Jesus Christ was the Son of the living God and part of the triune Godhead. He was...
-BORN
IN POWER
Jesus was born in the power of the Holy
Ghost:
"And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy
Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow
thee: therefore also that holy thing
which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God."
Luke 1:35
Jesus was the visible manifestation of God's
power:
"But unto them which are called... Christ the power
of God, and the wisdom of God."
1
Corinthians 1:24
-BAPTIZED
IN POWER
John recognized the power of Jesus. He said:
"There
cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not
worthy to stoop down and unloose. I
indeed have baptized you with water; but He shall baptize you with the Holy
Ghost."
Mark 1:7, 8
When Jesus was baptized by John in the Jordan
River, the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in the form of a dove:
"And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit
descending from Heaven like a dove, and it abode upon Him."
John 1:31
God had told John:
"Upon
whom thou shalt see the Spirit
descending, and remaining on Him, the same is He which baptizeth with the Holy
Ghost."
John 1:33
This was confirmed when the Holy Ghost rested
on Jesus in the form of the dove. Jesus
was not only filled with Holy Ghost power, He was to baptize with power.
-A
PROVEN POWER
Immediately after His baptism, Jesus went
into the wilderness to be tempted by Satan:
"And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost, returned
from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness." Luke 4:1
Power is proven by testing. Each temptation
by Satan challenged the power and authority of Jesus. Jesus successfully
overcame each one and. . .
". . . returned in
the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of Him
through all the region round about."
Luke 4:14
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