He Suffered
Minister: |
Rev. Ronald Van Overloop |
Date: |
2/19/2017 AM
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Text:
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Hebrews 5;
Lord's Day 15
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Psalters: |
227, 110, 184, 157 |
- That He suffered.
- Jesus suffered all His life (2:10; Psalm 22:1,6,14-18; 69:8; Isa. 53:3,4).
- He lived His life in the shadow of the cross.
- He suffered physically and in His soul (John 12:27; Luke 22:44; Matt. 26:37,38).
- Two things about His suffering.
- One, He “feared” in anticipation of the experience of suffering death as the punishment of sin (7).
- Two, His suffering was voluntary, for He humbled Himself and became obedient unto death (Phil. 2:8).
- Why did Jesus suffer?
- The purpose of Jesus’ suffering was to make payment for sin; He gave the sacrifice which made satisfaction.
- This is because He suffered as a substitute for others (Isa. 53:6).
- In His suffering Jesus was never disobedient; in fact, we read that He “learned obedience” (8).
- This means that Jesus learned by experience what it is to be obedient to the Father.
- And Jesus learned the reward of obedience which was saving help from God.
- For what did Jesus suffer?
- So we might learn how horrible our sin as we see that and what Jesus had to suffer because of our sin.
- Believe that His suffering actually atoned, made real and full payment (John 10: 28; I Peter 2:24; Col. 1:21,22).
- In Jesus’ suffering see the greatness of the love and mercy of God.
- Grow in thankfulness and love of Him.