in the power of the Holy Spirit. In Matt. xii. 28, we

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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*

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vili. II, " But if the Spirit of Htm that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you. He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies

by His Spirit that dwelleth in you."

The same Spirit who is to quicken our mortal bodies

and is to raise us up in some future day raised up

Jesus.

Several things are plainly evident from this study of

the work of the Holy Spirit in Jesus Christ :

First of all, we see the completeness of His human-

ity. He lived and He thought, He worked, He taught, He conquered sin and won victories for God in the

power of that very same Spirit whom it is our privilege also to have.

In the second place, we see our own utter dependence upon the Holy Spirit. If it was in the power of

the Holy Spirit that Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, lived and worked, achieved and triumphed, how much more dependent are we upon Him at every turn of life and in every phase of service and every ex-

perience of conflict with Satan and sin.

The third thing that is evident is the wondrous world of privilege, blessing and victory and conquest that is open to us. The same Spirit by which Jesus was originally begotten, is at our disposal for us to be

begotten again of Him. The same Spirit by which

Jesus offered Himself without spot, to God is at our

disposal that we also may offer ourselves without spot to Him. The same Spirit by which Jesus was anointed

for service is at our disposal that we may be anointed

for service. The same Spirit who led Jesus Christ in