The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday, cleared the Senior Pastor of House on the Rock Church, Pastor Paul Adefarasin, of a firearm allegation

In June 2025, Adefarasin was seen in a viral clip, brandishing what appeared to be a handgun while driving in traffic.

It led to speculations that the cleric was pointing a firearm at the TikToker who made the video.

However, Adefarasin denied the allegation, claiming that the object was not a firearm.

In a statement, the Command’s spokesperson, SP Abimbola Adebisi, cleared Adefarasin of the allegations.

“A thorough investigation was conducted, during which the clergyman was interrogated and provided a cautionary statement.

“Findings revealed that the object seen in the viral footage was not a firearm but a stun gun, a non-lethal device.

“Consequent on our findings, the command has determined that there are no sufficient grounds to proceed with the matter.

“The case is hereby discontinued,” Adebisi said.

Niger State Governor Umar Bago has said that preachers in the state must submit their sermons for approval before preaching.

The governor appeared on TVC’s Politics on Sunday to clarify some aspects of the law seeking to regulate preaching in the state.

He said: “I didn’t ban evangelism… For everyone going to sermon on Friday, he should bring his scriptures for review, and it’s normal. Even in Saudi Arabia, this is done. We cannot say because you have been given the opportunity to be a cleric, you will go out and preach the gospel that is anti-people, anti-government and you think it’s normal.”

Asked if it was out of fear of indoctrination, the governor said, “It’s in that direction. We want to be able to see what they are preaching, hear what they are saying. We are working together with security agencies; the Department of State Services (DSS), the Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the military.”

Recall that the new directive first became public earlier in the month.

The Director General of the Niger State Religious Affairs, Umar Farooq, had said anyone interested in preaching in Niger must obtain a licence, adding that preachers had two months to obtain their licences.

Farooq said: “It is true, the State Government has banned preaching. Any preacher who wants to preach must secure a licence between now and the next two months.

“All they need to do is to visit our office, get, and fill out the form. After which, they will have to face a panel that will screen them before they can start preaching.”

Note: For better understanding of ‘Services to God Without Olive Oil,’ read and study all quotations from your own bible. Do not rush. Apply the scriptures to your own life. Receive God’s blessings. Bible references are mainly from kjv and nkjv translations.

Section One

Melchizedek Made a Priest by God Without Anointing with Olive Oil:

After Abraham believed God and received Him (Gen. 12:1-4), Melchizedek, “met” Abraham “and” “blessed him.” He introduced himself to Abraham as the “priest of the most high God.” This Melchizedek has “neither beginning of days, nor end of life;” and was “made” (i.e. anointed, appointed) by God “like unto the Son of God;” and “abideth a priest continually” (Heb. 7:1-3). Their relationships with the *Most High God, is the unique factor that connected Melchisedec, “the priest of the most high God” (Gen. 14:18-20), and Abraham, who had faith in “the most high God” (Gen. 12:1-4; 14:18-20). Melchizedek’s was appointed priest without oil.

Melchizedek’s Blessing on Abraham Done Without Olive Oil:

Melchisedek, the first priest of God, blessed Abraham, the believer of God, with verbal utterance. He said, “Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth.” He gave this blessing without anointing Abraham with any kind of oil. God’s Consecration on Melchizedek, His priest, and Melchizedek’s blessings on Abraham, the believer of God, was not with anointing of oil.

The Making of Holy Anointing Oil to Consecrate Aaron for Levitical Priesthood:

God decided to “dwell among the children of Israel” to “be their God” for them to “know that” He is “the Lord their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt” (Exod. 29:45-46). At God’s Command, Moses blended the ingredients of pure mayrrh, fragrant cinnamon, fragrant calamus, cassia, and olive oil into a mixture that God called, ‘holy anointing oil’ (Exod. 30:22-33). He said, “‘This holy anointing oil is reserved for me from generation to generation. It must never be used to anoint anyone else, and you must never make any blend like it for yourselves. It is holy, and you must treat it as holy. Anyone who makes a blend like it or anoints someone other than a priest will be cut off from the community.’” (Exod. 30:32-33) nlt. No singular ingredient, such as olive oil or pure mayrrh, is the same as the “holy anointing oil.” Any single or a combination of ingredients that do not contain all of the ones chosen by God is void of the divine effect of the ‘holy anointing oil’ mixture.

