the very devil, a devil from the beginning, and an unsaved man never in grace is to ignore the plain facts of Scripture.

(20) He once had eternal life, as proved from John 17:2 where we read of Christ giving eternal life "to as many as Thou hast given him."  Then in John 17:12 it is stated that of "those that Thou gavest Me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition."  It is clear, then, that Judas was given to Jesus and Jesus had once given him eternal life.

 

13.  Ananias and Sapphira were saved and of one heart and one soul with all the church (Acts 4:32-5:1), until they agreed to lie to the Holy Ghost at which time they were killed (Acts 5:1-11).  "Great grace was upon them all," including Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 4:33; Acts 5:1).

 

14.  The Galatians who had begun in the Spirit and had received the Spirit (Jude 3:2-4), were soon removed from Christ and grace (Jude 1:6; Jude 5:4).

 

15.  Demas, a preacher in the early church (Col. 4:14; Philemon 1:24) went back into sin, having loved this present world (2 Tim. 4:10).  If any man loves the world the love of the Father is not in him.  He is lost if he does not come back to God (1 John 2:15-17).

 

16.  Hymenaeus and Alexander were one time in the faith, but made shipwreck of it and put away faith (1 Tim. 1:19-20).

 

17.  Many others coveted money and erred from the faith (1 Tim. 6:10,21).

 

18.  Many young widows waxed cold toward Christ and cast off their first faith and were damned (1 Tim. 5:11-13).

 

19.  Hymenaeus and Philetus erred from the faith and overthrew the faith of others (2 Tim. 2:17-19).

 

20. Apostates were once saved, but fell away and departed from the faith.  See Romans 1:21-32; Hebrews 6:4-9; Hebrews 10:26-29; 2 Peter 2:20-22.

 

21. Many in the churches were once saved but later threatened with destruction if they did not repent (Rev. 2:5,10,16,20-23; Rev. 3:3,11,16).Besides the above examples of being cut off from God because of sin, the Bible abounds with plain laws, commands and warnings of punishment for those who return to sin.  These make it clear that there are no unconditional promises and covenants in Scripture.  Passages where no conditions are expressed are automatically limited by hundreds of kindred verses stating conditions to be met.  It is not always necessary to state the conditions in every passage.  When stated in some, it is clear they apply to all companion scriptures.  For example, in 1 Chron. 22:10 God promises to establish Solomon's throne over Israel forever, but this unconditionally stated promise is based upon obedience as seen in points 27-35 below. 

 

 

Plain Laws and Warnings

 

Those Before Moses' Law:

 

1.      You shall surely die (Genesis 2:17).

2.      Walk ... be perfect (Genesis 17:2).

3.      Keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment, that the Lord may fulfil His Word (Genesis 18:19).

 

Those Under the Healing Covenant:

 

4.      If diligently hearken ... do right ... give ear to commandments ... keep all His statutes (Exodus 15:26).

 

Those Under Moses' Law:

 

5.      That I may prove them, whether they walk in My law or no (Exodus 16:4).

6.      If you obey ... then you shall be a peculiar people unto Me (Exodus 19:5).

7.      Whosoever sinneth against Me, him will I blot out of My book (Exodus 32:33). *************

8.      By no means (note even by means of grace) clear the guilty (Exodus 34:6-7).

9.      If you keep My commandments, then will I bless you (Leviticus 26:3-13; Deut. 7:12-24; Deut. 11:13-14; Deut. 28:1-14).

10.    But if you will not keep My commandments, then I will curse you (Leviticus 26:14-45; Deut. 28:15-68).

11.    Beware ... forget not God ... if you do forget Him ... you will surely perish (Deut. 8:11-20).

12.    What does the Lord require, but to walk in His ways?  (Deut. 10:12-13).13.          Take heed ... be not deceived, and you turn aside from God ... then His wrath will be against you (Deut. 11:16-21).

