The holy anointing oil and olive oil are used by many Christians because they believe anointing oil has power. Bakreste ba sebelisa oli bakeng sa merero e mengata, ka mohlala, to consecrate someone into an office (Tšebeletso), Ho halalela matlo, meaho, le lintho, to heal the sick, Lahla Bademona, or for spiritual warfare. But is using anointing oil Biblical and is it part of the New Covenant or is this a custom that was practiced in the Old Covenant, which Christians adopted and applied to the New Covenant? What is the power and purpose of anointing oil in the Bible and how do you use it according to the Bible? Let’s look at what the Bible says about anointing oil and look at the lives of Jesus and the apostles and see if they used anointing oil.
The use and purpose of the holy anointing oil in the Old Covenant
Ho Exoda 30, Re bala ka sebopeho le sepheo sa oli e sa tsoa tlala. Moshe o ile a laela hore Molimo a lokisetse oli e tlotsang e sa tsoakolla le ho tlotsoa tabernakele ea phutheho, le areka ea bopaki, le tafole le likepe tsohle tsa hae, le lijana tsa ntlo le likepe tsa hae, le aletare ea libano, le aletare ea nyehelo ea secheso le likepe tsohle tsa hae, le laver le leoto la hae.
Moshe o ile a tlameha ho ba halaletsa hore ba halalela haholo. Whatsoever touched them would be holy (Leha ho le joalo motho ea sa lumelloang o ne a sa lumelloa ho ba ama. (Bala hape: Lebaka leo Uzza a hlokahala).
Moshe le eena o ile a tlameha ho Lebetsang Arone le bara ba hae le ho ba halaletsa, e le hore ba ka sebeletsa Morena ofising ea moprista. The holy anointing oil was used throughout generations.
Leha ho le joalo, God specifically commanded that this holy anointing oil could not be used to pour upon man’s flesh.
Hape ha a lumelloa ho etsa mang kapa mang joalo ka eona, Kamora sebopeho sa eona, because it was holy. Ka hona. it would be holy unto them.
Haeba motho a ne a ka bapisa le eng kapa eng, or put the anointing oil upon a stranger (Motho ea sa lumelloang), o ne a tla felisoa sechabeng sa habo (Exoda 30:22-33).
Sena se re bolella, hore oli e tlotsitsoeng e sa tsoa lumelloa e ne e lumelloa ho sebelisetsoa tšebeletso e halalelang ea Morena le ho tlotsa (TLHOKOMELISO) the (hodimo)Moprista(s), tabernacle, le lisebelisoa le lintho, e neng e sebelisetsoa tšebeletso ea Morena.
Ole e sa tsoakoang e ne e sa lumelloe ho sebelisoa ho tlotsa 'mele oa motho (motho ea sa tsebeng) mme e ne e thibetsoe ho kopitsa oli e tlotsang.
Why did people make a trade of the holy anointing oil?
Haeba tsena ke mantsoe a Molimo, then why have people made a trade of the holy anointing oil and sell them to make a profit?
There a people that make a holy anointing oil after the composition that is written in the Bible and pretend that this oil has supernatural (Pholiso) matla.
Bakreste ba bangata ba oela lerabeng la leshano lena. Ba lumela mantsoe ana a batho mme ba reka oli e tlotsang, believing that the oil has power
They believe and buy this holy anointing oil, only because they are ignorant of the truth. Many Christians don’t read and study the Bible themselves but blindly believe everything that is preached by people.
And so they buy the oil and anoint everything and everyone, ea tlang tseleng ea bona. Because they believe that the oil has supernatural (Pholiso) matla. They believe that by using this miraculous oil they unleash special powers that will heal the sick, deliver people from demonic oppression, le matlo a hloekisang, meaho, le lintho tse tsoang ho meho ea bademona.
All because of lithuto tsa bohata, ba lumela hore ha ba tlotla ho hong kapa motho ea nang le oli, Bademona ba tla baleha.
Na Jesu o sebelisitse oli e tlotsang e tlotsang?
Ha re sheba Jesu Kreste, Eo e neng e le mang Letsibolo la popo e ncha, le bophelo ba hae lefatšeng, we don’t read anything about Jesus walking around with a vial or bottle of anointing oil.
