THE PRESENT-DAY MINISTRY

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OF JESUS—PART 2

In order to appreciate the Present-

Day Ministry of Jesus, we need a good

understanding of the earth lease and the

authority that it gives to mankind. Jesus

refers to this lease in a parable in

Mark’s Gospel:

And he began to speak unto

them by parables. A certain man

planted a vineyard, and set an

hedge about it, and digged a place

for the winevat, and built a tower,

and let it out to husbandmen, and

went into a far country. And at the

season he sent to the husbandman

a servant, that he might receive

from the husbandmen of the fruit of

the vineyard. And they caught him,

and beat him, and sent him away

empty. And again he sent unto

them another servant; and at him

they cast stones, and wounded him

in the head, and sent him away

shamefully handled. And again he

sent another; and him they killed,

and many others; beating some,

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and killing some. Having yet

therefore one son, his well-beloved,

he sent him also last unto them

saying, They will reverence my son.

But those husbandmen said among

themselves, This is the heir; come,

let us kill him, and the inheritance

shall be ours. And they took him,

and killed him, and cast him out of

the vineyard. (Mark 12:1-8)

Although this parable has dual

meaning, it is no doubt a vivid

description of the earth lease. To help

illustrate God’s situation after Adam

turned the lease over to Satan, let’s take

a look at a natural lease.

I own a farm, which is leased out to

another individual. Suppose I were to go

to that farmer and say, “I don’t want you

to plant cotton or soybeans on my farm,

I want you to plant cucumbers and

tomatoes.”

I know what he would say to me: “I

have the lease so I will plant what I

want to plant.” I could complain, saying,

“But it’s my farm!” He would only say,

“Yes, but I have a lease on it, and as

long as I have that lease, I will

determine what is planted on this farm.”

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Because he has the lease, the land is

under his control. I can’t do the things I

want until that lease expires.

GOD’S DILEMMA

After Adam turned the earth lease

over to the devil, satan became, as Paul

calls him, the god of this world (II

Corinthians 4:4). God was in a situation

where He needed a man on the earth

who would walk upright, fulfilling His

plan under the Old Covenant. Then it

would be legal to anoint that man with

the Holy Ghost and power. John tells us

why Jesus was born on this earth: “...

For this purpose the Son of God was

manifested, that he might destroy the

works of the devil” (I John 3:8).

Jesus did that when He was on

earth. Yet for the first thirty years of His

life, He didn’t heal one single person or

cast out one demon. Yes, Jesus was the

Son of God! But the reason He didn't

heal the sick and cast out demons before

He was thirty years old was because He

couldn’t. He didn’t have the ability.

Even though He was the Son of God, he

came to earth as a man. He was a legal

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resident here, but until God anointed

Him, He did not have the ability to heal

the sick or cast out demons.

Jesus walked perfect and upright

under that Old Covenant for thirty

years, without sin. He fulfilled the Law.

When He was baptized in the river

Jordan, He was anointed with the Holy

Ghost and power (Acts 10:38).

Let’s pick up on this story in Luke,

Chapter 4:

And he came to Nazareth,

where he had been brought up:

and, as his custom was, he went

into the synagogue on the sabbath

day, and stood up for to read. And

there was delivered unto him the

book of the prophet Esaias. And

when he had opened the book, he

found the place where it was

written, The Spirit of the Lord is

upon me, because he hath anointed

me to preach the gospel to the

poor; he hath sent me to heal the

brokenhearted, to preach

deliverance to the captives, and

recovering of sight to the blind, to

set at liberty them that are bruised,

To preach the acceptable year of

the Lord. (Luke 4:16-19)

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Listen to the words of Jesus: The

Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because

he hath anointed me to preach. This is

how He received the ability to heal the

sick, raise the dead, cast out demons,

and destroy the works of the devil: God

anointed Him.

Jesus had authority on earth because

He was born here in a physical body.

But he received the ability to destroy the

works of the devil when God anointed

Him.

Ask yourself this question: If Jesus

was God on the earth in all of His

Divine Power, why did God have to

anoint Him?

Where would you go to get a higher

anointing than God?

The Spirit of the Lord is

upon me, because He hath

anointed me to preach the

gospel... to heal the

brokenhearted, to preach

deliverance... and recovering of

sight to the blind, to set at

liberty them that are bruised.

God anointed Him with the Holy Ghost

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and power. It was not something that

was inherent in Him as being the Son of

God.

It was legal for Jesus to destroy the

works of the devil because He was a

legal resident of the earth. He had

walked perfect and upright under the

Old Covenant, which no other man had

been able to do. Yes, Jesus was the Son

of God; but, first of all, He was a man.

He was not operating in His Divine

Power and Glory as God when He

destroyed the works of the devil. He

was drawing from the anointing God

had placed upon Him as a man.