14.    I have set before you a blessing and a curse:  a blessing if you obey ... a curse if you disobey (Deut. 11:26-28).

 

Those Under Palestinian Covenant:

 

15.    Keep the words of this covenant ... do them, that you may prosper ... that He may establish you a people unto Himself (Deut. 29:1,9,13-15).

16.    When you hear the words of this curse and you say in your heart, I shall have peace, though I sin.  The Lord shall not spare ... because they have forsaken the covenant (Deut. 29:19-28).

17.    If you hear ... keep His commandments ... and if you turn unto the Lord with all your heart (Deut. 30:1-10).

18.    I have set before you life and good, and death and evil ... keep His commandments, that you may live (Deut. 30:11-16).

19.    But if your heart turn away ... you shall surely perish (Deut. 30:17-20)

 

Those of Joshua:

 

20.    Only observe to do according to all the law ... that you may prosper ... have good success (Joshua 1:7-8).

21.    Keep and do all of the law ... if you in any wise turn back ... you shall perish (Joshua 23:6-14).

22.    Choose you this day whom you will serve (Joshua 24:14-16).

23.    If you forsake the Lord ... then He will turn to do you hurt, and consume you, after He has done you good (Joshua 24:20).

 

Those of Samuel:

 

24.    If you will obey ... rebel not, then you will follow the Lord (1 Samuel 12:14).

25.    But if you do wickedly, you shall be consumed (1 Samuel 12:24-25).

26.    You have not kept the commandment of the Lord ... your kingdom will not continue (1 Samuel 13:13-14).

 

Those of David and Solomon:

 

27.    Keep the charge of the Lord ... that He may continue His Word (1 Kings 2:3-4).

28.    If your children take heed to walk in truth with all their heart (1 Kings 2:4).

29.    If you will walk in My ways ... keep My commandments (1 Kings 3:14).

30.    If you keep My commandments, then I will bless ... but if you break them, then will I cut off Israel (1 Kings 9:3-9; 1 Kings 11:1-38; 2 Chron. 7:19-22).

31.    Only if they obey (2 Kings 21:7-8).

32.    If he be constant to do My commandments (1 Chron. 28:7-10).

33.    If My people humble themselves ... pray ... seek My face ... turn from sin, then will I hear (2 Chron. 7:14).

34.    If you seek Him, He will be found of you; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever (1 Chron. 28:9).

35.    But if you turn away from My commandments ...  Then will I pluck you up ... cast out of My sight (2 Chron. 7:19-22).

 

Those of Old Testament Prophets:

 

36.    The Lord is with you, while you be with Him ... but if you forsake Him, He will forsaken you (2 Chron. 15:2).

37.    Because you have forsaken the Lord, He has forsaken you (2 Chron. 24:20).

38.    Because they have forsaken Me ...  My wrath shall not be quenched (2 Chron. 34:25).

39.    But if they obey not, they shall perish ... die without knowledge (Job 36:12).

40.    They have forsaken the Lord ... have gone away backward ...  I will not hear (Isaiah 1:4-15).

41.    But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured (Isaiah 1:19-20; Jeremiah 1:16; Jeremiah 2:13,17,19; Jeremiah 5:19; Jeremiah 9:13; Jeremiah 15:6; Jeremiah 16:11; Jeremiah 17:13; Jeremiah 19:4; Jeremiah 22:9).

42.    If you will not obey, I will destroy you (Jeremiah 12:17).

43.    When a righteous man turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity he shall die in his sin (Ezekiel 3:20-21).

44.    The soul that sinneth it shall die (Ezekiel 18:4).

45.    When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits sin ... all his righteousness shall not be mentioned.  In his sins he shall die (Ezekiel 18:24-26).

46.    The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression ...  If he trust to his own righteousness and commit iniquity, all his righteousness shall not be remembered; but for his sin he shall die (Ezekiel 33:12-13).