Identifications of the Office and Materials the Holy Anointing Oil is Meant for:

God’s reserved Holy Anointing Oil was to “anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them to minister to” God “in the priest’s office” (Exod. 30:30). God chose Aaron and his sons “out of all” the “tribes” of Israel “to stand to minister in the name of the Lord” “forever” (Deut. 18:5; Exod. 40:12-15). Priesthood was exclusively given to Aaron, his sons, and their descendants from generation to generation. Under Aaron’s Levitical priesthood order, only Aaron and his descendants became priests from generation to generation. Other Levites, children of Israel from other tribes, and Gentiles, could not be consecrated priests of God. “So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall attend to their priesthood; but the outsider who comes near shall be put to death” (Numb. 3:10). God also commanded Israel to “Use this sacred oil to anoint the Tabernacle, the Ark of the Covenant, and other material objects ” (Exod. 30:29). nlt.

Earthly Priesthood Order of Aaron Consecrated with Holy Anointing Oil:

Indeed, the first covenant (i.e. the law of God by Moses) had ordinances of divine service and the earthly sanctuary” (Heb. 9:1-9). “The Lord said to Moses, “Bring Aaron and his sons, along with their sacred garments, the anointing oil, the bull for the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of bread made without yeast, and call the entire community of Israel together at the entrance of the Tabernacle…. Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the Tabernacle and everything in it, making them holy. Then he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head, anointing him and making him holy for his work. Then Moses brought Aaron’s sons and put tunics on them, girded them with sashes, and put hats on them, as the Lord had commanded Moses” (Lev. 8:1-14).

Weakness of Old Law of God and Aaron’s Priesthood that Anointed with Oil:

“For the law” (Exod. 20:1-26) received before Levitical priesthood (Exod. 40:12-15; Heb. 7:11), having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which” the priests “offer continually year by year, make those who approach” God “perfect. For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins. But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats” offered for the forgiveness of sins, “could take away sins” (Heb. 10:1-4).

However, from this time, before Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead, which brought about the dispensation of the Holy Spirit, oil became a commodity of identification to consecrate one as holy, to accord blessings on individuals and people, and to identify individuals in honorable positions such as making one a king. “You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions” (Heb. 1:9).

But because the blend of “holy anointing oil” “must never be used to anoint anyone else” “other than a priest,” prophet Samuel did not anoint kings of Israel with the holy anointing oil. Rather he took a flask of oil and poured it over Saul’s head” (1 Sam. 10:1-2). He did the same on David (1 Sam. 16:13). “Zadok the priest,” also “took the flask of oil from the sacred tent and anointed Solomon with the oil (1 kings 1:38-39). The Oil used to consecrate the kings of Israel was not the same with the “holy anointing oil” Moses blended with different ingredients, exclusively, to consecrate God’s priests.

Section Two

God’s Spirit’s Indication that Consecrating with Oil is not the Holiest of All:

“Into the second part” “of the tabernacle” the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the people’s sins committed in ignorance.” “The Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing” (Heb. 9:6-8). God decided to make Jesus Christ High Priest in the priesthood order of Melchizedek where consecration with oil is not needed. The word of God said, “The Lord has sworn And will not relent, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek” (Psa. 110.4).

The first tabernacle “was symbolic for the present time in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make him who performed the service perfect in regard to the conscience.” They were “concerned only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation” (Heb. 9:9-10). The holiest of all manifests when, by submitting to God’s Spirit, the just lives “by faith” “and not by sight” (Heb. 10:38; 2 Cor. 5:7).

God’s Change of Aaron’s Priesthood that Does Services with Holy Anointing Oil:

“Therefore, if perfection were through the Levitical priesthood” order of Aaron (for under it the people received the law” of God by Moses), what further need was there that another priest,” Jesus Christ, “should rise according to the order of Melchizedek” priesthood, “and not be called according to the” Levitical priesthood “order of Aaron? For the” Levitical “priesthood” order of Aaron “being changed, of necessity there is also a change of the law” of God by Moses (Heb. 7:11-12) “because of its weakness and unprofitableness” (Heb. 7:18). When God changed Aaron’s Levitical priesthood order, he dropped everything Aaron’s priesthood operated with such as the material objects, the holy anointing oil, and the use of holy anointing oil to consecrate priests and material objects.

