Anoint house with oil.!?

[Esaias]

Anointing inanimate objects was done in the Bible (Jacob's pillar, the furnishings of the Tabernacle, etc). But those anointings were ritual methods of dedicating the item to divine service. Anointing your home would indicate it is no longer being used for living quarters but has become an actual temple (if one was going to be Biblically consistent).

Of course, one might anoint a home for some other purpose, like "the X family is going to be living here" but again this would just be an act of dedication, like smashing a bottle of champagne against the hull of a new boat or ship, or cutting the ribbon and ceremoniously digging the first shovelful out of the ground on a new building project.

It has no "power against demons" that I can see. The Pharisees washed hands, bowls, plates, cups etc for essentially the same reason (warding against evil). Same reason Catholics splash holy water on homes and cars, or use oil during exorcisms of houses. It's remarkably similar to PAGAN SUPERSTITION.

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Originally Posted by LOVE JESUS

It is surely not going to hurt anything to anoint your house in the Name of Jesus.

Not would it hurt anyone to believe putting blood around our doors like they did in Egypt will bless our homes , but it's a waste of time.

[votivesoul]

Originally Posted by LOVE JESUS

It is surely not going to hurt anything to anoint your house in the Name of Jesus.

Perhaps not, but then again, it might cause someone to trust in their act of anointing and in the oil they use above the One who bears the name upon which they call.

Secondly, if any action a believer takes of an alleged spiritual nature has no actual, real-world significance and doesn't bring about anything in any true sense, not only is it a waste of time, it becomes an illusion that might only soothe fears but not actually protect someone from the very thing they actually fear, and that engenders deception.

We must be careful, even circumspect, regarding what we believe, what we do, and why we believe it and why we do it.

[diakonos]

Excellent post