THE HOLY SPIRIT  - (PART 9)       

 

Memory Verse:  “The wise, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps.”

 Matth. 25:4. (NIV).             

 

Bible Passage: Matthew 25: 1-13.

 

LESSON OBJECTIVE  

To be able, at the end of the lesson, to know

i). The importance of oil for light; and

ii). The power of oil (anointing) for breaking the yoke.

 

LESSON INTRODUCTION

If you want your light to shine, then you need to fill the lamp with oil. The oil is the life of the lamp. In the same way, the Holy Spirit keeps the believer shinning or burning for the Lord. We shall learn more of the use of oil in today’s lesson.

 

LESSON OUTLINE 1: OIL FOR LIGHT

 

a). In the Tabernacle that Moses built at God’s command, there was a 7-branch golden lampstand in the Holy Place. It was to be constantly supplied with oil so the lamp could be kept burning day and night. See Exodus 27: 20-21.

The Holy Spirit can be compared to that oil which kept the lamp burning all the time.

 

b). In a similar way, believers are to shine continually forever, day and night, nice day as well as difficult day. In other words, they are to shine all the time. See Matth. 5: 14-16.

 

c). The oil is used for setting people apart (or, anointing people) for the Lord’s use.

See Exodus 30: 22-33, particularly v.30.

 

d). When a person is anointed, such a person becomes a changed person; a person with a new heart, new grace and gift. See I Sam. 10: 1; 9-11.

 

 LESSON OUTLINE 2: ANOINTING DESTROYS YOKES

 

What does anointing signify and do?

 

a). As already stated in c). above, anointing signifies separation to the Lord for a particular task and divine equipping for the task.

See I Sam. 9:16; Isa. 61: 1-3.

b). It keeps the believer separated for the Master’s use.

See I Sam. 16: 1; 11-16.

c). The anointing breaks the yoke.

See Isa. 10: 24-27; 58:6.

d). The anointing brings healing – physical, emotional and spiritual.

See James 5: 14-15; Isa. 61: 1-3.

 

SUMMARY

The oil to make the believer’s lamp shine all the time as well as the oil for anointing is available to you at your request. So, reach out for it now as a wise one, as delay may result in “dryness” in your spiritual life in this life, and your eventually being refused entry to the Bridegroom’s wedding banquet.