47.    If you will not hear, I will curse you (Malachi 2:2).

 

The New Covenant—Under Grace

 

Those of Christ:

 

48.    If the salt has lost its savour it is good for nothing but to be cast out (Matthew 5:13).

49.    He that endureth to the end shall be saved (Matthew 10:22).

50.    Whosoever speaketh a word against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him (Matthew 12:32-33).

51.    Dureth for a while ... which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away (Matthew 13:21; Luke 8:13).

52.    Let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me (Matthew 16:24).

53.    Labour for eternal life (note John 6:27).

54.    If you continue in My word, then are you My disciples indeed (John 8:31).

55.    Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin (and is not a son of God by adoption).  And the servant abideth not in the house forever:  but the Son abideth ever (John 8:34-35).

56.    My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me (note, John 10:26-27).

57.    If a man love Me he will keep My words (John 14:21-23).

58.    If a man abide not in Me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned (John 15:6).

59.    Continue in My love (John 15:9).

60.    If you keep My commandments you shall abide in My love (John 15:10-13).

61.    You are My friends, if you do whatsoever I command you (John 15:14).

 

Those of Paul:

 

62.    Persuaded them to continue in the grace of God (Acts 13:43).

63.    Exhorting them to continue in the faith (Acts 14:22).

64.    When they knew God, they glorified Him not as God ...  God have them up to uncleanness (Romans 1:21-32).

65.    They which commit such things are worthy of death (Romans 1:32; Romans 2:2-3).

66.    By patient continuance in well doing seek for eternal life (Romans 2:7).

67.    Know you not, that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are?  (Romans 6:16-23).

68.    The wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23).

69.    Who walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit (Romans 8:1-4).

70.    If you live after the flesh you shall die:  but if you through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, you shall live (Romans 8:12-13).

71.    Because of unbelief they were broken off and you stand by faith ... on them that fell, severity; but toward you goodness, if you continue in His goodness:  otherwise you shall be cut off.  And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in again (Romans 11:20-23).

72.    If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy (1 Cor. 3:17).

73.    The unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God (1 Cor. 6:9-10).

74.    Through your knowledge the weak brother shall perish (1 Cor. 8:11).

75.    I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection, lest when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway (1 Cor. 9:27).

76.    By which you are saved, if you keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless you have believed in vain (1 Cor. 15:2).

77.    By faith you stand (2 Cor. 1:24).

78.    We labor, that whether present or absent, we may be accepted of Him (2 Cor. 5:9).

79.    We beseech you that you receive not the grace of God in vain (2 Cor. 6:1).

80.    I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity in Christ (2 Cor. 11:3).

81.    Christ is in you, except you be reprobate (castaway)—as in 1 Cor. 9:27, note (2 Cor. 13:5).

82.    I marvel that you are so soon removed from Him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel (Galatians 1:6-9).

83.    If I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor (Galatians 2:18).

84.    I do not frustrate the grace of God (it can be done—Galatians 2:21).

85.    Who hath bewitched you that you should not obey the truth (Galatians 3:1; Galatians 5:7).

86.    Having begun in the Spirit, are you now made perfect by the flesh? (Galatians 3:3; cp. Galatians 5:19-21).

87.    The just shall live by faith (by daily faith, not a faith once for all; Galatians 3:11).

88.    After you have known God, how turn you again to be in bondage (Galatians 4:9)?

89.    I am afraid for you, lest I have bestowed labor upon you in vain (Galatians 4:11).

90.    My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you ...  I stand in doubt of you (Galatians 4:19-20, note).

91.    Stand fast in the liberty ... be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage (Galatians 5:1,3).

92.    You are fallen from grace (Galatians 5:4).

93.    A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump (Galatians 5:9; 1 Cor. 5:7-8).

94.    If you bite and devour one another, take heed that you be not consumed one of another (Galatians 5:15).

95.    Walk in the Spirit and you shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh (Galatians 5:16).

96.    They which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God (Galatians 5:19-21).

97.    Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.  For he that soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting (Galatians 6:7-8).

