Holy Spirit - Part 22: Works of the Spirit in the Life of Jesus

Jesus Christ is the one perfect example in history of the complete work of the Holy Spirit in the life of man.

Jesus was begotten of the Holy Spirit.

Luke 1:35

“The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the power of the highest shall overshadow thee ...”.

In regeneration the believer is begotten of God, but Jesus Christ was begotten of god in His original generation. He is the only begotten Son of God.

John 3:16

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son ...”.

It was entirely by the Spirit's power working in Mary that the Son of God was formed within her. The regenerated (soul saved) man has a carnal nature received from his earthly father and mother and a new nature imparted by God. Jesus Christ had only the one holy nature, that which in man is called the new nature.

Jesus led a holy and spotless life and offered Himself without spot to God through the working of the Holy Spirit.

Heb 9:14

“How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God ...”.

Jesus was anointed and fitted for service by the Holy Spirit.

Acts 10:38

“How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power …”.

We see this fact in prophecy in Isaiah in the OT.

Isaiah 61:1

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me ...”.

In the life of our Lord we see confirmation of this matter also.

 Luke 4:14

“Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee …”.

And three verses later Jesus quoted the prophecy of Isaiah 61.

Jesus was led by the Holy Spirit in His movements while on earth.

Luke 4:1

“And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness”.

Jesus was taught by the Spirit who rested upon Him and the Spirit was the source of His wisdom in the days of His flesh.

Isaiah 11:2

“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”.

The Holy Spirit, in all His fullness, abided with Jesus and the words Jesus spoke were the words of God.

John 3:34

“For He whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit in measure unto Him”.

He was given the Spirit in full, unlike every believer who came after Him that was (and is) given the Spirit in measure for guidance and teaching as God wills.

After His resurrection, Jesus gave commandments unto His Apostles whom He had chosen by the Holy Spirit.

Acts 1:2

“Until the day in which he was taken up, after that He through the Holy Ghost had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen.

So we see Jesus working through the power of the Holy Spirit even after His resurrection from the dead. 

The miracles Jesus performed while in his earthly ministry were done in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 12:28

“But if I cast our devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you”.

It was by the awesome and unlimited power of the Holy Spirit that Jesus was raised from the dead.

Roman 8:11

“But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in you”.

The same Spirit that will quicken (make alive) our mortal bodies and raise us up in some future day, raised up Jesus.

Several things are clearly evident from our study time on the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of Jesus:

We see the perfect completeness of His humanity. He lived, and thought, and worked, and wept. He conquered sin and won victories for God in the power of that very same Spirit whom we have the privilege to live within us.

We see our own total dependence on the Holy Spirit. If it was the Holy Spirit who lead and assisted Jesus Himself in His life while here, how much more are we, as sinful and unworthy servants dependent upon that Spirit to lead, guide and teach us?

We see finally the wondrous world of privilege and blessing and victory open to each of us with that very same Spirit open to us for the conquest of our own sin and the removal of it from dominion over us. Just as the law was schoolmaster until the Messiah came, so is our life before the Spirit came into it. Jesus is our pattern because whatever He realized through the Holy Spirit is fully still evident and will work within all who are chosen and saved even in our world today.

1 John 2:6

“He that saith he abideth in Him, ought himself also so to walk, even as He walked”.

Romans 8:29

“For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren”.

WE ARE THAT MANY BRETHREN !!!!!!!