Identifying with Christ’s Suffering
It was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
Hebrews 2:10
Christians can identify with their Master because like Him, they suffer to enter their glory.
Christ said to the disciples on the road to Emmaus, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?” (Luke 24:25-26). Our Lord had to explain that future glory required that He suffer. We should expect the same.
The path to glory for Christ was the path of unjust suffering. That’s our path also. Jesus endured suffering with perfect patience and was exalted to the highest point of glory. He is our example of how to respond to suffering.
MacArthur, J. (2001). Truth for today : A daily touch of God's grace (Page 99). Nashville, Tenn.: J. Countryman.
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Hebrews 2:10
Christians can identify with their Master because like Him, they suffer to enter their glory.
Christ said to the disciples on the road to Emmaus, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?” (Luke 24:25-26). Our Lord had to explain that future glory required that He suffer. We should expect the same.
The path to glory for Christ was the path of unjust suffering. That’s our path also. Jesus endured suffering with perfect patience and was exalted to the highest point of glory. He is our example of how to respond to suffering.
MacArthur, J. (2001). Truth for today : A daily touch of God's grace (Page 99). Nashville, Tenn.: J. Countryman.
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