Why was Jesus anointed
if he was God?
What is the fullness of the Spirit?
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Jesus had two natures - both human and divine.
Jesus, as a man that was approved by God had to be consecrated publicly by both man and God.
“When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the
heavens were opened to Him, and He saw
the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting
upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well
pleased."
The Levitical Law
required that all priests are to be consecrated when they began their ministry
at about 30 years of age (Numbers 4:3).
This encompassed washing and then anointing (Exodus
29:4-7; Leviticus
8:6-30). Jesus had both done to him at the same time.
The first, by the appointed man, John who was the forerunner; and
the other by the Father who is in heaven. John washed him and the Father
anointed him by sending the Holy Spirit upon him.
This was the Holy Spirit resting on him unlike any other man.
This was the Holy Spirit resting on him unlike any other man.
And John bore
witness, saying, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He
remained upon Him. 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.' “And I have seen and
testified that this is the Son of
God.”
Jesus’ baptism was to inaugurate him into ministry. Identified to
Israel and declared to be the Son of God by identifying Him as the Son, with a
audible voice spoken by The Father from heaven
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
because He has anointed Me to preach
the gospel to the poor; he has sent Me to heal
the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at
liberty those who are oppressed; To
proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord."
The Spirit would give
his humanity courage, supernatural abilities when necessary, as well as the
ability of an evangelist to reach the hardened people.
"how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.”
"how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.”
He, as a man, was anointed with the Holy Spirit, who did miracles in
greater
number and nature than any other prophet.
As a human, He was in complete submission to God the Father and
was anointed for His ministry work that would last approximately 3 years.
Because he came as a man in submission to the Father, He as a man
needed to be anointed like the prophets of old. The difference was that He had
the fullness of the Spirit
“And the Spirit of
the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the
Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.”
Would you want God to
change your life? Would you want to be empowered by the Holy Spirit?
God has made it possible
for you to know Him and experience
an amazing change in your own life through
a relationship with His Son, Jesus Christ, and have eternal life.
Say the following
prayer:
“Father
God, I confess I am a sinner and my sins have separated me from You.
I
am truly sorry. I now want to
turn away from my past sinful life and live a new life pleasing to You.
Please
forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again.
I
believe that Your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the
dead, is alive, and hears my prayer.
I
invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from
this day forward. Thank You that according to Your Word, I am now born again.
Please
send your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your will for the rest of
my life. I promise to study Your Word – the Bible.
Use
me for Your glory.
In
Jesus' Name I pray. Amen.”
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“Spirit of the Living God”
lyrics
Spirit
of the living God, fall afresh on me.
Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me.
Melt me, mold me, fill me, use me,
Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me.
Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on us.
Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on us.
Melt us, mold us, fill us, use us,
Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on us.
Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me.
Melt me, mold me, fill me, use me,
Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me.
Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on us.
Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on us.
Melt us, mold us, fill us, use us,
Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on us.
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