DJ1

I may be off topic a bit, but Luke wrote the Book of Acts and in his Gospel he also described the Power of the Holy Spirit - not only upon the Apostles, but also curiously upon Jesus Himself at the Baptism (the Dove). I always thought that through the Incarnation - the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary - thus Jesus was anointed and became the Godman - of God (Holy Spirit) and 'man' by the humanity - 'flesh and blood' of Mary. Thus, this Duality - the dual natures of Jesus Christ - included the Holy Spirit (God) within Jesus from the beginning when the Word fell and became 'flesh'. And we are discussing the Holy Spirit coming upon - clothing the Apostles with the Spirit - empowering them. All humanity had the breath of God - man's spirit within. Yet, in Luke, we see the Holy Spirit - 'filling' Jesus. Jesus of Nazareth became 'full' of the Spirit. So, I ask myself, 'How can He be made 'full' of the Spirit, when He was already of the Spirit?' Just as the Spirit of Christ is the Holy Spirit - indeed, the Body of Christ - the Church (using Paul's Spiritual metaphors). See here - my notes: “Jesus returned from the Jordan, full of the Holy Spirit, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for 40 days to be tempted by the Devil ... 14 Then Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit …” Luke 4:1, :14 HCSB. Interesting that after His baptism, He was ‘full’ of the Spirit; led by the Spirit, and acted through the ‘Power of the Spirit’. Thus, Jesus’ Divinity was through the Holy Spirit – not directly of the Father per say, in many ways: the Incarnation, the Baptism, the Anointing, etc. This all implies that Jesus of Nazareth was a ‘man’ – ‘flesh’, Who was then empowered by the Holy Spirit just as the Apostles were about to be in our lesson. Yet, the Holy Spirit is His Godly – Divine nature; the ‘flesh’ is His humanity. Confusing to me; I guess we must remember, the Holy Spirit is God, and God is Spirit (John 4:24 NKJV). It does baffle me though. My apologies for swaying a bit off the topic - had to get it off my chest. However, I did address the 'filling, baptism, coming upon, etc. - of the Holy Spirit'. Dave