Melchizedek Priesthood Without Oil and Aaron’s Priesthood with Oil Compared:

For the eternal priesthood, “Melchizedek” became ” the priest of the Most High God,” “made” by God “like the Son of God” (Heb. 7:1-3) without anointing oil and other material objects. He was not “concerned” “with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances” (Heb. 9:10). But for the earthly priesthood, Aaron was a consecrated high priest with “holy garments,” “holy anointing oil,” breastplate, an ephod, a robe, a skillfully woven tunic, a turban, a sash,” and sacrifices of bull and goat, for the priesthood office (Exod. 28:2-4; Lev. 8:1-3; 10-13).

This made Aaron’s Levitical priesthood order subject to services “in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make him (i.e. priest) who performed the service perfect in regard to the conscience” (Heb. 9:9-10 nkjv.). Jesus Christ who God called to be high priest in the order of Melchizedek, and Christ’s ministers, do not need holy anointing oil and other material objects used in Levitical priesthood by Aaron, to minister to God and His people.

Section Three

Jesus, Anointed High Priest in the Order of Melchizedek Without Oil:

In God’s change of priesthood order from Levitical priesthood to Melchizedek priesthood order, “our Lord” Jesus Christ, who became priest in the order of Melchizedek, “came from the tribe of Judah, and Moses never mentioned priests coming from that tribe.” “And it is yet far more evident if, in the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises another priest” Jesus Christ “who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life. (Heb. 7:11-16). “Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: “You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.” As He also says in another place: “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek” (Heb. 5:5-6, 9-10).

Jesus was called as High Priest in the order of Melchizedek priesthood as Aaron was called in Levitical priesthood order (Exod. 28:1; Heb. 5:4); but unlike Aaron who was anointed with holy anointing oil (Exod. 30:30), God anointed Jesus Christ with the Holy Spirit and power (Acts 10:38; Lk. 4:18). And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, called by God as High Priest “according to the order of Melchizedek” (Heb. 5:5-6, 9-10). So Jesus Christ’s priesthood does not need any kind of oil, other material objects, or animal sacrifices, for ministrations.

God’s Opening to All in Christ the Priesthood Office in the Order of Melchizedek

God has changed the priesthood order that was exclusive to Aaron and his sons from the tribe of Levi in Levitical priesthood. He called Jesus Christ from the tribe of Judah to be High Priest in the priesthood order of Melchizedek. With this change, God made it open for Jews and Gentiles who come to Jesus Christ, from every nation and tribe, to be called into God’s “holy priesthood” office, as Jesus Christ was, to minister to God and His people. “Grace to you and peace” “from Jesus Christ” “who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever” (Rev. 1:4-6; 1 Pet. 2:5, 9). Neither Melchizedek nor Jesus Christ was consecrated with any kind of material oil. You cannot be consecrated with oil as Aaron was, to become a priest of God in the priesthood of Jesus Christ, in the order of Melchizedek.

Ending of Aaron’s Priesthood and the Holy Anointing Oil With Christ’s Priesthood:

“Jesus became a priest,” in the order of Melchizedek, in place of Aaron “not by meeting the physical requirement of belonging to the tribe of Levi, but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed” (Heb. 7:23-24). He said ““Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in them” (which are offered according to the law” by Aaron), then” Christ “said, “Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God.” He (i.e. God) takes away the first” God’s covenant with Moses and the Levitical priesthood order of Aaron, “that He may establish the second” (Heb. 10:8-9) God’s covenant, with Jesus Christ as High Priest in the order of Melchizedek.

So, the use of holy anointing oil to consecrate priests ended when God took away the first” God’s covenant with Moses and the Levitical priesthood order of Aaron” and established (Heb. 10:8-9) God’s covenant with Jesus Christ as High Priest in the order of Melchizedek. He anointed Jesus Christ with the Holy Spirit (Acts 10:38; Lk. 4:18) as High Priest in the order of Melchizedek (Heb. 5:5-6).

Christ’s Anointing as High Priest with the Holy Spirit and Power Without Oil:

God anointed Jesus Christ when He baptized Him with the Holy Spirit and power after His water baptism as written in Lk. 3:21-22 and Acts 10:38.
John, the Baptist said, “I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit’” (Jn 1:33). “He shall baptize (i.e. anoint) you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire” (Matt. 3:11).

