Sunday, December 15, 2013

The Power Behind The Ministry Of Jesus Christ

(Isaiah 11:1-2) “And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: 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 of the fear of the LORD;”  When Jesus came he was indeed baptized and anointed by the Holy Spirit of God, The Spirit of the Lord; JEHOVAH, and His Holy Ghost (Acts 10:38), even by whom his mother was overshadowed. The Spirit by which the prophets of old did minister: for Messiah was to be a Prophet (Isa 61:1). Wherefore, seven gifts of the Holy Spirit were given him to perfect him, and so perfect was his divine calling that God made him to be our example to follow and pattern, “the captain of our salvation” (Heb. 2:10). For like our day Jesus came to a dry and spiritually dead people, yet through the power of the Holy Spirit of God he was able to bring many sons to God, and that same Spirit's power is available to all that receive Jesus Christ today. May we today to avail ourselves to that same Spirit’s power and also