Its been a month since Pastor preached about the anointing oil. I'm all for it and I learnt something about faith as well. Not immediately though. It took a couple of discussions with some friends, some real-life experiences and of course a CG meeting before I finally learnt it.
Some things are hard to teach and explain without cliches. I guess mainly the idea is that faith is the currency of heaven, and our God, really has given to each of us a measure of faith. What He wants is for us to use it all the time. He wants this because of His great love. He wants this so that we can draw from Him. I don't know why else He wants it but I do know that He wants it because its for our good. Its for our good because Jesus came that we might have life and have it more abundantly.
I believe one of the reasons He encouraged us to have Holy Communion and to use the Anointing Oil is because its where we can also use our faith. Believing that the the communion and the oil actually works is faith and its the kind of faith that demands a response from God. There is NO WAY that I can take the communion without my body being rejuvenated, repaired and me being changed. That is faith. It doesn't really matter that we don't know how it works. Its easy to learn that over time. All that matters is we believe God and take Him at His Word. His Word says that by His stripes, we are healed. I'm just going to believe that because He said it.
In the same way, according to Mark 6:13 and James 5:14, I'm going to believe that the anointing oil works. Don't ask me how. I don't know yet.
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