Thou anointest my head with oil.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor.
God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power.
Ye have an unction from the Holy One,
and ye know all things.
To anoint is to pour or smear oil on a person or a thing set apart. Priests, kings, and prophets were anointed. The oil marked them for the office. Messiah and Christ are the same word: the Anointed One. Jesus is that One. He read Isaiah in Nazareth and said the Spirit of the Lord was upon Him, because He had anointed Him to preach. Peter says God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power. The oil in the Law pointed to this. The anointing that remains is the Spirit.
- Oil set a man apart. The Spirit is the anointing the oil pictured.
- Christ means Anointed. The title is the act.
- Believers have an unction from the Holy One. It is not a second Christ.
Oil on the head.
The Spirit upon the Son.
An unction from the Holy One.
- To anoint is to set apart with oil.
- Priests, kings, and prophets were anointed.
- Messiah and Christ mean the Anointed One.
- Jesus was anointed with the Holy Ghost and with power.
- Believers have an unction from the Holy One.
- The elders anoint the sick with oil and pray.
- The Act – Oil poured or smeared.
- The Offices – Priest, king, prophet.
- The Title – Christ, the Anointed.
- The Spirit – The anointing on the Son.
- The Unction – On those who are His.
- The Sick – Oil and the prayer of the elders.
- Exodus 30:25, 30 – “And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment… And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.”
- 1 Samuel 16:13 – “Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward.”
- Psalm 45:7 – “Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.”
- Isaiah 61:1 – “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek.”
- Luke 4:18 – “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor.”
- Acts 10:38 – “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil.”
- 2 Corinthians 1:21 – “Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God.”
- 1 John 2:20 – “But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.”
- 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.”
- 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.”
The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek.
God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power.
Ye have an unction from the Holy One.
To anoint is to set apart with oil. Christ is the Anointed One. The Spirit is the anointing the oil pictured.
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