Jesus – The
Spirit Filled Man
Jesus – the Spirit filled man. Now this
is a statement worth pondering on!
Jesus the man, but not just an ordinary
man, a man filled with the Holy Spirit. The kind of man that Jesus wants us to
strive to be from day to day – being transformed to His image.
The example that every born-again
Christian should be following of course is the example of Jesus, in fact, He is
the only example we should be following. The words that every born-again
Christian should listen to, follow, believe in and put into practice in our
lives are those found in the Bible, the Word of God. His manual for our lives!
Jesus and the Word are one.
All right then so let’s have a good look
at how the Holy Spirit influenced the life of Jesus and what Jesus said and
taught about him (the Holy Spirit) that we need to take hold of and mold our
lives into and around. I guess what I need to say now is that every word that
comes out from our Lord needs to govern our Christian walk. But let’s look at the specifics of the Holy
Spirit.
A good place to
start then is in the book of John. If we turn to Chapter 1, we read this from
the words that John the Baptist himself spoke:
John
1:32-34
32 And John
bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and
it abode upon him.33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with
water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending,
and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.34 And
I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
In this chapter from verse 29, John the Baptist is
witnessing to his followers that Jesus is the messiah. He goes on to tell them
in the three verses above that he saw the Holy Spirit descend from heaven like
a dove and remain on Jesus. This was Jesus’ baptism in the Spirit directly from
the Father in heaven and in addition to this, verse 33 tells us that it is Jesus who will baptise us (all
believers who desire to believe and receive) in the Holy Spirit.
It is interesting to note too
that it was only after Jesus was baptised in water and in the Holy Spirit that
he began his ministry in great power and wherever he went and taught, miracles,
signs and wonders and many other supernatural happenings accompanied his
ministry as he moved in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus wants us to emulate him
in this way too – he will baptise us in the Holy Spirit so that we are able to
do as he did and do even greater things! A victorious Church that is moving in
the power of the Holy Spirit and in unity. How cool is that?
Continues next week with....Jesus defeats the Tempter!
May the name of Jesus be lifted up and glorified!
An extract from my book: Fan Into Flame: Life in the Spirit available on Paperback:
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