98.    The spirit that worketh in the children of disobedience (Ephes. 2:2).

99.    Because of these things (sins) cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience (Ephes. 5:6).

100.  That you may be without offense until the day of Christ (Phil. 1:10).

101.  Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling (Phil. 2:12).

102.  Stand fast in the Lord (Phil. 4:1).

103.  If you continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel (Col. 1:23).

104.  As you have received Christ, so walk in Him:  rooted and built up in Him, and established in the faith (Col. 2:6-7).

105.  Beware lest any man spoil you... after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ (Col. 2:8).

106.  Let no man beguile you of your reward ... not holding the Head (Christ, Col. 2:18-19).

107.  Mortify your members upon earth ... for which things' sake cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience (Col. 3:5-6).

108.  He that does wrong shall receive for the wrong which he has done: and there is no respect of persons (Col. 3:25).

109.  I sent to know of your faith, lest by some means the tempter has tempted you, and our labor be in vain (1 Thes. 3:5).

110.  Now we live, if we stand fast in the Lord (1 Thes. 3:8).

111.  Taking vengeance on them that obey not the gospel ... who shall be punished with everlasting destruction (2 Thes. 1:8-9).

112.  Withdraw from every brother that walketh disorderly (2 Thes. 3:6,14).

113.  From which (faith) some have turned aside (1 Tim. 1:5-6).

114.  Some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck (1 Tim. 1:18-20).

115.  Some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils (1 Tim. 4:1).

116.  Take heed unto yourself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in so doing this you shall save yourself, and them that hear you (1 Tim. 4:16).

117.  He has denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel (1 Tim. 5:8).

118.  When they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry; having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith (1 Tim. 5:11-12).

119.  Some have already turned aside after Satan (1 Tim. 5:15).

120.  While some coveted after (money), they have erred from the faith (1 Tim. 6:10).

121.  Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold of eternal life (1 Tim. 6:12,19).

122.  Some have erred concerning the faith (1 Tim. 6:21).

123.  If we be dead with Him, we shall also live with Him (2 Tim. 2:11).

124.  If we deny Him, He also will deny us (2 Tim. 2:12).

125.  Who concerning the faith have erred ... and overthrow the faith of some (2 Tim. 2:18).

126.  Continue in the things you have learned (2 Tim. 3:14-15).

 

Those of James:

 

127.  We ought to give the more earnest heed lest we slip away from truth (Hebrews 2:1).

128.  How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation? (Hebrews 2:3).

129.  Whose house are we, if we hold fast the hope firm unto the end (Hebrews 3:6).

130.  Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the Living God (Hebrews 3:12).

131.  Exhort one another daily ... lest any of you be hardened through sin (Hebrews 3:13).

132.  We are made partakers of Christ, if we hold steadfast unto the end (Hebrews 3:14).

133.  Let us therefore, fear, lest you come short of the promised rest (Hebrews 4:1-2).

134.  Let us labor to enter into rest, lest any man fall through unbelief (Hebrews 4:11).

135.  Let us hold fast our profession (Hebrews 4:14).

136.  If they fall away, to renew them again unto repentance is impossible (Hebrews 6:4-9).

137.  Show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end (Hebrews 6:11).

138.  Be not slothful, but faithful and patient to inherit the promises (Hebrews 6:12).

139.  Lay hold upon the hope of eternal life set before us (Hebrews 6:18-19).

140.  Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering (Hebrews 10:23).

141.  If we sin wilfully we will receive judgment and fiery indignation (Hebrews 10:26-31).

142.  Cast not away confidence (Hebrews 10:35).

143.  If any man draw back, My soul shall have no pleasure in him (Hebrews 10:38-39).

144.  Let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily besets us (Hebrews 12:1).

145.  Make straight paths for your feet, lest the lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed (Hebrews 12:13).

