It is easy to wonder sometimes why God made salvation so seemingly complicated, sending his son to earth as a human, having him live so humbly and ultimately be killed. Wouldn’t be easier if God just showed himself to everyone and told everyone, “do what I say, or you are going to die and suffer in hell forever?”
We don’t know all the reasons God arranged things the way he did, but we know that we have the free will God gave us, and we can make our own decisions and act how we choose, right or wrong.
In Hebrews 2, Paul is explaining how Jesus was truly man when he was on earth, in verse 18 Paul writes, “Since he himself has gone through suffering and testing, he is able to help us when we are being tested.”
One of the reasons that Jesus came and lived on earth as a “regular” human, is so that he would know exactly what it is like for us humans to be tempted and tested. When we pray for relief from our temptations and fears, release from problems, achievement of our desires, or protection of our loved ones, Jesus knows what we feel because he experienced the same thing when he was human. He can empathize with us.
Dear Lord, how beautiful are the intricacies of your plan. Having been like us, truly human, you know what it is like, and we can pray to you knowing you empathize with us. Help us keep this in mind to give us strength to endure our trials and temptations, and the knowledge that as human you endured more than we will be called to endure and as a result we can have Salvation. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
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God did not take human form because he needed to learn what it is to be human. God is all knowing. Rather, he took human form that we might know that he knows our sufferings and pains. It was for our sake not His that he took on human form.
When was it determined that Paul was the author of Hebrews? Just wondering.
Some say free will.but you are of the reformed camp.We say God’s salvation is a gift from him and preordained for us to meet and for God to Quicken our spirit and make us aware of salvation.Then we confess our needs and are saved.Think what would Martian Luther teachs.Salvation is Gods free gift to us from him, through his precious son Jesus.Paul
This was an on time message. My mind is overloaded with unwanted thoughts… Wondering if making right choices… Feeling so unbalanced… Romans 5:5 is what taught the kids Sunday. I need to grasp that..
Thank you