upon Him. The Spirit of Go^d was the source of His

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captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at

liberty them that are bruised, to proclaim the acceptable

year of the Lord" (Luke iv. 18, 19, R. V.). All

these passages contain the one lesson, that it was by the

especial anointing with the Holy Spirit that Jesus

Christ was qualified for the service to which God had

called Him. As He stood in the Jordan after His

baptism, " The Holy Ghost descended in a bodily

shape like a dove upon Him/' and It was then and

there that He was anointed with the Holy Spirit,

baptized with the Holy Spirit, and equipped for the

service that lay before Him. Jesus Christ received

His equipment for service in the same way that we re-

ceive ours by a definite baptism with the Holy Spirit.

4. Jesus Christ was led by the Holy Spirit in His

movements here upon earth. We read in Luke iv. I,

R. V., u And Jesus full of the Holy Ghost returned from

Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness."

Living as a man here upon earth and setting an ex-

ample for us, each step of His life was under the Holy

Spirit's guidance.

5. Jesus Christ was taught by the Spirit who rested

upon Him. The Spirit of Go^d was the source of His

wisdom in the days of His flesh. In the Old Testament

prophecy of the coming Messiah we read in Isa. xi.

2, 3, u 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. And shall make Him of quick un-

derstanding in the fear of the LORD : and He shall not

judge after the sight of His eyes, neither reprove after