History is a needle for putting men asleep anointed with the poison Of all they want to keep.
Christ will remain a priest and king; though He was never consecrated by any papist bishop or greased by any of those shavelings; but he was ordained and consecrated by God Himself, and by Him anointed.
But as Shakespeare’s Richard II boasts, ‘Not all the water in the rough rude seaCan wash the balm off from an anointed king.
When one's eyes are anointed with the salve of prema, spiritual love then we could see Vrindavan.
Do not be content with the old anointing. It is essential to a more holy and happy life. . . that you seek to be anointed with new oil. Do not be satisfied with past experiences. [. . . ] Seek to have a new revelation of Christ to your soul. Seek the renewed application of His precious blood to your conscience. Oh, seek the fresh oil!
Acts 10:38 says, “See how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth who went about doing good. ” He just got up every day and did good. Everywhere he went, even though he had a purpose and he was headed somewhere, he let himself be interrupted by the needs of people. So often we study the steps of Jesus. Maybe we need to study the stops of Jesus. The things that he stopped for, the things that interrupted his plan, where he would alter his plan and help somebody here and there.
The vision of the anointed is one in which ills as poverty, irresponsible sex, and crime derive primarily from 'society,' rather than from individual choices and behavior. To believe in personal responsibility would be to destroy the whole special role of the anointed, whose vision casts them in the role of rescuers of people treated unfairly by 'society'.
Whether elected or appointed he considers himself the Lord's anointed, and indeed the ointment lingers on him so thick you can't get your fingers on him.
There are too many leaders anointed because they have a public voice - television, radio, or record, or whatever. That even includes myself. In the past, I'd say, 'Don't anoint me when you can anoint yourself.
