This morning we begin worship with:
The LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I haverejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I willsend you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king amonghis sons.”
Why oil? Nine times in the Old Testament oil was used to anoint someone for service.
But in the New Testament we find something different:
James 5:14
Is anyone among you sick? 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.
Why then was oil used during healing? When elders pray over someone who is sick, God may heal them supernaturally and immediately, heal them through the skills of the doctors and the design of the human body, or God may have decreed that this illness would be fatal.
In all cases, we are commanded to anoint them in faith for service. Heaven will be another opportunity to serve our God.
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