To understand Acts 10:38, we need to look at the event it refers to, i.e. Matthew 3:13-17.
Three Questions: Why was Jesus baptized? Why did the Holy Spirit come upon Him? Why did God speak from Heaven?
1. Jesus didn't need water baptism ( Mt 3:15) as that baptism by John was for a demonstration of one's acknowledgement & repentance for sins (not like Believers' Baptism today which is identification with the death & resurrection of Christ). John himself said that it was he that needed Jesus's baptism, which was not a water baptism but a spiritual one ( Mt 3:11).
2. Jesus didn't need the Holy Spirit to come upon Him or in Him - he was sinless, filled with the Divine in the womb, birthed from God's Seed without human contribution & using Mary as the vehicle to bring His Son into the world with flesh & blood. Jesus was later tempted by Satan to sin & to receive a sin nature but He withstood him with the Word of God, His Own Authority.
3. God could have remained silent during this time, but He chose to speak from Heaven.
What do these events tell us? It was the inauguration of Jesus' Ministry on Earth taking Him all the way to the Cross. His baptism identified Him in His priestly role ( Exodus 29:4, Leviticus 8:6) through priestly washing & also pointed in a faint manner, His prophesied death & resurrection, to which all who put their trust in Him would replicate by identification.
Then two more confirmations from Heaven for the benefit of those around to Jesus' Life & Work: the Spirit descended upon Him confirming His priestly position through an anointing ( Exodus 29:7, Leviticus 8:12) & God's verbal confirmation of Who Jesus is & acceptance of His position & work, as was in the days of Moses & Aaron ( Exodus 29:42-46).
Jesus came to fulfil a high priestly role that no earthly high priest could fulfil ( Hebrews 7:11-28) & all that took place at the Jordan, pointed to Jesus as sent from Heaven to make full payment for sin - no priest could ever do that.
Thank you for sharing the scriptures & the questions with me & explaining how it all fits together. It's a pity my Bible doesn't do that because it would make things a lot easier to understand. I feel really blessed to have all these spirit filled Brothers & Sisters on the King James bible online dot org taking time out of their daily lives to help & encourage newer Christians like me. I'm not that good at Auditory style learning, so I struggle to sit through long sermons & long prayers. I'm more Visual & Kinaesthetic, So having the right scriptures laid out in front of me & explained in black & white makes it so much easier to sink in. Praise God for everyone's continued support. God is so good !!!
No problem. I trusted that you hadn't forgot, I assumed the delay was KJB reviewing them before they made them live. I will look for the new thread now.
Hi Claire, just on a different matter. You had asked me some questions recently & I mentioned that I would start a new thread & give you my response. But I've checked there, & you haven't responded so I think you have not seen them.
When you click on the Discussion Tab, you will need to scroll down all the comments until you see my name & then there'll be a new thread addressing you (there'll be a total of five pages) & it would be probably be a day old now. So you won't get an email for KJB Online to that effect as it's a new Thread. Just thought to mention this in case you felt I was being slack in my response.
Thanks Rob, if there is any room for doubt, I agree with you that we should stick with what the Word says. For example, there is a tendency for some Christians to believe that Adam & Eve were not the only two humans created at first & there were other humans created simultaneously or even a pre-Adamic race. Since the Word does not even suggest these possibilities, I find it prudent to leave it as declared & would, in a discussion, raise the question of sin's production or its transmission to other races.
Yet, the whole counsel of God, as revealed to mankind, is found in His Word & He expects us to understand it, search it & formulate our beliefs & practises based on it - or else, the Word would just be another history book or novel. Whatever I share here or when ministering the Word elsewhere is really on my understanding of the Word when I put it altogether with the light given me. If someone else has another understanding, I welcome it, but in a good discussion or debate, one must give a good defence of one's interpretation. If I have given wrongly, please point it out with other Scriptures so that I can consider your understanding better. Where you have given Scriptures, they have been very useful, yet other Scriptures are available to present another side of the doctrine/teaching. It does take quite some searching, prayer, & understanding to know the mind of God over a matter. Thank you again for your time.
Thanks Chris For you comment , the Bible it's self is in some places very easy a child can understand it , and some places only God knows for sure .
The KJV is old English and a little harder for some .
There was a lady that lived back in the 1800 s she was an Irish immigrant , she had no formal education .
She went to churches then and doubted what the preachers where preaching , so she asked the Lord to read the Bible her self . The enabled her to understand the Bible , it must have been a KJV at that time .
