How do you know? It sounds to me like this is something He has always done since Eternity’s past.
This is how I know. This not from my hard drive. This was spoken into my
heart, and not word that was given have I omitted.
Isaiah 42:1 Behold! My Servant whom I uphold, My Elect One
in whom
My soul delights!
I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
Matthew 12:18 Behold! My Servant whom I have chosen, My Beloved in whom
My soul is well pleased! I will put My Spirit upon Him,
And He will declare judgment to the Gentiles.
John 1:
32 And John bore witness, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove,
and
He remained upon Him.
33 I did not know Him, but
He who sent me to baptize with water said to me,
Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, this is
He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.
34 And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.
Matthew 4:1 Then Jesus was
led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be
tempted by the devil.
Luke 4:14 Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and
news of Him went out through all the surrounding region.
1 John 2:6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk
just as He walked.
What is clearly seen by the testimony of the scriptures is that Jesus walked in
the Spirit He was given, not in accordance with some "walk through" that took
place in heaven before He was born.
Romans 8:11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you,
He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through
His Spirit who dwells in you.
Galatians 5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Jesus walked in the Spirit He was given.
We are instructed to walk in "the same Spirit", which we are given,
which we receive when we believe in the One who sent His Son, and
raised Him from the dead.
We are instructed to walk by faith, not by sight.
We are instructed to walk just as He walked, after the Spirit we are given.
Galatians 3:14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon
the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might
receive the promise of
the Spirit through faith.
To walk by faith as faithful Abraham
Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place
which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out,
not knowing where he was going.
And yet you say that Jesus did not walk by faith, that He always knew where He was
going because He is God.
So how are we to walk as He walked?
He walked in the Spirit. We are to walk in the same Spirit.
By the faith of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
2 Corinthians 4:
13 And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written,
I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak,
14 knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus,
and will present
us with you.