EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 5/1/2026
10:31 PM
My
Worship Time Focus: PT-1
“The Spirit’s Anointing”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Luke
3:22a
Message of the verse: “and the Holy Spirit descended upon
Him in bodily form like a dove,”
Now as I look through some of the
things that John MacArthur writes in his commentary on this verse I see that he
has included many Bible References and so I think that it will be important for
me to include many of these in this evening’s SD.
“That the Holy Spirit descended and
remained (John 1:32-33) upon Jesus does not imply that up to this point
He did not have the Holy Spirit.”
(John 1:32-33)
“32 And John bore witness: "I saw the Spirit
descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. 33
I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said
to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who
baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’”
Let me just say that there is no
doubt that Jesus had the Holy Spirit in him when John saw Him and baptized Him,
but once Jesus was baptized the Holy Spirit came on Him with power in order to be
able to work through Christ in order to do His ministry. MacArthur goes on “The members of the Trinity
have been eternally in communion with each other with no breach in their
essential unity. Jesus and the Holy
Spirit have always been in perfect communion, so much so that Romans 8:9 calls the
Holy Spirit the Spirit of Christ (cf. Acts 16:7; Gal. 4:6; Phil. 1:19; 1 Peter
1:11).”
(cf. Acts 16:7; Gal. 4:6; Phil. 1:19; 1
Peter 1:11)
“7 And when they had come up to Mysia, they
attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.”
“6 And because you are sons, God has sent the
Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!’”
“19 for I know that through your prayers and the
help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance,”
“11 inquiring what person or time the Spirit of
Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and
the subsequent glories.”
“The
Spirit’s descent here was merely a symbolic act, indicating publicly His
empowerment for Jesus’ life and ministry.
“A way to understand this
empowerment is to consider that the Son ‘emptied Himself’ (Phil. 2:7) of the
personal prerogative in the use of His divine attributes and allowed Himself to
submit to the will of the Father and the power of the Spirit. In effect, the Spirit mediated between our
Lord’s divine and human natures.”
(Phil. 2:7)
“7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a
servant, being born in the likeness of men.”
“Beginning with His miraculous conception
(Luke 1:35; cf. Matt. 1:18-20), the Spirit was involved in every aspect of
Christ’s life (cf. 4:1, 14; 10:21; Matt. 4:1; 12:28; Acts 10:38; Heb. 9:14).”
(Luke 1:35; cf. Matt. 1:18-20)
“35 And the angel answered her, "The Holy
Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you;
therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.”
“18 ¶ Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in
this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came
together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and
unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered these things, behold, an
angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of
David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in
her is from the Holy Spirit.”
(cf. 4:1, 14; 10:21; Matt. 4:1; 12:28;
Acts 10:38; Heb. 9:14)
“1 ¶ And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned
from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness”
“14 ¶ And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit
to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding
country.”
“21 In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy
Spirit and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you
have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to
little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.”
“1 ¶ Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the
wilderness to be tempted by the devil.”
“28 But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast
out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.”
“38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the
Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were
oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.”
“14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who
through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our
conscience from dead works to serve the living God.”
“The Old
Testament records many instances of the Spirit coming upon individuals to
anoint them for special service, including Moses (Num. 11:25), Joshua (Num.
27:18), the seventy elders of Israel (Num. 11:17), Saul (1 Samuel 10:1, 6),
David (1 Samuel 16:13), Elijah (1 Kings 18:12; 2 Kings 2:16), Azariah (2 Chronicles
15:1), Zechariah (2 Chronicles 24:20), Ezekiel (Ezekiel 2:1-2), and Micah
(Micah 3:8). All those men, however,
were limited in their ability to be empowered by the Spirit by their sinful,
fallen human natures. But since Jesus
was God in human flesh, God gave Him the Spirit without measure (John 3:34).” Here is how I will look at these verses from
above, as I want to quote the name and the verse.
Moses (Num. 11:17)
“17 And I will come down and talk with you there.
And I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put it on them, and they
shall bear the burden of the people with you, so that you may not bear it
yourself alone.”
Joshua (Num. 27:18)
“18 So the LORD said to Moses, "Take Joshua
the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him.”
the
seventy elders of Israel (Num.
11:17)
“17 And I will come down and talk with you there.
And I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put it on them, and they
shall bear the burden of the people with you, so that you may not bear it
yourself alone.”
Saul (1 Samuel 10:1, 6)
“1 ¶ Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it
on his head and kissed him and said, "Has not the LORD anointed you to be
prince over his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the LORD
and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this
shall be the sign to you that the LORD has anointed you to be prince over his
heritage.”
“6 Then the Spirit of the LORD will rush upon
you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man.”
David (1 Samuel 16:13)
“13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed
him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David
from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.”
Elijah (1 Kings 18:12; 2 Kings 2:16)
“12 And as soon as I have gone from you, the
Spirit of the LORD will carry you I know not where. And so, when I come and
tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me, although I your servant have
feared the LORD from my youth.”
“16 And they said to him, "Behold now, there
are with your servants fifty strong men. Please let them go and seek your
master. It may be that the Spirit of the LORD has caught him up and cast him
upon some mountain or into some valley." And he said, "You shall not
send.’”
Azariah (2 Chronicles 15:1)
“1 ¶ The Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son
of Oded,”
Zechariah (2 Chronicles 24:20)
“20 Then the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah the
son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them,
"Thus says God, ‘Why do you break the commandments of the LORD, so that
you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, he has forsaken you.’”
Ezekiel (Ezekiel 2:1-2)
“1 ¶ And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on
your feet, and I will speak with you." 2
And as he spoke to me, the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet,
and I heard him speaking to me.”
Micah (Micah 3:8)
“8 ¶ But as for me, I am filled with power, with
the Spirit of the LORD, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his
transgression and to Israel his sin.”
Now we will look at John 3:34, and
that will be the last verse to look up this evening.
(John 3:34)
“34 For he whom God has sent utters the words of
God, for he gives the
Spirit without measure.”
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