Is it OK to be annointed by sacred oil?
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Anointing believers with oil is perfectly fine -- in fact, it is taught in the book of James.\n\nBut to mimic the formula and use of the anointing oil set apart for the O.T. high priest is problematic.\n\nThe problem is not so much what another has pointed out -- that we likely are not really able to reconstruct the particular formula used for the priests.  It is more a matter of whether it is appropriate to even attempt to use "the Aaronic oil."  \n\nI believe your pastor's action is well-intentioned, but do not think this effort it draws the proper lesson from the idea that ALL believers are now "priests" to God.\n\nMy objection is NOT that the formula for the oil was restricted in OT times.   It is that OUR priesthood is NOT the same as Aaron's.  What happens with Jesus is that HE fulfills the hightpriestly role in a way Aaron could not (as Hebrews spells out).\n\nShould we now build a new Temple like that of Solomon, and all of us wear the garb of Aaron and enter the Holy of holies??   Should we all start conducting the cleansing rituals and blood sacrifices of Leviticus? NO! Of course not.   That would be going BACK to the shadows fulfilled in Christ.    This same would be true of our attempting to use the priestly anointing oil in the same way Aaron did.  \n\nThe priesthood of Aaron has NOT passed to us -- it has ENDED.
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Because you have not allowed the saintly worshipping of jesus christ swallow your entire life. Allow prayer take over your life and you will be fulfilled with heveanly wisdom. May the power of christ compell you!
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"Granny, I love you and I respect you.  But I have made a choice for my faith and life, and I need you to respect that.  Show me that you love me by respecting this choice."\n\nNow, if there is something WRONG with the non-denominational church you have selected, then that is an entirely different question.  However, if your church is teaching the Bible as God's word, and if you cannot see anything in their statement of faith that is wrong, then stand your ground, affirming your Granny of your love for her.
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the bible has lots of references to smoke filled tents and getting baked, "Then the Lord said to Moses, "Take the following fine spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of qhaneh-bosm, 500 shekels of cassia--all according to the sanctuary shekel--and a hind of olive oil. Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer. It will be the sacred anointing oil." Exodus 30:23 \nAs one shekel equals approximately 16.37 grams, this means that the THC of over 9 pounds of flowering cannabis tops, were extracted into a hind, about 6.5 litres of oil. The entheogenic effects of such a solution, even when applied topically, would undoubtedly have been intense. Only those who had been dedicated by the anointing oil of...God" (Leviticus 21:12) were permitted to act as priests. In the "holy" state produced by the anointing oil the priests were forbidden to leave the sanctuary precincts (Leviticus 21:12), and the above passage from Exodus, makes quite clear the sacredness of this ointment, the use of which the priests jealously guarded.\nfollow this link for lots more
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Well it is up to you have active you are in the ceremony, but personally I would not participate actively in something that I did not believe in. It all depends what it is they're doing though. For example if they are praying then I would stay silent and wait for them to finish, but if they wished me to be a godparent then I would probably have to decline because that would involve me saying things that I did not believe. I wouldn't feel comfortable doing that. You should just see the baptism for what it is, a way for the parents to celebrate the birth of their new child and introduce him to the community. That something we can all enjoy :-)
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ya know that's funny, my friend is trying to sell her house and buried a St Joseph statue head down in the yard, and I couldn't help but think this is like a magic spell, you have to do it just so and read a prayer (incantation?) bless a candle with oil, then light it, place the Holy Card (amulet?) in with the deed or mortage papers, just like from a book of magic
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It is a non-issue. If you waste your time worrying about it or fruitlessly discussing it, you are sidetracked from the Gospel of Scripture. (That would please Satan.)
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NO!!!! \n\nDo NOT take Euclayptus oil internally!!!!!\n\n\n That stuff is poisonous. More than a teaspoon or two will make your seriously ill and quite possibly kill you.\n\nPure means pure, unmixed, refined. It does not mean safe. You can get pure arsenic and pure dogshit as well. That doesn't mean those things are safe for human consumption.
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It is neither magic or evil. It is however extremely dangerous, and has no spiritual standing. \nWho is qualified to alter the will of God?\nBefore you place yourself under the influence of a card reader ask yourself what your attachment is to the reading and what is the readers attachment.\nGod is struggling every day to rescue souls who have been misdiagnosed by incompetent spiritual doctors.\nMake sure you show respect to God before you seek a reading.\nGods food is truth.\nTell him you dont think he is reliable.\nHe will understand.
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Absolutely! I'm praying right now. Heavenly Father, touch the life of California Sunset, whoever she is, wherever she is. Make the crooked paths strait, minister to her mind, soul, and body. Bless her in every area of her life. Bless her with abundance and no lack. You said that you desire that she prosper and be in good health even as her soul prospers. Send your ministering spirits to minister on her behalf. Give her peace in the midst of her storm. Grant her favor. Cause everything she does to prosper. Encamp your angels around her and her family, keep and protect them all. Provide for her every need according to your riches in glory. In Jesus name. Amen \nBe encouraged California Sunset. Weeping may endure for the night but joy comes in the morning! Don't forget to praise God in the midst of trouble. I know it is hard, but I guarantee, you will come out victoriously!\nGod Bless!
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well you can go to your priest or a spiritual healer.  never forget to pray and ask God for protection. i know.
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annointing is the act of making the sign of the cross on ones' forehead with blessed oil,sometimes done to initiate healing , to bless someone or at easter time to make a new declaration of ones' religious commitment
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How about this:\n\n1 Cor 6:19-20\n\n19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.
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No. Read Ecclesiastes 9:5 That is your answew.
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No honey, you do not need permission about when the time is right. You get that answer from God inside of your heart.  When you are willing, then the Minister or Priest of the church you attend should willingly bless you with baptism.  I have even done it twice in my life.  I became closer to the Holy Spirit, the Power of God within me a few years ago and decided to be baptised again...the first time I was 4 years old. Just contact the church office and let them know ~ as most churches only baptize one time per month.  God bless you in your Christian walk.
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Oh my goodness, I can't believe you felt you needed to ask that. rofl. Do you seriously think you need permission to tidy your lady(or man) garden?\n\nI should think it's alright. Unless the 11th commandment is 'Though shall not shave thy pubes' or it condemns the removal of pubic hair somehwere in the bible .....
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:]\nRather , eo you have sufficient worth, that God should accept your worship