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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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possession <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Holy Ghost, <strong>and</strong> in His<br />

proclamation from beaven. That Kingdom was His<br />

Fa<strong>the</strong>r's Business; its Kingship, <strong>the</strong> manner in<br />

which He was to be ^ about it.' <strong>The</strong> next step was<br />

not, like <strong>the</strong> first, voluntary, <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> preconceived<br />

purpose. <strong>Jesus</strong> went to Jordan; He was driven <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Spirit into <strong>the</strong> wilderness. Not, indeed, in <strong>the</strong><br />

sense <strong>of</strong> His being unwilling to go,^ or having had<br />

o<strong>the</strong>r purpose, such as that <strong>of</strong> immediate return into<br />

Galilee, but in that <strong>of</strong> not being willing, <strong>of</strong> having<br />

no will or purpose in <strong>the</strong> matter, but being * led<br />

up,' unconscious <strong>of</strong> its purpose, with irresistible<br />

force, by <strong>the</strong> Spirit. In that wilderness He had to<br />

test what He had learned, <strong>and</strong> to learn what He had<br />

tested. So would He have full pro<strong>of</strong> for His Work<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> What —His Call <strong>and</strong> Kingship; so would He<br />

see its How —^<strong>the</strong> manner <strong>of</strong> it; so, also, would,<br />

from <strong>the</strong> outset, <strong>the</strong> final issne <strong>of</strong> His Work appear.<br />

Again—banishing from our minds all thought <strong>of</strong> sin<br />

in connection<br />

tHetjr.iT.i6 with Christ's Temptation,* He is

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