" How God in Acts x. 38, the Holy Spirit. We read

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Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your con-

science from dead works to serve the living God."

Jesus Christ met and overcame temptations as other men may meet and overcome them, in the power of

the Holy Spirit. He was tempted and suffered through

temptation (Heb. iii. 18), He was tempted in all

points like as we are (Heb. Iv. 15), but never once in

any way did He yield to temptation. He was tempted

entirely apart from sin (Heb. iv. 15), but He won His

victories in a way that is open for all of us to win vic-

tory, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

3. Jesus Christ was anointed and fittedfor service by

the Holy Spirit. We read in Acts x. 38, " How God

anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and

with power: who went about doing good, and healing

all that were oppressed of the devil ; for God was with

Him." In a prophetic vision of the coming Messiah

in the Old Testament we read in Isa. Ixi. I, " The

Spirit of the Lord God is upon me^ because the LORD hath

anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek ; He hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to

proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the

prison to them that are bound." In Luke's record of

the earthly life of our Lord in Luke iv. 14, we read "And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into

Galilee, and there went out a fame of Him through all

the region round about." In a similar way Jesus said

of Himself when speaking in the synagogue in

Nazareth, " The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, be-

cause He hath anointed Me to preach good tidings unto

th poor ; He hath sent Me to proclaim release to the