Since Jesus was God why did he require the help of the Holy Spirit to perform miracles? Why did he require help after the devil tempted him? Was this just an example of what we should do?
It is true that Jesus was fully omnipotent being the second person in the Trinity. But when Jesus took on flesh he took on many limitations like time and space. Even when it came to miracles Jesus performed them with the power of the Holy Spirit (Luke 4:18,19; Acts 10:38). Jesus did not use His power wildly to show off to the world that He is the Son of God. Instead, every miracle that He performed were in the will of the Father. Jesus used His power in consultation with God the Father and never did anything on earth of His own accord.
Jesus sets an ideal for humanity by his prayer life, and constant dependence on God for everything including the power to do miracles. He did not always operate in the realm of the super natural. He lived like a normal human being and thereby he sets an example for us. If the Son of God Himself expressed so much dependence on the Father to carry out His mission, how much more we need to depend on God to carry out the mission He has entrusted to us!
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