Anointment

Always be clothed in white, and always anoint your head with oil.
Ecclesiastes 9:8 

• What is an oil? What is the use of oils?
• The anoitment used to be for the priests. Today it is for anyone who wants it, who looks for it, who cries out for it.
• Anointment is very important: when you anoint a person, with authority, the enemy flees.
• We are nothing without anointment.
• A singer can sing very well, but the anointment makes all the difference in the praise.
• We must cry out: "-Holy Spirit dwell in me!" And, as we pray, God gives us. 

Holy Spirit, dwell in me!

• Why we use oil instead of water, as many other religions? Because the anointing with oil is how God teaches us to do.

• As oil doesn´t mix with most substances, the Holy Spirit is separated, pure!

So either you´re with God or you´re not!

• The oil readily penetrates. That´s why it is widely used in cosmetics.
• Oil heals.
• Oil softens.
• The oil brings happiness because it used to be responsible for maintaining the lighting in festive celebrations.
• The oil keeps the lamp lit. Keeps the light on. And people nowadays lack light...
• Jesus said we must be light of the world. How can you be light if you don´t have oil? 

How will you keep your lamp on?

• To be an ambassador of the Gospel you must be anointed.
• You need to be full in order to overflow.

“You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven." Matthew 5:14-16

• Take position! 

Don´t say, don´t do, don´t go, don´t behave like the world!

Because you´re christian and you want to please God! 

• Don´t be shy! God chose you to go outside to speak about Him and bring salvation for those who are dying.
• About John the Baptist, the Bible says:

He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe.

He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world. John 1:7-9

• Be a light!

 As you come to Him, the living Stone—rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to Him— you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 1Peter 2:4-5

• God chose you and tied you in ropes of love.
• You need to seek God´s presence.
• You can´t succeed without God.
• The 10 virgins had the same opportunities... But just 5 were wise, vigilant, faithful... The other virgins, the foolish ones did not take any oil with them. The wise, however,took oil in jars along with their lamps. (Matthew 25:1-13)
• Who endures till the end will receive the crown and will be saved.

The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn,

shining ever brighter till the full light of day.

 Proverbs 4:18

Let the light of God shine FROM you!

Pastor Áurea Marciano

March 17, 2012.