The holy anointing oil and olive oil are used by many Christians because they believe anointing oil has power. Wakristo hutumia mafuta hayo kwa madhumuni kadhaa, Kwa mfano, to consecrate someone into an office (wizara), kutakasa nyumba, majengo, na vitu, to heal the sick, Tupa pepo, 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
Katika Kutoka 30, tunasoma kuhusu muundo na madhumuni ya mafuta matakatifu ya upako. Musa aliagizwa na Mungu kutayarisha mafuta matakatifu ya upako na kuipaka hema ya kukutania, na sanduku la ushuhuda, na meza na vyombo vyake vyote, na kinara cha taa na vyombo vyake, na madhabahu ya kufukizia uvumba, na madhabahu ya sadaka ya kuteketezwa pamoja na vyombo vyake vyote, na birika na tako lake.
Musa alipaswa kuwatakasa ili wawe watakatifu sana. Whatsoever touched them would be holy (hata hivyo mtu asiyeidhinishwa hakuruhusiwa kuzigusa. (Soma pia: Sababu iliyomfanya Uza kufa).
Musa pia ilimbidi watie mafuta Haruni na wanawe na kuwaweka wakfu, ili waweze kumtumikia Bwana katika kazi ya ukuhani. The holy anointing oil was used throughout generations.
Hata hivyo, God specifically commanded that this holy anointing oil could not be used to pour upon man’s flesh.
Wala haikuruhusiwa kutengeneza nyingine yoyote kama hiyo, baada ya muundo wake, because it was holy. Kwa hiyo. it would be holy unto them.
Ikiwa mtu angejumuisha yoyote kama hiyo, or put the anointing oil upon a stranger (mtu asiyeidhinishwa), angekatiliwa mbali na watu wake (Kutoka 30:22-33).
Hii inatuambia, kwamba mafuta matakatifu ya kutiwa yaliruhusiwa tu kutumika kwa ajili ya utumishi mtakatifu wa Bwana na kutia mafuta (wakfu) ya (juu)Kuhani(s), hema, na nyenzo na vitu, ambazo zilitumika kwa utumishi wa Bwana.
Mafuta matakatifu ya upako hayakuruhusiwa kutumika kutia mwili wa mtu (mgeni) na ilikatazwa kuiga mafuta ya kupaka.
Why did people make a trade of the holy anointing oil?
Ikiwa haya ni maneno ya Mungu, 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 (uponyaji) mamlaka.
Wakristo wengi wanaanguka katika mtego wa uongo huu. Wanaamini maneno haya ya mwanadamu na kununua mafuta ya upako, 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, wanaokuja kwa njia yao. Because they believe that the oil has supernatural (uponyaji) mamlaka. They believe that by using this miraculous oil they unleash special powers that will heal the sick, deliver people from demonic oppression, na kusafisha nyumba, majengo, na vitu kutoka kwa nguvu za mapepo.
All because of mafundisho ya uwongo, wanaamini kwamba wanapopaka kitu au mtu kwa mafuta, mashetani watakimbia.
Je, Yesu alitumia mafuta ya upako?
Tunapomtazama Yesu Kristo, Nani alikuwa Mzaliwa wa kwanza wa uumbaji mpya, na maisha yake duniani, we don’t read anything about Jesus walking around with a vial or bottle of anointing oil.
Je, Yesu alitumia mafuta ya upako kuwapaka watu, vitu, nyumba, na majengo? Hapana. Yesu alikuja katika Jina la Baba Yake: katika mamlaka ya Baba yake na kusema maneno yake. Every word that proceeded out of Jesus’ mdomo ukatokea.
Did Jesus anoint His disciples with oil before Jesus sent them forth two by two? Hapana, Yesu aliwapa wanafunzi wake mamlaka na uwezo juu ya pepo wachafu na kuponya wagonjwa (dhaifu).
Yesu aliwatuma kuhubiri na kuleta Ufalme wa Mungu kwa watu wa Mungu na kuwaita watubu. Hatusomi, that Jesus commanded His disciples to take a vial or bottle of oil with them to anoint houses or people (Mathayo 10:1-15, Weka alama 6:7-13, Luka 9:1-6).
Hata hivyo, ingawa Yesu hakusema lolote kuhusu mafuta ya upako au kupaka wagonjwa kwa mafuta, tunasoma katika injili ya Marko kwamba wanafunzi waliwapaka mafuta wengi waliokuwa wagonjwa (dhaifu) na mafuta, akawaponya.
Sababu ni kwa nini waliwapaka wagonjwa mafuta, ilitokana na ukweli kwamba upako kwa mafuta ulikuwa ni desturi ya kawaida katika tamaduni nyingi. Katika nchi kama Misri, China, India, Ugiriki, na Italia ilikuwa ni desturi ya kawaida kumpaka mtu mafuta au kumpaka mtu matope, ambaye alikuwa mgonjwa, na mafuta.
Kwa kweli, tunasoma kuhusu desturi hii katika mfano wa Msamaria. Msamaria alipomwendea yule mtu aliyejeruhiwa, alijifunga vidonda vyake, kumwaga mafuta na divai (Luka 10:30-35). Mafuta ya mizeituni yalitumiwa kama desturi ya matibabu.
