Anointing & Laying On Of Hands | New Horizon Church | March 8th 2026

Father, We just thank you God for your word today.

Let it be a refreshing to us. Let it be

a newness to us. God, Holy Spirit, I give you

the space, I give you the platform. God, I want

you to be our teacher today. God, Fatherly welcome in

the newness of your word, the newness of what you

would have to share with your people. I pray for

hearts to be ready to receive.

From you in Jesus name. Amen, Amen, Amen, what morning

it has been great.

I wanted to start and open today with a few

observations from the last times that we've been listening to

all the sermons, and just I'm gonna go like super

duper like breeze over them. I'm just gonna give you

my observations, okay. Because they were talking about Isaac and

j Isaac and Abraham. Abraham had wells that he had dug.

Isaac went out to redig the wells that his father

had dug, but they were stopped. And so what happens

is Isaac is confronted in Genesis twenty six, verse eighteen

from there on by the Philistines. And so the first

time that he has a confrontation, he names the well

esik in verse twenty. Then in verse twenty one, he

digs another well, and they quarrel over that one also,

so he called that one's name Sitna. And then he

moved from there and dug another well, and they did

not quarrel over it. So he calls it reroboth because

he said, for now the Lord has made room for us,

and we shall be fruitful in the land. Notice that

every single time that he names it, he names it

after what happens as a result of them claiming it

and opening it up. Right, And so for first, Isaac

calls the first one contention. I looked up the next one.

It's actually called strife. So the first one was an

altercation with words, the second one was an altercation physically right,

And so they kept getting worse and worse confrontations till

the third one. Then a breakthrough happened where the enemy

did not contend over that well.

Amen. Amen.

So in these biblical times it meant that that the

hope of the enemy is for you, when you are

met with contention, that you will stop.

And turn around.

The enemy does not anticipate your willingness, though, to contend

fiercely over what is yours. Because remember those wells were

dubbed by his father Abraham, and Isaac came and redug

the wells and named them. So here's my observations from

what we've been talking and how it applies to the

ancient pathways.

Right.

So, number one, where the inheritance is not enforced, the

enemy enforces his will on it. Number two, when the

rightful errors do not contend, the enemy will occupy. Number three,

when the believer moves in confidence, God makes a place

for us in the inheritance. That's all three, right, So

I want you guys to think about those things. As

we are teaching and learning about all of these different

ancient pathways. There is going to be resistance, but I

want you to agree right now with me that we

do not permit discouragement, We do not permit contention, We

do not permit fear right or spiritual sleepiness to keep

us from our inheritance.

Amen. Amen, let's move on to the title for today.

While we travel the ancient pathways, it's the anointing and

laying on of hands. These are huge topics for us

right as believers, and so I want to get right

into this. Let's begin with this, Lord help me out,

say Lord, help Frank.

The origin of oil.

Many think the origin of oil is the holy anointing

oil that is mentioned in Exodus and Leviticus. However, I

found in Genesis twenty eight, verse ten through twenty two.

It says here it is now Jacob. Verse ten says

now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went towards Haran.

So he came to a certain place and stayed there

all night because the sun had set. And he took

one of the stones of that place and put it

on his head.

And he lay down in that place.

Then he dreamed, and behold, the latter was set up

on the earth, and its top reached heaven. And there

the angels of God were ascending and descending. And behold

the Lord stood above it and said, I am the

Lord God, God of Abraham.

Do you have that?

Yep, I'm the Lord God of Abraham, your father, and

the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie

I will give to you and your descendants. Also, your

descendants shall be as the dust of the earth. You

shall spread abroad to the west and to the east,

to the north and to the south, and in you

and your seed all the families of the earth.

Shall be blessed.

Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever

you go, and will bring you back to this land,

for I will not leave you until I have done

what I have spoken to you. Then Jacob awoke from

his sleep and said, surely the Lord is in this place,

and I did not know it. And he was afraid,

and said, how awesome is this place. This is none

other than the House of God, and this is the

gate of heaven. Then Jacob rose early in the morning

and took the stone that he had put put at

his head, set it up as a pillar, and poured

oil on top of it. And he called the name

of that place Bethel, but the name of that city

had been lost previously. Then Jacob made a vow, saying,

if God will be with me and keep me in

the way that I am going, and give me bread

to eat and clothing to put on, so that I

come back to my father's house in peace, then the

Lord shall be my God, and this stone, which I

have set as a pillar, shall be God's house.

And of all that you give me, I.

