Good morning. After His baptism, Jesus, being full of the
Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan
and was led around by the Spirit in the wilderness. Matthew
also said He was led by the Holy
Spirit; Mark says He was impelled by the Holy Spirit. Luke
then goes through the temptations
of Jesus by the devil. After resisting the temptations,
Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of
the Spirit. He went to His hometown of Nazareth; went to the
synagogue on the Sabbath; and
stood up to read. They gave Him the book of Isaiah, and He
found the place where it was
written: The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me; because He
anointed Me to preach the gospel to the
poor. He sent Me to proclaim release to the captives, and
recovery of sight to the blind, to set
free those who are oppressed, to proclaim the favorable year
of the Lord. Today this scripture
has been fulfilled in your hearing. That was a very bold
statement, because it applied to the
Messiah. After all He was the hometown boy. He was just
Joseph’s boy. He had no formal
training. How could He speak like this? Father thank You
that Your anointing is upon the reader. He/she walks in the power and might of Your Spirit and the
Scriptures.
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