This particular passage of scripture (Isaiah 11:1-3) has been for a long time disputed. Some believe that this passage lists the spiritual components of the Spirit of God. Others believe that there is another component which is the Spirit of The Lord itself. However, I simply believe that the following passage simply is a list of components of God’s Spirit and are not necessarily all of the components. The emphasis in this scripture appears to be judgment and these attributes seem to center around that point. What does this prophecy say that Jesus will have—having the Spirit of God?
· The Spirit of wisdom
· The Spirit of understanding
· The Spirit of counsel
· The Spirit of power
· The Spirit of knowledge
· The Spirit of the fear (reverence) of the LORD
Jesus was anointed with the Spirit of God and so are we (Christians). Therefore, we can rely on the Spirit of God to guide us to truth. We can rely on the Spirit of God to direct our lives (paths) via the decisions that we make.
Consider that we do not have sufficient wisdom, understanding, counsel, power, knowledge, and fear of the Lord to affect anything. For example, the Bible says,
(Isaiah 64:6 NIV) "All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away."
(John 15:5 NIV) ""I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing."
Therefore, the wisdom, knowledge, understanding, etc. that are referred to above are from the Spirit and is nothing that we have of our own. It would seem appropriate to say that we can judge effectively or even rightly because of the Spirit of God within us. It therefore becomes important that we do all we can to get into agreement with the Spirit of God and be guided by the Spirit.
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