Indwelling of Jesus Christ

The prime example of the indwelling by the Holy Spirit is the life of Jesus Christ. I am posting a blog I recently wrote addressing this reality.

INDWELLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE INDWELLED, OR ANOINTED, BY THE HOLY SPIRIT? IN THE BOUNDLESS LOVE OF GOD: A HOLY SPIRIT STORY, I ADDRESS THIS ACTION. IN THE NEXT BLOGS I WILL SHARE MY COMMENTS FROM THIS BOOK, BEGINNING WITH THE INDWELLING OF JESUS CHRIST, THE GOD-MAN, BY THE HOLY SPIRIT OF HIS FATHER. RECALL THAT I REFER TO THE SOUL AS CONSISTING OF MIND, WILL, EMOTION AND CONSCIENCE AND HEART AS THE SOUL.

THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE JESUS LIVED AND SPOKE IN COMPLETE OBEDIENCE TO GOD’S COUNSEL THROUGH HIS INDWELLING HOLY SPIRIT. IN JOHN 15:9-15 JESUS TEACHES THAT HE HAS OBEYED HIS FATHER’S COMMANDS AND THAT EVERYTHING HE HAS LEARNED FROM HIS FATHER HE HAS MADE KNOWN TO HIS DISCIPLES. IN THE SYNAGOGUE IN NAZARETH JESUS OPENED THE SCROLL OF ISAIAH AND READ, “THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS ON ME BECAUSE HE HAS ANOINTED ME TO PREACH THE GOOD NEWS…,” CONFIRMING HIS IDENTITY WITH GOD THE FATHER AND FULFILLING SCRIPTURE THAT IDENTIFIED HIM AS THE PROMISED MESSIAH. TO THOMAS HE SAID, “IF YOU REALLY KNEW ME, YOU WOULD KNOW MY FATHER AS WELL. FROM NOW ON, YOU DO KNOW HIM AND HAVE SEEN HIM.” RESPONDING TO A QUESTION FROM PHILLIP JESUS STATED, “ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN ME HAS SEEN THE FATHER. HOW CAN YOU SAY, ‘SHOW US THE FATHER? DON’T YOU BELIEVE THAT I AM IN THE FATHER, AND THAT THE FATHER IS IN ME? THE WORDS I SAY TO YOU ARE NOT JUST MY OWN. RATHER, IT IS THE FATHER, LIVING IN ME, WHO IS DOING HIS WORK. BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY THAT I AM IN THE FATHER AND THE FATHER IS IN ME.” THESE PASSAGES CONFIRM JESUS’ INDWELLING BY HIS FATHER THROUGH HIS HOLY SPIRIT WHO DESCENDED TO DWELL IN THE HUMAN SPIRIT OF JESUS JUST AFTER HE WAS BAPTIZED BY JOHN THE BAPTIST. HE WILLFULLY LIVED IN COMPLETE OBEDIENCE TO THE FATHER ALL HIS LIFE, EVEN TO HIS DEATH. AS JESUS WAS DYING ON THE CROSS HE CRIED OUT, “FATHER, INTO YOUR HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT.” THAT JESUS POSSESSED A HUMAN SPIRIT IS INDICATED BY THESE WORDS HE SPOKE ON THE CROSS. HIS VERY LAST WORDS WERE, “‘IT IS FINISHED.’ WITH THAT HE BOWED HIS HEAD AND GAVE UP HIS SPIRIT.” THESE VERSES CONFIRM THAT JESUS THE MAN POSSESSED A SPIRIT AND SUBMITTED IT IN FULL OBEDIENCE TO THE SPIRIT OF THE FATHER.

MARCH 18, 2021