146.  Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; lest any become a fornicator and sell his birthright like Esau (Hebrews 12:15-17).

147.  See that ye refuse not God. For if Israel escaped not God's wrath when she refused Him, much more shall we not escape His wrath, if we turn away from Him (Hebrews 12:25).

148.  Let us have grace and serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear, for God will punish by fire (Hebrews 12:28-29).

149.  When lust has conceived, it brings forth sin:  and sin, when it is finished, brings forth death (James 1:13-15).

150.  Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves (James 2:22-25).

151.  To him that knows to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin (James 4:17).

152.  Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him ... he that converteth a sinner (who was formerly a Christian) from the error of his way shall save a soul from death (§James 5:19-20, note).

 

Those of Peter:

 

153.  He that hears and works righteousness is accepted of Him (Acts 10:35).

154.  The face of the Lord is against them that do evil (1 Peter 3:12).

155.  If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the sinner appear? (1 Peter 4:18).

156.  He that lacks these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and has forgotten that he was purged from his old sins (2 Peter 1:9).

157.  Give diligence to make your calling and election sure:  for if you do these things you shall never fall (2 Peter 1:10).

158.  If God separated not the angels that sinned (they were once holy and in grace) He will not spare you (1 Peter 2:4-9).

159.  The Lord knows how to reserve the unjust unto judgment (2 Peter 2:9).

160.  Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray (2 Peter 2:15).

161.  They allure into sin those who were clean escaped from sin (2 Peter 2:18).

162.  Of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought into bondage (2 Peter 2:19)

163.  If after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse than the beginning.  It had been better not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn away from the holy commandment (§2 Peter 2:20-22, notes).

164.  Be diligent that you may be found in Him in peace, without spot, and blameless (2 Peter 3:14).

165.  Beware lest you also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness (2 Peter 3:17).

 

Those of John:

 

166.  If we say we have fellowship with Him and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth (1 John 1:6).

167.  If we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin (1 John 1:7).

168.  We know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments (1 John 2:3).

169.  He that says, I know Him, and keeps not His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him (1 John 2:4).

170.  Whoso keeps His word ... hereby we know that we are in Him (1 John 2:5).

171.  He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now (1 John 2:9).

172.  If any man love the world the love of the Father is not in him (1 John 2:15-17).

173.  He that does the will of God abideth forever (1 John 2:17).

174.  Let that eternal life abide in you (1 John 2:24-25, note).

175.  Abide in Him; that when He shall appear we may have confidence (1 John 2:28).

176.  Everyone that does righteousness is born of Him (1 John 2:29).

177.  Everyone that has this hope in Him purifieth himself, even as He is pure (1 John 3:3).

178.  Whosoever committeth sin transgresses the law and incurs the death penalty (1 John 3:4; Ezekiel 18:4; Galatians 5:21).

179.  Whosoever abideth in Him sinneth not:  whosoever sinneth has not seen Him, neither known Him (§1 John 3:6).

180.  He that committeth sin is of the devil, not of God (1 John 3:8).

181.  Whosoever is born of God does not commit sin (1 John 3:9, note).

182.  Whosoever does not righteousness is not of God (1 John 3:10).

183.  Whosoever loves not his brother is not of God (1 John 3:10,15).

184.  He that loves not his brother abides in death (1 John 3:14).

185.  Whosoever hates his brother does not have eternal life abiding in him (1 John 3:15).

186.  Whosoever shuts up his bowels of compassion from a brother in need does not have God's love (1 John 3:17).

187.  He that loves not does not know God (1 John 4:7-8).

188.  Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world (1 John 5:1-5).

189.  If any man see his brother sin a sin that is forgivable, he shall ask and life shall be given him (1 John 5:16).  This proves that when a man sins he incurs the death penalty (James 5:19-20; Ezekiel 18:4; Galatians 5:21).