Will surely give you a tenth to you. So this

is an interesting interaction right. So the man goes and

sleeps in this place. God comes and interfaces with him,

like he interacts with him.

He's like, I'm gonna give you your inheritance.

I'm gonna give you the promise that I promised your

father Isaac.

Then the man.

Wakes up and his response is anoint the stone, anoint

the pillar. So he spreads oil over it, right, and

then the man makes a vow. Interestingly, though this morning,

you don't have this one. I don't think over there

at the I don't think you have it up for

the screen. But this is Genesis thirty one eleven thirteen.

Watch this.

Because I found out that oil changes things when it

touches it. Okay, in the Old Testament and in the

New Testament, it was used for healing purposes. Wherever there

was an open wound or an open sowred, they would

rub oil on it, right, they would anoint people with oil.

In more than anything, though it remains. I was researching

what olive oil would do to a rock, and it

completely changes the rock's surface forever. Like it doesn't evaporate,

It goes into the rock and it changes the color

of that rock forever. So that stone stayed like that

verse chapter thirty one of Genesis, verse eleven and thirteen.

Check this out.

Then the Angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, Jacob,

this is long after that interaction, okay. And I said,

here I am, And he said, lift your eyes now

and see all the rams which leap on the flocks

are streaked, speckled, and grayish gray spotted. For I have

seen all that Laban is doing to you. I am

the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar, and

where you made a vow to me. Now arise, get

out of this land and return to the land of

your family.

Was the oil important to the man or to God? Both?

So what we're looking at right there is that God

responded to him, and then he says at the at

later on down the road, he reminds him, Hey, the

place that you put the oil on is where I

I'm recalling it to your memory again. So there's a

remembrance that happens not just to man, but to God. Right,

he honors the fact that there was a point of

contact with the oil and the pillar. He remembers our

response to his word.

And so this is what today is about for us.

Is that I want us to remember the response, but

I want you to know that God is a faithful

God who remembers your response to him. So in Genesis

it's used for marking right where he takes a vow.

It's used for consecration in the Old Testament to set apart.

It's used for ordination, to set a purpose. It's used

for identification as one being holy.

This is what the oil's about.

In the New Testament, we see that the Apostles in

Mark six thirteen, the apostles anointed people with oil. It

says in Mark six thirteen, and they cast out many

demons and anointed with oil many who were sick and

healed them.

Let's go to the laying on of hands.

The hands are one of two parts that you actually

see on God the Father, because it says that no

man may see him lest they die. But he showed

Moses his back and the finger from which he wrote

on the tablets. So the hands are pretty important for us. Also,

the hands are the central form of feeling for the

human body. A person could read by using their hands.

It's the only part that we use to communicate community

like this, Give me a hand, let me give you

a hand with that right. It's also the part that

you can show one person honor right by shaking their

hand right, or display aggression right, like that you know.

We're going to fight, right? Or what do they say?

Sometimes show me your hands right when they want to

see that you're at peace.

So what do you do? You just show your hands right.

The other part is like when you applaud, that means

you agree with what's being said or being communicated. Right,

So that's agreement. But let's talk spiritually about it.

You guys.

Remember Ivan Roman, he was here during the summit. He said,

the laying on of hand is not just a random

church tradition. It's transference, it's activation. It's a biblical principle

back by Heaven. When you understand what's happening, you stop

being timid and you start moving with purpose. Before the

apostles look at some ways in the Old Testament that

the lay in hands is applied. During the time of

Moses numbers twenty seven eighteen, and the Lord said to Moses,

take Joshua, the son of None with you, a man

in whom is the spirit, and lay your hands on him.

Set him before Eliezer, the priests, and before all the congregation,

and inaugurate him in their sight. And you shall give

some of your authority to him, that the congregation of

the children of Israel may be obedient. He shall stand

before Eliezer, the priest, who shall inquire before the.

Lord for him, by the judgment of the Urine.

At his word, they shall go out, And that is word,

they shall come in he and all the children of

Israel with him, all the congregations. So Moses did as

the Lord commanded. He took Joshua, set him before Alias

or the priest, and before the congregation, and he laid

his hands on him and inaugurated him, just as the

Lord commanded, by the hand of Moses, already having the spirit,

he then inaugurates and ordains him in public.

Moses gives him some of his.

Authority through the lane on of hands.

A place of contact, right.

I just talked about a place of contact with the oil,

same thing with the hands, a place of contact, right.

And God moves in power through that. He honors through

faith what you and I are doing. If we're touching

and agreeing on something right, all right.

