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performed; the manner in which His name is coupled with the name of the Father, and from the fact
that He received worship. The interesting fact concerning Christ's mighty work on earth was not so
much the exertion of His Deity as the Son of God, but the employment of the Deity of the Holy Spirit
in Him as the Son of Man. Several Scriptures will bear out this fact. Christ said, "But if I cast out
devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you" (Matt. 12:28). This teaches
that the miracle power was that of the Holy Spirit. From Luke 4:18-22, we learn that the Spirit
enabled Him to preach, to heal the broken-hearted, to give sight to the blind, and to set sin-captive
souls at liberty. The commandments Christ gave to His apostles whom He had chosen were given
through the Holy Spirit. We read, "He through the Holy Ghost had given commandment unto the
apostles whom he had chosen" (Acts 1:2). Peter said, "God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy
Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil;
for God was with him" (Acts 10:38). Christ was anointed with the Spirit and power, for the specific
purpose of performing miracles as a Man. The gift of healing and the working of miracles are
attributed as gifts of the Spirit (I Cor. 12:9, 10). It is interesting to know that Christ did not perform
any miracles before He was thirty years of age, or until He was anointed with the Spirit.
Whatever Christ realized through the Holy Spirit is possible for us to realize. A world of
possibilities, privileges, victories, and blessings are open to believers. The very Spirit Who dwelt in
Christ and anointed Him for service is at our disposal.
V. The Holy Spirit in Relation to the Death of Christ
Gethsemane presents to us the sorrows of Christ, the poison of sin, the sweet submission of the
Saviour, and the triumph of a fully surrendered life unto God. Certainly the Spirit led Him into
Gethsemane to pray. In the life of Christ, during His ministry on earth, we have an ideal example of
a Spirit-filled Man living in the height of prayer possibilities. Gethsemane means, "oil-press." It was
a garden of olive trees. The fruit was gathered, then in order to extract the oil, the olives were
crushed and subjected to intense pressure. This is highly symbolical of Christ, His suffering, the Holy
Spirit, and the enormous price Christ had to pay that the Spirit might flow from Him, to be outpoured
upon us. David foretold that Christ, the Holy One of Israel, would be like a green olive tree (Ps.
52:8). Israel is prefigured by the branches of an olive tree in the Scriptures (Rom. 11:17-24). Christ
is the tree, the roots and the fatness; but the natural branches, the Jews were broken off and the wild
branches, or the Gentiles, contrary to nature were through faith grafted into Christ. No person fits
the description of Psalm 52:8, 9, as does Christ, the God-Man. This is beautiful and interesting as
we consider the olive tree, the fruit, and the oil as a symbol of Christ and the Holy Spirit. The Spirit
is the Gift of Christ unto His own. Could we associate the intense agony of Christ, His fall under the
load of sin (Mark 14:35), the sweating of blood, and His agonizing prayers with the Spirit's baptism
in our lives, certainly we would appreciate Christ and the Spirit more. Gethsemane and Calvary
cannot be separated. The one was the prelude to the other. Gethsemane was a preparation for the
more important event of Calvary. Let us not underestimate the sufferings of Christ in relation to the
outflowing Spirit Who was released from Him. Only a sinless, spotless, and holy Sacrifice could
atone for sin. All labors, gifts, sacrifices, and prayers in the Holy Ghost will be accepted by God. All
human labors and sacrifices apart from the Spirit are not accepted by God. Here is where we again
see wondrous beauty in the Son of Man, in that He through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without
spot to God on Calvary (Heb. 9:14). The Holy Spirit enabled Him to make the supreme sacrifice.