That encourages me that almost anyone can find the truth if they seek it with Gods help . Later she would stand up in church and tell the preacher they where wrong . Must have been quite a lady ! They nick named her Holy Ann .
Here we see God anointing Jesus for service with the Holy Spirit .
Gods in Control over the other two , no surprise to me .
If all three where equally God this never would have needed to happen .
Yes God is sovereign in all things .
Three Questions: Why was Jesus baptized? Why did the Holy Spirit come upon Him? Why did God speak from Heaven?
1. Jesus didn't need water baptism ( Mt 3:15) as that baptism by John was for a demonstration of one's acknowledgement & repentance for sins (not like Believers' Baptism today which is identification with the death & resurrection of Christ). John himself said that it was he that needed Jesus's baptism, which was not a water baptism but a spiritual one ( Mt 3:11).
2. Jesus didn't need the Holy Spirit to come upon Him or in Him - he was sinless, filled with the Divine in the womb, birthed from God's Seed without human contribution & using Mary as the vehicle to bring His Son into the world with flesh & blood. Jesus was later tempted by Satan to sin & to receive a sin nature but He withstood him with the Word of God, His Own Authority.
3. God could have remained silent during this time, but He chose to speak from Heaven.
What do these events tell us? It was the inauguration of Jesus' Ministry on Earth taking Him all the way to the Cross. His baptism identified Him in His priestly role ( Exodus 29:4, Leviticus 8:6) through priestly washing & also pointed in a faint manner, His prophesied death & resurrection, to which all who put their trust in Him would replicate by identification.
Then two more confirmations from Heaven for the benefit of those around to Jesus' Life & Work: the Spirit descended upon Him confirming His priestly position through an anointing ( Exodus 29:7, Leviticus 8:12) & God's verbal confirmation of Who Jesus is & acceptance of His position & work, as was in the days of Moses & Aaron ( Exodus 29:42-46).
Jesus came to fulfil a high priestly role that no earthly high priest could fulfil ( Hebrews 7:11-28) & all that took place at the Jordan, pointed to Jesus as sent from Heaven to make full payment for sin - no priest could ever do that.
Thank you for sharing the scriptures & the questions with me & explaining how it all fits together. It's a pity my Bible doesn't do that because it would make things a lot easier to understand. I feel really blessed to have all these spirit filled Brothers & Sisters on the King James bible online dot org taking time out of their daily lives to help & encourage newer Christians like me. I'm not that good at Auditory style learning, so I struggle to sit through long sermons & long prayers. I'm more Visual & Kinaesthetic, So having the right scriptures laid out in front of me & explained in black & white makes it so much easier to sink in. Praise God for everyone's continued support. God is so good !!!
God bless you & your family.
Kind regards
Claire
No problem. I trusted that you hadn't forgot, I assumed the delay was KJB reviewing them before they made them live. I will look for the new thread now.
Thank you for all your help as always.
God bless you & your family
Kind Regards
Claire
When you click on the Discussion Tab, you will need to scroll down all the comments until you see my name & then there'll be a new thread addressing you (there'll be a total of five pages) & it would be probably be a day old now. So you won't get an email for KJB Online to that effect as it's a new Thread. Just thought to mention this in case you felt I was being slack in my response.
I will hold to the written word of what God actually did !
Unless you can prove you know more than God and can counsel him !
Yet, the whole counsel of God, as revealed to mankind, is found in His Word & He expects us to understand it, search it & formulate our beliefs & practises based on it - or else, the Word would just be another history book or novel. Whatever I share here or when ministering the Word elsewhere is really on my understanding of the Word when I put it altogether with the light given me. If someone else has another understanding, I welcome it, but in a good discussion or debate, one must give a good defence of one's interpretation. If I have given wrongly, please point it out with other Scriptures so that I can consider your understanding better. Where you have given Scriptures, they have been very useful, yet other Scriptures are available to present another side of the doctrine/teaching. It does take quite some searching, prayer, & understanding to know the mind of God over a matter. Thank you again for your time.
The KJV is old English and a little harder for some .
There was a lady that lived back in the 1800 s she was an Irish immigrant , she had no formal education .
She went to churches then and doubted what the preachers where preaching , so she asked the Lord to read the Bible her self . The enabled her to understand the Bible , it must have been a KJV at that time .
That encourages me that almost anyone can find the truth if they seek it with Gods help . Later she would stand up in church and tell the preacher they where wrong . Must have been quite a lady ! They nick named her Holy Ann .
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