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Puritan Board Junior
Luke 4:13-14 (KJV)
And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee:and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.
I was reading this passage this morning and began to wonder about the connection of Jesus' temptations to his return in the power of the Spirit and the practical application of it to the believer as a pattern for growing in one's authority over their own sin as we do this in the power of the Spirit. Is there a direct correlation between Jesus' overcoming temptation and growing in his authority to walk in the power of the Spirit? More to the point, is this a pattern that should be expected in a believer?
And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee:and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.
I was reading this passage this morning and began to wonder about the connection of Jesus' temptations to his return in the power of the Spirit and the practical application of it to the believer as a pattern for growing in one's authority over their own sin as we do this in the power of the Spirit. Is there a direct correlation between Jesus' overcoming temptation and growing in his authority to walk in the power of the Spirit? More to the point, is this a pattern that should be expected in a believer?