Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
It's common to hear NAR/Charismatic leaders claim to have an anointing that other Christians don’t have, and their response, when corrected is, “Touch not the Lord’s anointed.” Bob and Jessica examine the Old Testament practice of anointing with oil to show that only priests, kings, and one prophet (Elisha) were uniquely anointed by God. They then discuss Psalm 105:10-15 to show that “touch not the Lord’s anointed” was referring to the patriarchs and their descendants who wandered among the nations. They show from the New Testament that Christ is the Anointed One, and others who claim to be specially anointed are false christs (antichrists) and must be rejected. Every true Christian is anointed, and the only specially anointed one is Christ. Believers have different ministries and callings, but no one has a superior anointing except for The Anointed One – Jesus Christ Himself.
Links:
The Anointing and the Christian
cicministry.org/commentary/issue5.htm
It's common to hear NAR/Charismatic leaders claim to have an anointing that other Christians don’t have, and their response, when corrected is, “Touch not the Lord’s anointed.” Bob and Jessica examine the Old Testament practice of anointing with oil to show that only priests, kings, and one prophet (Elisha) were uniquely anointed by God. They then discuss Psalm 105:10-15 to show that “touch not the Lord’s anointed” was referring to the patriarchs and their descendants who wandered among the nations. They show from the New Testament that Christ is the Anointed One, and others who claim to be specially anointed are false christs (antichrists) and must be rejected. Every true Christian is anointed, and the only specially anointed one is Christ. Believers have different ministries and callings, but no one has a superior anointing except for The Anointed One – Jesus Christ Himself.
Links:
The Anointing and the Christian
cicministry.org/commentary/issue5.htm