So if we.

Look further back in Genesis, forty eight fourteen. It says,

then Israel stretched out his right hand laid it on

Ephraim's head, who was the younger, in his left hand

on the on Manessa's head, guiding his hand knowingly, for

Manessa was the firstborn.

So Israel blesses Joseph through.

The laying on of hands on his two sons, Ephraim

and Vanessa. So he said, those will be my sons

now right, and so he blesses him. Blessing can be

a fourth telling. Blessing can be prophetically calling things that

aren't as though they will be right, and having full

faith in what you're doing, to bless.

Someone through the hands through touch.

In the New Testament, the laying on of him. The

laying on of hands was commonly during the time of

Jesus for healing any type of sickness or disease.

Okay, Mark sixteen.

Eighteen tells us that we will lay hands on the sick,

they will recover. Okay, here's where the two combine, Mark

six thirteen. Mark six thirteen says, and they cast out

many demons and anointed with oil many who were sick,

and healed them. Sometimes we like read things too fast,

right but like you slow down and you take a

look at how oil worked all the way from the

beginning to the very.

End and through the New Testament.

Now, somebody might argue that that was Old Testament still

because Jesus had him been crucified. However, we'll we'll go

through that later. It's James five, okay, but I'll go

I'll hit that one too.

Let's see.

I want to show you more examples of what the

lane on the hands does.

Though. Okay, is that good? Is that okay? All right?

Because I want us to really get this.

In Acts eight seventeen, it shows us that the apostles

laid hands for the transference of power. It says in

verse seventeen, they laid hands on them, and they received

the Holy Spirit through the laying on of hands. Watch

this in Acts nine seventeen through eighteen. And Anonius went

his way and entered the house, and laying his hands

on him, he said, brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who

appeared to you on the road as you came, has

sent me to you that you may receive your sight

and be filled with the Holy Spirit. Immediately there fell

from his eyes something like scales, and he received his

sight at once, and he arose and was baptized Hallelujah right.

Acts nineteen one through six.

And it happened while Paulo's was at Corinth, that Paul,

having passed through the upper regions, came to Emphesus, and

finding some disciples, he said to them, did.

You receive the Holy Spirit when you? So?

They said to him, we have not so much as

heard of whether the Holy whether there is a Holy Spirit.

And he said to them, into what then were you baptized?

So they said, into John's baptism. Then Paul said, John

indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the

people that they should believe on him who would come

after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. Right when they

heard this, they were baptized in the name of the

Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands on them,

the Holy Spirit came upon them and spoke with tongues

and prophesied. In the New Testament we begin to see

a deeper, a deeper how oil was used in unity

with smearing on with the hands and the laying on

the hands with power James five fourteen through fifteen is

anyone among you sick, let him call for the elders

of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing

him with oil in the name of the Lord. And

the prayer of faith will say the sick, and the

Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sin,

he will be forgiven. Here's another example of how to

use the hands on Timothy four to fourteen. Do not

neglect the gift that is in you, which was given

to you by prophecy. With the laying on of hands

of the eldership, there is a transference of Holy Spirit, gift, thing,

and empowerment through the laying on of hands. Or roberts

One said, I do not lay hands suddenly on anyone.

He got that from Fir Timothy five twenty two. In

context here it says, do not lay hands on anyone hastily,

nor share in other people's sin, keeping yourself pure. In

other words, we're not talking about ordination, right. I don't

want I don't want us to get confused, because in context.

That's about ordination.

That's about laying your hands on somebody to transfer to

them authority right in order that they may become a pastor, elder, leader,

in the church right, and so don't be too hasty

to do that. He said, what I do is I

build expectation in them before I touched them. I'll show

you an example of that, because I have to. I

have to be able to understand what the man was saying. Right,

And so I grabbed a portion of the Bible, and

Acts three one through seven. It says now Peter and

John went up together to the temple at the hour

of prayer the ninth hour, and a certain man, laying

from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily

at the gate of the temple, which was called Beautiful,

to ask alms from those who enter the temple, who

seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple,

ask for alms, and fixing his eyes on him with John,

Peter said, look at us. So he gave them his attention,

expecting to receive something from them.

Then Peter said, silver and gold I do not have.

But what I do have I give you in the

name of Jesus Christ from Nazareth.

Rise up and walk.

And he took him by the right hand and lifted

him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones.

Received strength perfect timing. He got their attention right.

He set an expectation, he executed and then got results.

What all Roberts was saying was profound. He said, I

don't pray for them when they come up for prayer.

