in consequence were the veryness and the words He spoke
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the hearing of His ears." Further on in Isa. xlii.
i, R. V., we read, " Behold My servant, whom I uphold ; My chosen in whom My soul delighteth ; /
have put My Spirit upon Him ; He shall bring forth
judgment to the Gentiles, etc." Matthew tells us in
Matt. xii. 17, 1 8, that this prophecy was fulfilled in
Jesus of Nazareth.
6. The Holy Spirit abode upon "Jesus in all His full-
ness and the words He spoke in consequence were the very words of God. We read in John iii. 34, R. V., " For He whom God hath sent spcaketb the words of God : for He giveth not the Spirit by measure."
7. After His resurrection^ Jesus Christ gave com-
mandment unto His Apostles whom He had chosen through
the Holy Spirit. We read in Acts i. 2, " Until the day
in which He was taken up, after that He through the
Holy Ghost had given commandment unto the Apostles whom He had chosen." This relates to the time
after His resurrection and so we see Jesus still working
in the power of the Holy Spirit even after His resurrec-
tion from the dead.
8. Jesus Christ wrought His miracles here on earth
in the power of the Holy Spirit. In Matt. xii. 28, we
read, " I cast out devils by the power of the Spirit of God." It is through the Spirit that miracle working power was given to some in the church after our Lord's
departure from this earth (i Cor. xii. 9, 10), and in the
power of the same Spirit, Jesus Christ wrought His
miracles.
9. // was by the power of the Holy Spirit that Jesus Christ was raised from the dead. We read in Rom*