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spoke any word, of His own initiative. He was a perfect Son, with a perfect heart. He
was always observing the Father and doing precisely what He saw the Father doing.

John 5:19-20
Then Yahshua answered and said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, the
Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever
He does, the Son also does in like manner. For the Father loves the Son, and
shows Him all things that He Himself does...”

If mankind is to also walk perfectly before the Father, he must have the same
guide that Yahshua had. The Law cannot reveal to us what the Father’s will is for
every action and word, but the Spirit can. It was the Spirit of God that guided Christ,
and all who would be perfect must be guided by the same Spirit.
From the moment of Christ’s baptism in the Jordan River, we read that He was
led of the Spirit.

Luke 4:1
Then Yahshua, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and
was led by the Spirit...

Luke 4:14
Then Yahshua returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee...

The Spirit both guided and empowered Christ, and He is given to perform the
same functions for all those who are “in Christ.”

John 16:7-13
Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I
do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him
to you... I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all
truth...

In these words, Yahshua discloses that the Spirit will perform the role of
communicator and guide. Although Christ disclosed many things to His disciples
during His ministry years, there was much they were not yet prepared to receive. The
Spirit to be sent would disclose to them every thought of God at the appropriate time.
Rather than having the Law as their guide, with priests, scribes and legions of lawyers
as its administrators, Christ’s disciples would be taught directly by God through the
Spirit.

I John 2:27
But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do