I have already prayed before I showed up.

Today.

We believe in the horizon the practice of the Word

Acts sixty four. But we will give ourselves continually to

prayer and to the ministry of the Word. I want

to invite up the pastors and the elders.

To please join me in the front.

So there's a transference of power that happens from one

to another today. Maybe the Lord was speaking to you

during the during the day, maybe during the message he's

been speaking to you. This is how we activate James

five fourteen. This is how we activate that verse for

Timothy by the prophecy and the laying on the hands

of the elder.

Shit.

If you feel like the Lord is calling you up,

he's encouraging you, and he's inviting you forward for healing,

He's inviting you forward for gifts. Maybe he has a

special word to give to you.

I want us to put these.

Things into practice here. I want to invite the worship

team up to. We're not talking about ordination right now

unless the Lord puts it on them or something like

where it's like, oh, I feel like the Lord is

telling me that you're this.

You know, like, we're not talking about an ordination.

We do special ordinations for all that kind of a thing,

right but I wanted to give you examples of what

it's applied to.

It's very real.

You are called a king and a priest unto the Lord.

And so if you feel like the Lord is calling

you up, let's just pray. Father, this is for me.

Everybody across the room, just pray. Seek the Lord, Holy Spirit,

Holy Spirit.

Come. I thank you Lord that you're here in this place.

I thank you God that you're a good father and

you give good gifts to your children. I'll thank you

that there's healing right now in this room. These pastors

and elders. Lord, we've been fasting and praying and seeking

your power, God and your presence. I thank you for

your presence even right now.

And Jesus.

We've already prayed for you. The Lord may touch you

when you come up here with power from on high.

I want the ministry team to be ready, please, to

assist the elders and the pastors and the leaders up here.

And at this time, I want to ask you that

if that's you, if that's you, you felt like the

Lord is calling you to come forward and receive prayer.

Maybe it's a baptism of the Holy Spirit. Maybe it's

a fresh outpouring in your life. Maybe you've been feeling

a little bit a drive. Maybe you need a marking

moment in your life right now, this is the place

for that. The Lord is here to mark you forever.

I will share with you a testimony. And it happened

right in here, in this very sanctuary. Here's a brother

of ours came up and he received prayer from me

and Pastor Roman right up here, and he said, my

stomach's been bothering me for over two weeks.

And I don't know what's wrong. And so we lay

hands on him, we pray for him.

He starts to feel a little ill, and so he

runs to the restroom.

Right he's there for a while.

I didn't know nothing about it, but then his wife

texts me, Hey, there's something.

Going on with my husband. I don't know what is.

Can you go check on him? Please? By the time

I get up and move to the back.

By the time I was notified and I moved to

the back, he's already coming out.

He's sitting in the very back. And this brother.

He ends up. He ends up telling me, I feel

like something's choking me. It's something's not coming out, something's

not happening, something ain't whatever. You know, when we were praying,

I felt something shift, but then I started to feel

more pain in my neck. So I do what I

know to do best. James five fourteen. I go and

grab oil. I grab an elder. I bring him over

to him. And he said, in the moment that the

oil touched me, I felt a release over my neck.

I felt freedom in my neck, in my throat, and

I could breathe easier. For twenty four hours, he just

kept he said, I kept burping and burping and burping for.

Twenty four hours. That's a long time.

And then he said, and then it finally broke the

next day and I was set free and healed. My

stomach instantly healed, and whatever it was that was attacking me.

Broke off. So I want you to know the moment.

That the oil touches you, you can expect the power

of God to be released a moment in time where

God meets man right there, a moment in time. We

don't take the lane on of hands lightly in this house.

This is why we always ask, may I lay hands

on you? So I want you to know that the

power of God will hit you when you come here.

I know that some of you are observing. I want

you to pray and seek the Lord, say, Father, Holy Spirit.

I don't want to just be an observer.

But if you're.

Prompting me, Lord, I want you to confirm it to

me right now that you're speaking to my heart.

So, Lord, I just pray right.

Now for them, do your work in their hearts, do

your work in their mind right now. If the Lord

is calling you for something greater and you know it,

but you've been afraid to let it go, You've been

afraid to let go of the things that are slowing

you up from a greater call in your life.

Come forward, receive of the Lord's anointing.

If you're feeling like there's just I've tried so many

times with this physical ailment.

I've tried so many times.

If the Lord is prompting you to come up, let

the power of God flow.

Like I said, they've already prayed. All there's left is

a faith walk forward