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Holy Spirit Ministries. How did Jesus react? Matthew 12:25 says Jesus knew their thoughts
- He knew what they were saying and doing. I would not have wanted
to be a Pharisee. What Jesus tells them must been a shock. They
were dangerously close to blaspheming against the Holy Spirit,
if they had not already done so. That means that Jesus considered
the Holy Spirit to be God. But more importantly, it means the
works Jesus did perform were done by the Holy Spirit.
Did you know that Jesus lived His life in the power of the
Holy Spirit? Look at these verses,
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Holy Spirit's Ministry To Jesus |
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“Spirit descended upon Him” |
Luke 3:22 |
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“And Jesus full of the Holy Spirit, returned from Jordan and was
led about by the Spirit in the wilderness. for forty days . .
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Luke 4:1 |
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“And Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit . .
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Luke 4:14 |
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“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me . . .” |
Luke 4:18 |
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“At that very time He rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit . .
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Luke 10:21 |
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“But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God . . . ” |
Matt. 12:28 |
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“ . . . Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself
without blemish to God . . . “ |
Heb. 9:14 |
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“For Christ also died for sins, once for all, . . . having been
put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit.” |
1 Pet. 3:18 |
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The testimony of Peter, the apostle, is that Jesus performed His
miracles by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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. . . how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power,
and how He went about doing good, and healing all who were oppressed
by the devil; for God was with Him. (NASB) Acts 10:38 |
Why is this helpful? The gospel of John gives us the key,
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Many other signs therefore Jesus also performed in the presence
of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these
have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.
(NASB) John 20:30-31 |
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