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Jesus - The Anointed One
Contributed by Gbemisola Fafowora on Nov 8, 2020 (message contributor)
Summary: Jesus is the anointed one that came to set the captives free.
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Jesus came here on earth as the anointed one that came to set the captives free from every lie of Satan who is the enemy of the children of God - 1 Peter 5:8.. And we are sons of God, through faith in Jesus the anointed one - Galatians 3:26.. This is why the word of God says to us that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son - John 3:16.
The world means the people and not the world itself in particular. For God to send His Son the anointed One into our lives is to prove to us that God loves and He cares for us all. God did not want us to remain in a dark place and wanted us to be free to know Him and to serve Him all the days of our lives. The priority of us all is to be about the kingdom of God and to be with Him when the time comes for us to be with Him.
Jesus' coming was prophesied in the Old testament in the book of Isaiah 11: 1 - 5
There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse,
And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.
The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him,
The Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
The Spirit of counsel and might,
The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.
His delight is in the fear of the Lord,
And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes,
Nor decide by the hearing of His ears;
But with righteousness He shall judge the poor,
And decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth,
And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.
Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins,
And faithfulness the belt of His waist.
Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Listen carefully, the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and she will call his name Immanuel (God with us).
2 Samuel 7:12 - 13
When your days are fulfilled and you lie down [in death] with your fathers (ancestors), I will raise up your descendant after you, who shall be born to you, and I will establish his kingdom. He [is the one who] shall build a house for My Name and My Presence, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
Isaiah 9: 1 - 6
The Government of the Promised Son
Nevertheless the gloom will not be upon her who is distressed,
As when at first He lightly esteemed
The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
And afterward more heavily oppressed her,
By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan,
In Galilee of the Gentiles.
The people who walked in darkness
Have seen a great light;
Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death,
Upon them a light has shined.
You have multiplied the nation
And increased its joy;
They rejoice before You
According to the joy of harvest,
As men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
For You have broken the yoke of his burden
And the staff of his shoulder,
The rod of his oppressor,
As in the day of Midian.
For every warrior’s sandal from the noisy battle,
And garments rolled in blood,
Will be used for burning and fuel of fire.
For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Therefore, Jesus was presented to us in the new testament as the anointed one that came in obedience to His Father to help us all in our weaknesses. The anointing on Jesus came to destroy yokes of any kind in the life of all His children. Through His anointing we are free from the kingdom of darkness and brought into His own kingdom - Colossians 1:13.
Jesus the anointed one said in the book of John 3 that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. He came to give us all life in abundance and He wants us all to enjoy life and not to be in any form of bondage to this world that is full of evil.
Jesus the anointed one stands as our shepherd to help us all in everything that we need to do here on earth - John 10.
The scriptures records in the book of Acts 10:38:
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.