ROOM FOR THE SPIRIT 149some did not get healed? Why didn't He pray for them?
Why didn't He reach out and touch them? It is because the
Father did not ask the Holy Ghost to request that Jesus do
it. Christ said, "that the world may know that I love the
Father, and as the Father gave Me commandment, so I
do" (John 14:31). Jesus was dependent on the Spirit; He
was Christ's lifeline to the Father.
Was Christ Capable of Sinning?
Even before Christ faced Golgotha, He offered Himself
to the Father through the Holy Ghost. Comparing the blood
of Christ to the sacrifice of animals, Hebrews says, "How
much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the
eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge
your conscience from dead works to serve the living
God"(Heb. 9:14).
Had He not offered Himself through the Holy Ghost,
He would not be accepted in the eyes of God the Father.
Nor would He have endured the sufferings of the cross.
Had He not presented Himself through the Holy Ghost, His
blood would not have remained pure and spotless.
And let me add this: Had the Holy Spirit not been with
Jesus, He may have likely sinned. That's right. It was the
Holy Spirit who was the power that kept Him pure. He was
not only sent from heaven, but He was called the Son of
man—and as such He was capable of sinning. The fact that
He did not does not mean that He could not.
If you believe that Jesus was not able to sin, then why
would Satan waste his time tempting Him? The devil knew
what he was doing. Without the Holy Ghost Jesus may
have never made it.
Jesus actually offered Himself through the Holy Ghost
to remain sinless. He even depended on the Spirit to raise