190.  Whosoever sins and abides not in the doctrine of Christ, has not God. He that abides has both the Father and the Son (2 John 1:9).

191.  He that does good is of God; but he that does evil is not of God (3 John 1:11).

 

Those of Jude:

 

192.  Turning the grace of God into lasciviousness (Jude 1:4).

193.  The Lord, having saved the people out of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not (Jude 1:5; 1 Cor. 10).

194.  Sinning angels are set forth as an example to others who are tempted to sin (Jude 1:6-7).  If God will damn them for sin, He will also damn others.

195.  Keep yourselves in the love of God (Jude 1:21).

196.  Look for the mercy of Jesus Christ unto eternal life (Jude 1:21).

 

Those of Christ and John:

 

197.  You have left your first love.  Recognize you are fallen, repent, do your first works; or else I will remove your church (Rev. 2:4-5).

198.  Be faithful unto death, and I will give you life (Rev. 2:10).

199.  Repent, or I will come unto you and fight against you (Rev. 2:16).

200.  Those that defile their garments will not walk with Me (Rev. 3:5).

201.  He that does not overcome I will blot his name out of the book of life (Rev. 3:5; Rev. 22:18-19; Exodus 32:32-33; Psalm 69:25-29).   **********

202.  Hold that fast which you have, that no man take your crown (Rev. 3:11).

203.  Because you are neither cold nor hot, I will spue you out of My mouth (Rev. 3:15-16).

204.  Blessed are they that watch and keep their garments, lest they walk naked and ashamed (Rev. 16:15).

205.  All who sin will have their part in the lake of fire (Rev. 21:8).**********

206.  All who sin will not enter the Holy City (Rev. 21:27; Rev. 22:15,19).

207.  The unjust, filthy, and sinful will forever be that way (Rev. 22:11).

208.  If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues of this book (Rev. 22:18).

209.  If any man shall take away from the words of this book, God shall take away his part out of the book of life (Rev. 22:19).

210.  God shall take his part out of the things written in this book (Rev. 22:19).

 

Scriptures Stating Assurance

 

1.     Whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life ... hath everlasting life ... shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life (John 3:15-16,36; John 5:24).

2.     I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand (or My Father's hand, John 10:27-29).

3.     I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels ... nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God (Romans 8:35-39).

4.     We shall be saved from wrath through Him (Romans 5:8-9).

5.     There is now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:1).

6.     He shall be holden up:  for God is able to make him stand (Romans 14:4).

7.     Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that you may be blameless ...  God is faithful, by whom you are called into the fellowship of Jesus Christ (1 Cor. 1:8-9).

8.     He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love (Ephes. 1:4).

9.     You were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise (Ephes. 1:13).

10.   You are sealed unto the day of redemption (Ephes. 4:30).

11.   He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ (Phil. 1:6).

12.   I am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day (2 Tim. 1:12).

13.   Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation (1 Peter 1:5).

14.   We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ (1 John 2:1-2).

15.   Beloved, now are we the sons of God (1 John 3:2).

16.   Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory (Jude 1:24).

 

Eternal security is, therefore, taught in Scripture on the basis of obedience to God.

We have Eternal life (security), as long as we are covered by the blood of Jesus Christ

and have NOT or do NOT Blasphemed The Holy Ghost!

 

See Thirty-five Conditions of Assurance, and notes on John 6:27; John 10:27-29; John 15:1-8; 1 Cor. 9:27; Hebrews 6:4-9; Hebrews 10:26-29; 2 Peter 2:20-22.

 

If men truly want security, let them meet God's terms.  No man is obligated to sin.  God has made full provision to keep men and present them faultless in heaven if they will cooperate; but no provision except hell is made for rebels.  All hope of assurance while living in rebellion is a fool's hope.  Any teaching of security that encourages sin is false and satanic.  True security is through faith and obedience to God and grace, not disobedience and disgrace.

