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This Is My Beloved Son
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by Jonathan and Brandon Maloney
esus had just left a forty-day battle behind
the Old and New Testaments is fully capable of
Him in the wilderness. He had been
creating rivers of life in the wilderness.
tempted by the devil with everything, from
God is drawn to a broken spirit. When we
being asked, “Are you the son of God?” to going
feel we are about to break is when God’s mercies
forty days without food and being told, “Leap
are revealed and renewed! Oil and wine are only
from this building!”
produced through a process of crushing. Both
It is very interesting that even the Son of God had to go through trials before His ministry began. There is a lesson to be learned here to not grow weary in well-doing. There is a promotion after the trial. I am sure that Christ was still covered with the dirt of temptation from the desert when He was placed under the water of baptism, but as He arose out of the water, all of that was washed away. A voice was witnessed from all. The interesting part of this is that this was after the 400 years of silence between the Old and New Testaments. There was
were used on the same man who was treated
no open vision, and no Word from God had been
by the Good Samaritan, and everything we go
spoken during this time. God’s first words heard
through is to help someone else. Christ minded
by man after this period were, “This is my beloved and He came down from Heaven, not for His own son, in whom I am well pleased.” There are many of us that have a mighty calling and ministry awaiting but we must first
benefit but for ours! Go be Christ-minded! Go be new wine and let the Holy Spirit anoint you with His oil. God bless!
a time of isolation and dryness. But the God of 36 // December 2021
About The Author
pass the test of the wilderness. The wilderness is Jonathan and Brandon Maloney are humble ministers of God’s Holy Word. They are loving people who are well known for putting a smile on everyone’s faces!