HUMANITY OF JESUS

Sometimes people misunderstand

what is being said when you refer to the

humanity of Jesus. They think you are

denying His deity by denying He was

the Son of God. But that is not true.

Certainly Jesus was divine, and He was

the Son of God, yet He was a man!

Let’s look at some Scriptures that

help us to understand the humanity of

Jesus:

Let this mind be in you, which

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was also in Christ Jesus: Who,

being in the form of God, thought it

not robbery to be equal with God:

But made himself of no reputation,

and took upon him the form of a

servant, and was made in the

likeness of men: And being found

in fashion as a man, he humbled

himself and became obedient unto

death, even the death of the cross.

Wherefore God also hath highly

exalted him, and given him a name

which is above every name.

(Philippians 2:5-9)

Jesus stripped Himself of this

Divine Power and Glory when He came

to this earth.

Forasmuch then as the

children are partakers of flesh and

blood, he also himself likewise took

part of the same; that through

death he might destroy him that

had the power of death, that is, the

devil; And deliver them who

through fear of death were all their

lifetime subject to bondage. For

verily he took not on him the

nature of angels; but he took on

him the seed of Abraham.

Wherefore in all things it behoved

him to be made like unto his

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brethren, that he might be a

merciful and faithful high priest in

things pertaining to God, to make

reconciliation for the sins of the

people. For in that he himself hath

suffered being tempted, he is able

to succour them that are tempted.

(Hebrews 2:14-18)

Here we see the humanity of Jesus.

He took upon Himself the seed of

Abraham, being made like unto His

brother. He suffered being tempted so

that He would be able to help those who

are tempted. “For we have not an high

priest which cannot be touched with the

feeling of our infirmities; but was in all

points tempted like as we are, yet

without sin” (Hebrews 4:15).

Here we have positive proof that

Jesus suffered temptation. It says He

was in all points tempted like as we

are, yet without sin. Then James gives

us positive proof that Jesus was not here

on earth as God but as a man:

Blessed is the man that

endureth temptation: for when he

is tried, he shall receive the crown

of life, which the Lord hath

promised to them that love him. Let

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no man say when he is tempted, I

am tempted of God: for God

cannot be tempted with evil,

neither tempteth he any man.

(James 1:12-13)

These Scriptures give us great

insight and positive proof into the

humanity of Jesus, for God cannot be

tempted with evil. Jesus was tempted in

every way like we are, but He was

without sin. So if Jesus had been

operating as God here on earth, then it

would have been impossible for Him to

be tempted. “Though he were a Son, yet

learned he obedience by the things

which he suffered; And being made

perfect, he became the author of eternal

salvation unto all them that obey him”

(Hebrews 5:8-9).

Jesus learned to overcome

temptation as a man, even while He was

the Son of God.

JESUS GIVES MORE PROOF

And now, O Father, glorify

thou me with thine own self with

the glory which I had with thee

before the world was. (John 17:5)

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In this prayer from John’s gospel,

Jesus asked His Father God to restore

Him to the glory He once had before He

was born on earth. From these

Scriptures it is clear that while here on

earth Jesus did not operate in His

Divine Power and Glory, but as a man

anointed with the Holy Ghost and

power.

Jesus was perfectly legal because

He was born here; He came through the

legal entry into the earth, being born of

a woman. But satan has no legal

authority here; he was not born on this

earth. Neither were demons and evil

spirits; they are illegal aliens to this

planet!

If the devil comes around your

house or business causing trouble, and

you don’t know anything else to do, get

out your birth certificate and read it to

him. Then ask him for his; he doesn’t

have one. When he finds out you know

he doesn’t have any legal authority on

earth, he won’t stay around long.

Satan has no legal authority on this

planet. He pulled a con job on Adam

and Eve, and he is still trying the same

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thing today. In Ephesians 4:27 the

apostle Paul says, “Give no place to the

devil.” Satan has no authority here

unless you allow him to use yours. His

only hope is in trying to usurp your

authority! James 4:7 says, “Submit

yourselves therefore to God. Resist the

devil, and he will flee from you.”

In Luke 4:1-13, we discover how

Jesus defeated temptation of the devil.

The key words were: “it is written.” He

overcame every temptation by quoting

the Word of God. You can defeat

temptation in the same way.

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Document Outline

- The Present-Day Ministry of Jesus Christ - Part 2

- 1 The Present-Day Ministry of Jesus—Part 2

- God’s Dilemma

- Humanity of Jesus

- Jesus Gives More Proof

Table of Contents

The Present-Day Ministry of Jesus Christ - Part 2

1 The Present-Day Ministry of Jesus—Part 2

God’s Dilemma

Humanity of Jesus

Jesus Gives More Proof