What does the Bible say about anointing?
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The Bible teaches that anointing ultimately signifies God’s consecrating and empowering work, fulfilled supremely in Jesus Christ and shared spiritually with His people through the Holy Spirit. Isaiah 61:1 and Luke 4:18 proclaim Christ as the Spirit-anointed Savior who brings good news, liberty, and healing. In the old covenant, priests and holy objects were anointed for service, as in Leviticus 8:10, while Psalm 20:6 celebrates God’s help for His anointed king. Believers now have an abiding anointing from the Holy One, teaching them to remain in Christ and resist falsehood, according to 1 John 2:20, 27. James 5:14 and Mark 6:13 show anointing with oil as a prayerful sign accompanying care for the sick, not a mechanical source of power.
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- 1 John 2:20 6 votes
You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.
- 1 John 2:27 5 votes
As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.
- Luke 4:18 4 votes
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,
- James 5:14 3 votes
Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;
- Isaiah 61:1 3 votes
The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound,
- Mark 6:13 2 votes
They cast out many demons, and anointed many with oil who were sick and healed them.
- Luke 7:46 2 votes
You didn’t anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
- 2 Corinthians 1:21 2 votes
Now he who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God,
- Psalms 20:6 2 votes
Now I know that Yahweh saves his anointed. He will answer him from his holy heaven, with the saving strength of his right hand.
- Leviticus 8:10 2 votes
Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and sanctified them.
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