Jesus Christ
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18. Is it true that Jesus didn’t need to be anointed by God? |
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No, it isn’t,
for Jesus was a true man and thus He also needed to be anointed by God with
the Holy Spirit in order to do the will of God and to complete the task that
God had given Him. For when we speak about Jesus Christ, we must never forget
that since He was a man He had some limitations like us, therefore without
the anointing He couldn’t have done the will of His God and Father nor could
He have finished His work. So Jesus Christ was anointed by God in order that
He might do the will of God, for in the synagogue of Nazareth Jesus said: “The
Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the
gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach
deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at
liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord”
(Luke 4:18-19). The expression “He hath anointed me to preach the gospel to
the poor” means ‘He hath anointed me so that I may be able to preach the
gospel to the poor’. On the other hand – if it were not so – why did God
foretell that He would anoint His servant Jesus, saying: “Here is my servant,
whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him
and he will bring justice to the nations” (Isaiah 42:1 - NIV)? In addition to
this, let us remember that Jesus cast out demons by the Holy Spirit (Matthew |