Na Jesu o sebelisitse oli e tlotsang ho tlola batho, dintho, Matlo, le meaho meaho? Che. Jesu o ile a tla ka lebitso la ntate oa hae: Ka matla a Ntate oa hae mme a bua mantsoe a hae. Every word that proceeded out of Jesus’ molomo o ile oa feta.
Did Jesus anoint His disciples with oil before Jesus sent them forth two by two? Che, Jesu o file barutuoa ba hae matla le matla a hae holim'a meea e sa hloekang le ho folisa ba kulang (ba fokolang).
Jesu o ile a ba bitsa ho bolela le ho tlisa 'Muso oa Molimo mme o ba bitsa hore ba bake. Ha re bale, that Jesus commanded His disciples to take a vial or bottle of oil with them to anoint houses or people (Mattheu 10:1-15, Tšoaea 6:7-13, Luka 9:1-6).
Leha ho le joalo, Leha Jesu a sa ka a bua letho ka oli e tlotsang kapa ho tlotsa ba kulang ka oli, Re bala Kosepele ea Mareka hore barutuoa ba tlotsitse ba bangata ba neng ba kula (fokola) ka oli, mme a ba folisitse.
Lebaka leo ka lona ba tlotlollang ba kulang ka oli, e ne e bakoa ke hore tlolo ea oli e ne e le moetlo o tloaelehileng litsong tse ngata. Linaheng tse kang Egepeta, China, India, Greece, mme Italy e ne e le moetlo o tloaelehileng ho tlotsa kapa ho shrita motho e mong, ea neng a kula, ka oli.
Haele hantle, Re bala ka tloaelo ena papisong ea Mosamaria. Ha Mosamaria a ea ho monna ea lemetseng, O tlama maqeba a hae, Ho tšela ka oli le veine (Luka 10:30-35). Oli ea mohloaare e ne e sebelisoa e le moetlo oa bongaka.
Leha ho le joalo, Jesu ha a ka a tlotsa matlo a hae, meaho, dintho, kapa batho ba nang le oli. Jesu ha a ka a tlotsa ba kulang ka oli, ebile Jesu o ile a laela barutuoa ba hae hore ba etse joalo.
Khomishene e Kholo le Oli e tlotsitsoeng
Before Jesus ascended to heaven and took His place on the throne at the right hand of the Father, Jesu o file barutuoa ba hae matla a maholo ho barutuoa ba hae. This commission wasn’t only meant for the disciples that were present, but for all the disciples of Jesus that would come after them and latela Jesu. Jesus commanded all believers to go.
Ha Jesu a bua le barutuwa ba hae, Jesu ha a ka a bua ka oli e tlotsang kapa ho tlola motho kapa ho hong ka oli.
Jesu ha a ka a laela barutuoa ba hae hore ba tlotse motho ea etsang oli hore a be ofisi ofising (Tšebeletso) le ho hatela pele kapa ho tsebisa motho eo. Hape Jesu o ile a laela hore a tlotse matlo kapa meaho kapa meaho kapa ho tlotsa motho, ea neng a kula kapa a fokola, ka oli.
Jesu o laetse barutuoa ba hae hore ba behe matsoho ho ba kulang e le hore ba ka fola (Tšoaea 16:18)
Baapostola le Oli e tlotsang selekane se secha
Although Peter was one of the twelve disciples that was sent by Jesus on a mission and apparently anointed the sick (e bonolo, fokola) ka oli, when Peter became a new creation full of the Holy Spirit, we don’t read anywhere that Peter anointed people that were sick or weak with oil.
The first healing that took place after Jesus ascended to heaven and after the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, e ne e le pholiso ea monna ea holofetseng, Ea behiloeng hekeng ea tempele.
When Peter and John went to the temple, and a lame man asked them for alms, Peter ha a ka a etsa botlolo ea hae ea ho mo tlotsa.
Che, Monna eo o ile a fola ke Peter's Tumelo Lebitsong la Jesu.
Petrose o ne a lumela mosebetsing o phethahetseng oa topollo le bolaoli ba Jesu Kreste (Liketso 3:16).
Ha Peter a ne a le Lydda, Ha a ka a sebelisa oli ho tlotsa ba kulang, Empa o ile a folisa enes, ea neng a kula ka palsy, Ka Tumelo Lebitsong la Jesu (Liketso 9:34).