Section Four

Jesus Christ Baptizing His Ministers with Holy Spirit and Power, not with Olive Oil:

To have the sufficiency to minister His gospel, Jesus Christ, said to His apostles, “John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” “Ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me” “unto the uttermost part of the earth.” (Acts. 1:5,8). Jesus Christ baptizes you or anoints you with the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1-4) as God, the Father, anointed Jesus Christ (Lk. 4:21-22; Acts 10:38) with the Holy Spirit. Since God did not anoint Jesus Christ with physical holy anointing oil, Jesus Christ does not anoint His ministers with the physical holy anointing oil with which Aaron was consecrated (Exod. 28:2-4; 30:30).

Christ’s Ministers Sufficiency in the New Covenant Without Olive Oil:

So when you are in Christ, your “sufficiency is from God, who also made” you “sufficient as ministers of the new covenant,” “not of written laws,” by Moses, where olive oil, holy anointing oil, other material objects, and animal sacrifices were used by priests to minister to God and His people. Rather your sufficiency is by the “law of Christ” (Gal. 6:2) and “of the Spirit” of God (Rom. 8:2), who “gives life” (2 Cor. 3:5-6) without any kind of oil, other material objects, and sacrifices of bulls and goats. When you are saved by “the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus” (Rom. 8:2) you live by faith in God, and not by sight (2 Cor. 5:7).

God has changed Aaron’s Levitical priesthood (Heb. 7:12). He has also annulled the former commandment by Moses “because of its weakness and unprofitableness.” (Heb. 7:18). “And” Christ “having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, called by God as High Priest “according to the order of Melchizedek,” (Heb. 5:9-10).

As a minister of God in Christ Jesus you should not be consecrated as Aaron was with any kind of oil, special dress code, other material object, and animal sacrifices. Just as Jesus Christ was called by God in the order of Melchizedek and anointed with the Holy Spirit, so are the ministers of Christ called by God and anointed with the Holy Spirit to witness for Jesus Christ.

Christ’s Minister to be Like His Brethren as Christ was Like His Brethren:

In Christ Jesus, you do not appear like Aaron with a special dress code and high turban hat, but you appear as Jesus did with His brethren. “In all things it behooved” Jesus Christ “to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people” (Heb. 2:17).

Section Five

Passages on Different Uses of Oil on Sick Bodies and Other Applications

As Burning Oil for Lamps Light – “pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to make the lamps burn continually” (Exod. 28:2-21; 35:28-29; Lev. 24:1-4; 25:6). olive oil for their lamps (Matt. 25:2-4).

Olive Oil for Making Cake – “thin cakes mixed with olive oil” (Exod. 29:1-2; Lev. 2:4-7).

Used to Burn Guilt Offering to the Lord – “The priest will take the lamb for the guilt offering, along with the olive oil, and lift them up as a special offering to the Lord.”
Used to Anoint Soul as King of Israel – “Then Samuel took a flask of olive oil and poured it over Saul’s head” (1 Sam. 10:1-2); Samuel took the flask of olive oil he had brought and anointed David with the oil” (1 Sam. 16:12-13); There Zadok the priest took the flask of olive oil from the sacred tent and anointed Solomon with the oil (1 kings 1:38-39).

Used to Dress the Human Body Needs – for body wounds and dressed their wounds with olive oil….” (1 Chron. 28:15); olive oil to soothe their skin, (Psa. 104:14-15); anoint yourself with the oil (Deut. 28:40); olive oil to anoint my head (Lk. 7:46); the Samaritan soothed his wounds with olive oil and wine and bandaged them (Lk. 10:33-34);

For Soothing of the Body of the Sick or the Wounded:

Mk. 6:12-13 “12 12 And they went out and preached that men should repent. 13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them” by praying to God for them. As written in 1 Chron. 28:15,

Used as Sacrifice to Worship Evil Spirits:

You have gone to Molech with olive oil and many perfumes, sending your agents far and wide, even to the world of the dead.” (Isa. 57:7-9; Imagine it! You set before them as a sacrifice the choice flour, olive oil, and honey I had given you, says the Sovereign Lord (Ezek. 16:16-19);

Common Use of Oil to Anoint or heal the Sick Bodies, Explained:

When Israel defeated Judah and brought Judah war prisoners to Sameria, Azariah, Berekiah, Jehizkiah and Amasa of Israel “provided clothing and sandals” for them “to wear, gave them enough food and drink, and dressed their wounds with olive oil” (2 Chron. 28:112-15 nlt.). Olive oil or oil is used historically in the Bible by worshipers of God to dress wounds, soothe the skin, and other material applications. It was never used as a miracle oil before the coming of Jesus Christ. Psa. 104:15 (nkjv) says that people used “olive oil to soothe their skin.”

