2 Be Like Jesus...

from Isaiah 11

1>Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit.

2>The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and strength, The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.

3>And He will delight in the fear of the LORD, and He will not judge by what His eyes see, nor make a decision by what His ears hear;

4>but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth; and He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.

5>Also righteousness will be the belt about His loins, and faithfulness the belt about His waist.

from Luke 3

21>Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus was also baptized, and while He was praying, heaven was opened,

22>and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came out of heaven, "You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased."

from Psalm 40

7>Then I said, "Behold, I come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me.

8>I delight to do Your will, O my God; your Law is within my heart."

John 4:34>Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.

Matt 18:14>"So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones perish."

from Isaiah 61 

1>The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,
         Because the LORD has anointed me
         To bring good news to the afflicted;
         He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
         To proclaim liberty to captives
         And freedom to prisoners;

from Luke 4

16>And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read.

17>And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the book and found the place where it was written,

18>"The Spirit of The Lord is upon me, because He anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,

19>to proclaim the favorable year of The Lord."

20>And He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him.

21>And He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."

from 2 Corinthians 3

17>Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

Romans 12:1>Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

from Isaiah 42 

1"Behold, My Servant, whom I uphold; My chosen one in whom My soul delights, I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the nations."

2>"He will not cry out or raise His voice, nor make His voice heard in the street."

3>"A bruised reed He will not break and a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice."

4>"He will not be disheartened or crushed until He has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands will wait expectantly for His law."

5>Thus says God the LORD, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread out the earth and its offspring,  Who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it,

6>"I am the LORD, I have called You in righteousness,  I will also hold You by the hand and watch over You, and I will appoint You as a covenant to the people, as a light to the nations,

7>To open blind eyes, to bring out prisoners from the dungeon and those who dwell in darkness from the prison.

8>"I am the LORD, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, nor My praise to graven images.

9>"Behold, the former things have come to pass, now I declare new things; before they spring forth I proclaim them to you."

Romans 12:2>And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.