terça-feira, 26 de fevereiro de 2019

THE NARROW PATH TO RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD - DAY 63

by Rev. Robert John Cericola, Carroll, OH - EUA 


Day 63

He Learned Obedience


Hebrews 5:8 (ESV) Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.

Mark 14:36 (NKJV) And He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me; nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will.”

Hebrews 5:7 (AMP) In the days of His flesh [Jesus] offered up definite, special petitions [for that which He not only wanted but needed] and supplications with strong crying and tears to Him Who was [always] able to save Him [out] from death, and He was heard because of His reverence toward God [His godly fear, His piety, in that He shrank from the horrors of separation from the bright presence of the Father].

In the Garden of Gethsemane, the final and most trying temptations to disobey His Father had begun. Jesus had learned obedience by facing the temptations of pride, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, but now his soul was crushed with the possibility of being separated from the Father.

The physical beatings, the abandonment by His disciples, the rejections from those He healed, loved, and fed, could not shake Jesus. But now He would become the sacrificial lamb of God sacrifice for all mankind and be separated from His Father. Hence, the agony, the horrific struggle, between obedience and disobedience ensued.

Philippians 2:8 (AMP) And after He had appeared in human form, He abased and humbled Himself [still further] and carried His obedience to the extreme of death, even the death of the cross!

Thank you, Jesus, for humbling yourself and taking your obedience to the extremes of death. You won! And we through you will win as well.

1 Peter 1:14 (AMP) [Live] as children of obedience [to God]; do not conform yourselves to the evil desires [that governed you] in your former ignorance [when you did not know the requirements of the Gospel].

When we humble ourselves, by choosing to obey God we are transformed into the image of Jesus Christ and become children of obedience.

Ending Thoughts
Are you able to humble yourself in obedience to God’s word? When you find it difficult to obey call upon Holy Spirit to help and He will.

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