Before the coming of Jesus Christ, there in no Bible record where demon possessed persons were anointed with oil before casting out the devil. We do not have an example of anointing people with oil after demons were cast out from them. Jesus Christ never taught His disciples to anoint sick people and the demon possessed with oil before praying to heal them. Just as the good Samaritan, carried olive oil with him for eventual medicinal purposes for the body, the disciples of Jesus did the same. “The despised Samaritan” who “saw the man,” and “felt compassion for him” was carrying olive oil in his bag as a form of medicine for the body because of its medicinal value. So, to help the wounded person, he “soothed his wounds with olive oil and wine and bandaged them (Lk. 10:33-34 nkjv.).

In Mk. 6:12-13, when the disciples of Jesus Christ “went out and preached that men should repent,” “they cast out many devils,” from the demon possessed, “anointed with oil many that were sick” whose bodies needed the soothing of oil, “and” prayed for the sick and “healed them.” Anointing a sick person’s bodily wound or the body may soothe the sick but does not contribute to a miraculous healing of their sicknesses. Anointing the sick with olive oil is not listed by Jesus Christ before ascending to heaven, as one of the practices that should go on with the preaching His gospel of faith (Mk. 16:15-20). Devils are cast out by the power of the Spirit of God (Matt. 12:28; Rom. 15:19), not by rubbing or anointing with olive oil. In Christ Jesus, the sick is healed by a prayer of faith (Jam. 5:15; Rom. 15:19), not by anointing the body of the sick with olive oil.

Prayer of Faith Without Oil:

“The prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.” “The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” It is either “the effectual fervent prayer of” faith to God by “righteous” elders that heals the sick, or it is the anointing of oil on the sick by the elders that heal the sick. It cannot be both. “Anointing” the sick “with oil in the name of the Lord” to feel better corresponds to eating food in the name of the Lord to abate your hunger.

God’s emphasis in Jam. 5:13-18 is prayer with faith in God. The passage points to Elijah’s prayers and his faith in God, as example. It does not say that Elijah’s faith needed applications of olive oil for God to answer him. “For we walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Cor. 5:7). And “the just shall live by faith”(Heb. 10:38). In Jam. 5:13-18, the elders anointed the sick body with “olive oil to soothe” (Psa. 104:15 nkjv) the body of a sick or wounded person as it was in Lk. 10:,30-34 and in 2 Chron. 28:15. The anointing was not to give the sick or the wounded a miraculous healing from God but to provide immediate comfort to the sick that needed oil on the body.

Treating Body Sickness with Oil as Medicinal Objects in the Name of the Lord:

In Jam 5:14 the elders were “anointing” the sick “with oil in the name of the Lord” because, as it is written in Col. 3:17, “whatever you do in word or deed,” “all” should be done “in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.” So whether it is anointing the wounded or the sick with olive oil or any oil, as it was done by the four good Israeli leaders on Judah war prisoners in Sameria (2 Chron. 28:15), or by the good Samaritan (Lk. 10:30-34), or by the disciples of Jesus Christ (Mk. 6:12-13), or by the elders of a church (Jam. 5:14), it was done as an act of caring for the needy in the name of the Lord, it was never an addition to the prayer of faith in God that heals the sick, and, or casting out of devils.

Ungodly Applications of Olive Oil in Churches and Homes in the New Covenant:

Before the coming of Jesus Christ, there is no record of miraculous applications of anointing of olive oil on worshipers of God, to cast out demons; defeat enemies; solve material or spiritual problems; heal the sick, by those who served God. Assigning God’s miracles to robbing or spraying of olive oil to the old or new Testament of the Bible is an issue of misunderstanding the word of God.

There is no Old or New Testament Bible record that supports spraying olive oil or any oil in the grave before the casket of a dead Christians remain is put in the grave. The practice of spraying olive oil inside or outside the house for protection; spraying olive oil on material objects for protection from demonic attacks; spraying olive oil inside and outside a church building for God’s blessings; spraying olive oil while walking around and doing prayer incantation; Ordination of ministers of the gospel of Christ by anointing them with olive oil; hanging a bottle of olive oil on the door posts for blessings and protections; holding anointing services for adults and children in church for blessings and protections; etc. are not of the God of our Lord Jesus Christ.