2012-12-17T12:03:51-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/anoint/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/the-closer-they-get-the-better-you-look-6764 2012-12-17T12:03:51-05:00 Live your life in such a way that you have no fear of scrutiny or discovery, or people comparing stories. If you tell the truth and do all things as Jesus would do them, the light will only show your authenticity as it did Samuel's. It can be said of those who live without secrets and without deception, "The closer people get, the better you look." http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Corinthians%201:21-22&version=NIV 2009-09-25T11:51:33-05:00 God has placed his spiritual seal on us, marking us as His own. We belong to God through Christ, and no power or sin can possibly remove his seal from our hearts. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John%202:27&version=NIV 2009-09-11T13:45:30-05:00 John writes that because Jesus' anointing remains in us we don't need anyone to teach us. We don't have to listen to those who are trying to lead us astray. http://biblica.com/niv/appendix/concordance_resultsingle.php?rowid=6 2008-01-18T13:47:28-05:00 To pour oil on a person's head. It meant that God's Spirit was selecting that person do a special job. 1 Samuel 16:1-13; 1 John 2:20-21