“For we do not have a
high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who
has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.”
Hebrews 4:15
Jesus lived a life of
obedience.
Jesus lived a life of
perfect submission to His Father in heaven.
Jesus lived a sinless
life.
Those three
statements are written as ‘stand-alone’ sentences but the connection between
the three could not be greater.
Jesus lived a life of
obedience but it was not a life of obedience to the culture of the day nor was
it a life of obedience to the whims of any man or woman.
He was perfectly
surrendered and submitted to the will of His Father in heaven.
It is through that
submission and obedience that the ‘picture perfect’ of the Father is revealed
to us through the Son.
Victory over sin was
possible only as Jesus remained in the Father.
Some would say “Well,
Jesus had an edge over us because He was divine!”
But scripture teaches
us that He laid that divine nature aside to come to the earth in the flesh.
It further teaches us
that Jesus was tempted in all the ways we are tempted but was still without
sin.
How is that possible?
Again, because Jesus
remained attached – in communion and fellowship – with the Father.
That same opportunity
is given to us through the Holy Spirit.
As we live that life
of obedience and submission the image of Jesus in us becomes clearer and
clearer to those around us.
So too, the ability
to walk in and minister to others in His supernatural love.
Apart from Him we
cannot love supernaturally.
We must remain
connected to the source of supernatural love.
There is no other
way.
There is no other god
like our God!
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