WEEK 11
JESUS GREW IN WISDOM
"And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom" (Isa 11:2 ESV)."And Jesus increased in wisdom"(Luke 2:52 ESV). "And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him"(Luke 2:40 ESV).
"The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught" (Isa 50:4 ESV).
"Christ was filled with the Spirit from the womb and received his gifts and graces from [God] without measure."1
"From birth to baptism the Spirit directed His mental and moral development, and strengthened and kept Him through all the years of preparation and toil. He was in the Carpenter as truly as in the Messiah, and the work at the bench was as perfect as the sacrifice on the Cross" (S. Chadwick).2
As CHRIST was able to perform the will of His FATHER by relying on the HOLY SPIRIT, so I, too, can perform the will of my FATHER. All I have to do is ask.
"If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him" (Luke 11:13 ESV)!
"As Jesus was entirely dependent on the Father for all His words and all His works, so the believer can do nothing of himself. He must cease entirely from his own doing, and wait for the working of God in him"3
Octavius Winslow, in his comments below speaks of the HOLY SPIRIT and how He works in man. It is by the same process and progression He worked in JESUS, as the Son of Man.
It is a work of time. The soul is placed in the school of deep experience and is led step by step, stage by stage. The knowledge of self and of Christ increases, deeper views of indwelling sin are discovered, the heart's treachery is more acutely felt, the devices of Satan are better known, the mystery of God's gracious and providential dealings are more clearly unfolded and better understood.4
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ENDNOTES
(11) STOP. ASK. For the SPIRIT
1. John Gill, "Commentary of Isaiah 11:2," 1999, The New John Gill Exposition of the Whole Bible, 29 January 2021 https://www.studylight.org/commentaires/eng/geb/isaiah-11.html.
2. A. W. Pink, The Holy Spirit (Pensacola, FL: Mt. Zion Publications), http://www.mountzion.org, 32.
3. Andrew Murray, Abide in Christ (Springdale, PA: Whitaker House, 1979) 118.
4. Octavius Winslow, Evening Thoughts (Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage Books, 2005) 188.
5. Robert Hawker, "Commentary of Isaiah 11:2," 1828, Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary, 30 January 2021, https://www.studylight.org/commentary/isaiah/11-2.html#verse-pmc.
6. Albert Barnes, "Commentary on Isaiah 11:2," 1870, Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible, 30 January 2021 https://www.studylight.org/commentary/isaiah/11-2.html#verse-bnb.
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