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THE SPIRIT WITHOUT MEASURE
When the Spirit of God came upon Moses,
Samson, Samuel, David, Isaiah and all of God’s
prophets, priests, judges, and kings of old, they
received the anointing in a measure. But the Bible
says of Jesus, “For he whom God hath sent
speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the
Spirit by measure unto him” (John 3:34). Jesus was
the first who didn’t have the Spirit of God (or the
anointing) by measure but in His fullness.
This same Jesus, Who had the fullness of God’s
Spirit, said to His disciples just before He ascended
into heaven, “...as my Father hath sent me, even so
send I you” (John 20:21). Now think about it: If
Jesus required the full measure of the Spirit to do
the work the Father sent Him, and He has sent us
the same way He was sent of the Father, why then
should we be sent with a measure and not the
fullness of the Spirit?
Moreover, Jesus said in John 14:12, “Truly,
truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works