 

Psalm 45:7  Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

 

Psalm 45:7a  [Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness] This describes the Messiah's character (Hebrews 1:8-9).  Because He did love righteousness and hate lawlessness His God, even God the Father, made Him the Messiah and anointed Him with the oil of gladness above his fellows (Acts 2:36; Ephes. 1:20-23; Phil. 2:9-11; Hebrews 1:1-3; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 3:22).

 

[anointed] Messiah (or Christ) means the anointed One.

 

[oil of gladness] This indicates that all mourning, sorrow, and death had come to an end.  Ancients did not anoint themselves while mourning.

 

[fellows] Hebrew: chaber (HSN-2270), companion (Eccles. 4:10; Isaiah 44:11; Ezekiel 37:19).  The companions of the Messiah were the apostles and other disciples (Matthew 10:1-8; Acts 1:1-8,15-26; Ephes. 2:19-22)

 

Acts 2:36  Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

 

Ephes. 1:20-23  Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, [21] Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: [22] And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, [23] Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

 

Philip. 2:9-11  Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: [10] That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; [11] And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

 

Hebrews 1:1-3  God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, [2] Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; [3] Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

 

Hebrews 1:8-9  But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. [9] Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

 

Hebrews 12:1-2  Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, [2] Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

 

1 Peter 3:22  Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

 

Common Practice in the early churches

 

Mark 6:13  And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them. [this scripture is not referring anointing devils with oil or healing the devils!]

 

James 5:14-16  Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: [15] And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. [16] Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

 

James 5:14

 

[sick] Greek: astheneo (GSN-770), weak, feeble, sick (note, Phil. 2:16-27).

[let him call for the elders]

 

Two things the sick are to do (James 5:14-15):

 

1.   Call the elders of the church

2.   Confess sin if it has been committed

 

[elders] Greek:  presbuteros (GSN-4245) (note, Acts 14:23).

[let them pray over him]

 

Four things elders are to do for the sick:

 

1.   Pray over them (James 5:14)

2.   Anoint the sick with oil (James 5:14)

3.   Invoke the name of the Lord (James 5:14)

4.   Pray the prayer of faith (James 5:15)

 

Anointing oil of God

 

[anointing] Greek:  aleipho (GSN-218).  Always translated anoint (James 5:14; Matthew 6:17; Mark 6:13; Mark 16:1; Luke 7:38,46; John 11:2; John 12:3).

 

[oil] No doubt pure olive oil is meant, as it was customary among Jews to carry such oil with them in all their journeys, to anoint their bodies and heal their wounds and bruises (Luke 10:34).  This anointing was merely symbolic of the healing of God by the Holy Spirit (Mark 6:13). It doesn't mean that olive oil was a cure for all kinds of diseases. The oil itself did not heal, for one would not have to pray and invoke the name of Jesus Christ merely to anoint with oil, nor would it have to be done by the elders of the church.

 

Luke 10:34  And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

 

Hebrews 1:9  Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

 

Hebrews 1:9

 

[Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity] This is characteristic of a just ruler.

[God, even thy God, hath anointed thee] This is spoken of the Son by the prophet.  How could the Son have a God who would anoint Him if He Himself were the only God?  This clearly proves two separate Persons, both called God (Hebrews 1:8-9).

 

[above thy fellows]                                     Threefold Office of Christ

 

No man was ever anointed as prophet, priest, and king before (during the time (days) of), Christ. Some were anointed kings, some prophets, and some priests, but in Christ all these offices are combined. He is Prophet to all mankind (Hebrews 1:1-2), High Priest to the whole race (Hebrews 3:1; Hebrews 4:14-16; Hebrews 5:6; Hebrews 6:20; Hebrews 7:11-17), and King of all nations (Daniel 7:13-14; Isaiah 9:6-7; Zech. 14:9; Luke 1:32-33; Matthew 25:31-46; Rev. 11:15; Rev. 22:4-5).