Peter o ile a etsa joalo ho Jopa, Moo Tabitha o ile a tsosoa bafung ka tumelo lebitsong la Jesu (Ketso 9:40-41).
Did Paul and the other apostles use oil to anoint the sick, Matlo, meaho, kapa lintho?
Paul and the other apostles didn’t use oil either to anoint people that were sick or weak, Matlo, meaho, kapa lintho.
Ha Paul a ngolla mangolo ana kaofela ho likereke, Ha re bale letho ka ho laela bahalaleli ho tlotsa baholo, madikone, the sick or weak, Matlo, meaho kapa lintho tse nang le oli.
Esita le ka litlhaku, which Paul wrote to the carnal church in Corinth.
The new creation is spiritual and received the Holy Spirit
Ke hobane, ka nchafatso, Ba ne ba fetohile pōpo e ncha, Moea oa mang o tsosoa bafung. Ka hona, kereke (Potso ea Bobeli ea Borena ea Re Balumeli (Lintho tse ncha)) e ne e se e le ea moea.
They didn’t need any natural resources or perform all kinds of visible religious rituals to make the spiritual visible to the carnal man as in the Old Covenant.
Li ne li amana le Moea o Halalelang le Jesu Kreste le Ntate. That’s why they walked just like Jesus (Letsibolo la sebopuwa se setjha) Ka matla a hae.
The only thing they had to remember and keep was the selallo, whereby they remembered their Lord Jesus and were partakers of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
What about anointing the sick with oil in James 5:14-15?
Ho James 5:14-15, we read about the practice of anointing a sick person with oil. It’s the only time in the apostolic letters that we read about the use of oil and anointing a person with oil.
Is any sick (fokola) among you? E ke a etsetse baholo ba kereke; mme ba mo rapelle, Ho mo tlotsa ka oli ka lebitso la Morena: le thapelo ea tumelo e tla boloka ba kulang, mme Morena o tla mo tsosa (James 5:14-15).
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James wrote this letter to the twelve tribes of Israel that were scattered abroad.
James commanded them to call upon the elders when someone among them was sick (fokola) and to pray over that person and anoint him with oil in the Name of the Lord.
Leha ho le joalo, although this practice of anointing the sick with oil was done by the elders, the anointing oil didn’t have supernatural power.
The anointing oil and the practice of anointing the sick with oil had nothing to do with healing. Hobane temaneng e latelang, E ngotsoe, hore thapelo ea tumelo e tla boloka le ho folisa motho eo.
Ka mantsoe a mang, by faith in the Name of Jesus and by believing in His perfect work of salvation (that He was scourged at the whipping post and took all infirmities and diseases upon Him and carried all the sins and iniquity of the world on the cross, mme a shwa le a kena Hadese, where He conquered death and rose from the dead as Overcomer, Ke mang ea nang le matla 'ohle maholimong le lefatšeng), Motho eo o ne a pholositsoe le ho fola. (Oh. Esaia 53:4-5, 1 Peterose 2:24, Tšenolo 1:18).
Do Christians have more faith in oil than in the Name of Jesus?
Bebele e re, Hore re lokela ho tšoana le mong'a rona le ho ea ka Jesu Kreste (Mattheu 10:25, Baefese 4:15). Haeba Jesu a ne a sa sebelise oli e tlotsang, Re lokela ho ipotsa ka tieo haeba re ka sebelisa oli e tlotsang e tlotsang.
Ke ntho e soabisang, Hore Bakreste ba bangata ba na le tumelo e fetang ea oli ebe ba e nka e le panacea ho feta ka lebitso la Jesu.
If Christians would wake up and become aware of Who lives inside of them, and what position and power (Bolaoli) they have received in Jesus Christ, ebe ba hana ho ama oli hape.
Tumelo ha ea lokela ho ba oli empa ho Jesu Kreste le lebitso la hae. Ke ka Tumelo feela ka Lebitso la Jesu le Mesebetsi e Itshang Tumelo eo, e tla tsamaisa lithaba.
If Christians believe that the oil symbolizes the Holy Spirit and that the Holy Spirit dwells inside of them, Joale hobaneng ba hloka oli?
‘E be letsoai la lefatše’