Hata hivyo, Yesu hakupaka nyumba yoyote, majengo, vitu, au watu wenye mafuta. Yesu hakuwapaka wagonjwa mafuta, wala Yesu hakuwaamuru wanafunzi wake wafanye hivyo.
Utume mkuu na mafuta ya upako
Before Jesus ascended to heaven and took His place on the throne at the right hand of the Father, Yesu alitoa agizo kuu kwa wanafunzi wake. 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 mfuate Yesu. Jesus commanded all believers to go.
Yesu alipozungumza na wanafunzi wake, Yesu hakutaja mafuta ya upako au kumpaka mtu au kitu kwa mafuta.
Yesu hakuwaamuru wanafunzi wake kumpaka mtu mafuta ili kumweka katika ofisi (wizara) na kumtakasa au kumweka wakfu mtu huyo. Wala Yesu hakuamuru kupaka mafuta nyumba au majengo au kumtia mtu mafuta, ambaye alikuwa mgonjwa au dhaifu, na mafuta.
Yesu aliwaamuru wanafunzi wake waweke mikono juu ya wagonjwa ili wapone (Weka alama 16:18)
Mitume na mafuta ya upako katika Agano Jipya
Although Peter was one of the twelve disciples that was sent by Jesus on a mission and apparently anointed the sick (wanyonge, dhaifu) na mafuta, 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, ulikuwa ni uponyaji wa kilema, ambaye aliweka kwenye lango la hekalu.
When Peter and John went to the temple, and a lame man asked them for alms, Petro hakuchukua chupa yake ya mafuta ili kumpaka mafuta.
Hapana, mtu huyo aliponywa na Petro imani katika Jina la Yesu.
Petro aliamini katika kazi kamilifu ya ukombozi na mamlaka ya Yesu Kristo (Matendo 3:16).
Petro alipokuwa Lida, hakutumia mafuta kuwapaka wagonjwa, lakini alimponya Enea, aliyekuwa mgonjwa wa kupooza, kwa imani katika Jina la Yesu (Matendo 9:34).
Petro alifanya vivyo hivyo huko Yafa, ambapo Tabitha alifufuliwa kutoka kwa wafu kwa imani katika Jina la Yesu (Tenda 9:40-41).
Did Paul and the other apostles use oil to anoint the sick, nyumba, majengo, au vitu?
Paul and the other apostles didn’t use oil either to anoint people that were sick or weak, nyumba, majengo, au vitu.
Paulo alipoandika barua hizo zote kwa makanisa, hatusomi chochote kuhusu kuwaamuru watakatifu wawatie mafuta wazee, mashemasi, the sick or weak, nyumba, majengo au vitu vyenye mafuta.
Sio hata kwenye barua, which Paul wrote to the carnal church in Corinth.
The new creation is spiritual and received the Holy Spirit
Hii ni kwa sababu, kupitia kuzaliwa upya, walikuwa wamekuwa kiumbe kipya, ambaye roho yake ilifufuliwa kutoka kwa wafu. Kwa hiyo, ya kanisa (kusanyiko la waumini waliozaliwa mara ya pili (ubunifu mpya)) imekuwa ya kiroho.
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.
Waliunganishwa katika roho na Roho Mtakatifu na Yesu Kristo na Baba. That’s why they walked just like Jesus (mzaliwa wa kwanza wa uumbaji mpya) katika mamlaka yake.
The only thing they had to remember and keep was the ushirika, 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?
Katika 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 (dhaifu) among you? Na awaite wazee wa kanisa; na wamuombee, kumpaka mafuta kwa jina la Bwana: na kuomba kwa imani kutamwokoa mgonjwa, na Bwana atamwinua (Yakobo 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 (dhaifu) and to pray over that person and anoint him with oil in the Name of the Lord.
Hata hivyo, 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. Kwa sababu katika aya inayofuata, imeandikwa, kwamba sala ya imani itamwokoa na kumponya mtu huyo.
Kwa maneno mengine, 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, na akafa na aliingia kuzimu, where He conquered death and rose from the dead as Overcomer, Ambaye ana mamlaka yote mbinguni na duniani), mtu huyo aliokolewa na kuponywa. (Oh. Isaya 53:4-5, 1 Peter 2:24, Ufunuo 1:18).
Do Christians have more faith in oil than in the Name of Jesus?
Biblia inasema, ili tuwe kama Bwana na Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo (Mathayo 10:25, Waefeso 4:15). Ikiwa Yesu hakutumia mafuta ya upako, tunapaswa kujiuliza kwa dhati ikiwa tunapaswa kutumia mafuta ya upako.
Ni jambo la kusikitisha, kwamba Wakristo wengi wana imani zaidi na mafuta na kuyaona kuwa dawa kuliko katika Jina la Yesu.
If Christians would wake up and become aware of Who lives inside of them, and what position and power (Mamlaka) they have received in Jesus Christ, basi wasingegusa mafuta yoyote tena.
Imani isiwe katika mafuta bali katika Yesu Kristo na Jina lake. Ni kwa imani tu katika Jina la Yesu na matendo yanayotokana na imani hiyo, itahamisha milima.
If Christians believe that the oil symbolizes the Holy Spirit and that the Holy Spirit dwells inside of them, basi kwa nini wanahitaji mafuta?
‘Kuweni chumvi ya dunia’