 

Rev. 6:6  And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

 

Rev. 6:6

 

a.   [A measure of wheat] Bread by measure and weight signifies scarcity of food (Ezekiel 4:10-17).

b.   [penny] Greek: denarion (GSN-1220), about 65 cents, the daily wage (Matthew 20:1-16).

c.   [measures of barley] A measure was about 1 quart, a slave's daily ration, an amount usually purchased for about 8 cents.  One could usually buy 8 measures of wheat or 24 measures of barley for a penny, but during this future famine only 1 measure of wheat or 3 measures of barley can be purchased for a penny.  This will make food 8 times higher than in normal times.

d.   [see thou hurt not the oil and the wine] The olive and grape need no cultivation; hence their ruthless destruction is forbidden.

 

Rev. 18:13  And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.

 

Anointing with oil in the last days

after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ!

 

James 5:14  Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

 

James 5:14

[sick]

 

Greek: astheneo (GSN-770), weak, feeble, sick (note, Phil. 2:16-27). 

 

[let him call for the elders]

 

Two things the sick are to do (James 5:14-15):

 

1.   Call the elders of the church

2.   Confess sin if it has been committed

 

[elders]

 

Greek:  presbuteros (GSN-4245) (notice Acts 14:23).

 

[let them pray over him]

 

Four things elders are to do for the sick:

 

1.   Pray over them (James 5:14)

2.   Anoint the sick with oil (James 5:14)

3.   Invoke the name of the Lord (James 5:14)

4.   Pray the prayer of faith (James 5:15)

 

[anointing]

 

Greek:  aleipho (GSN-218).  Always translated anoint (James 5:14; Matthew 6:17; Mark 6:13; Mark 16:1; Luke 7:38,46; John 11:2; John 12:3).

 

[oil]

 

No doubt pure olive oil is meant, as it was customary among Jews to carry such oil with them in all their journeys, to anoint their bodies and heal their wounds and bruises (Luke 10:34).  This anointing was merely symbolic of the healing of God by the Holy Spirit (Mark 6:13). It does not mean that olive oil was a cure for all kinds of diseases. The oil itself did not heal or one would not have to pray and ask believing (have faith in) the name of Jesus Christ merely to anoint with oil nor would it have to be done by the elders of the church.

 

1 John 2:27  But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

[anointing]

 

Greek: chrisma (GSN-5545) (notice 1 John 2:20 below).

 

[ye need not that any man teach you; but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him]

 

No need of any new doctrine or any instruction from the seducers of 1 John 2:26.  John does not teach that saints have no further need of gospel ministers, for God has sent them in the churches to teach (Ephes. 4:11; Hebrews 13:7,17)

 

1 John 2:20  But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.

 

[unction]

 

Greek: chrisma (GSN-5545), anything smeared on; a scented unguent or ointment of thicker consistency than muron, sweet oil or perfume.  Translated "unction" (1 John 2:20) and "anointing" (1 John 2:27). Compare the verb chrio (GSN-5548) (Luke 4:18; Acts 4:27; Acts 10:38; 2 Cor. 1:21; Hebrews 1:9).  The ointment here refers to the Holy Spirit from whom flows all the gifts and graces of the church.  He is typified in Exodus 29:7; Exodus 30:23-25 (cp. Psalm 45:7).

 

[ye know all things]

 

All things necessary to salvation and the Christian life in general, so you do not need the so-called superior knowledge of the Gnostics and others who seek to deceive you (1 John 2:26-27).

 

1 John 2:26-27  These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. [27] But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

 

If you have Jesus Christ in your heart!

 

Then you can Truthfully Say by the Spirit of God, 1 John 4:4  Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

 

And

 

By the power of The Holy Spirit of God (The Holy Ghost), Philippians 4:13  I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

 

Amen and amen!

 

 

 

Revs. Mr. and Mrs. H. Dean Daniels Sui Juris