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Florence

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01/06/2014 11:14

"yet learned he obedience"

Heb 5:8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;

J.B Phillips comments on this verse as this:But Son though he was, he had to prove the meaning of obedience through all that he suffered.

If even Jesus had to do this who am I to complain when faced with challenges. This is a reminder of what Eustace says about the value of experience, p 293 or 349 of his book:
Every experience should be an opportunity to express what I understand.
"Every painful experience is the good of Truth appearing but negatively interpreted-a challenge to his understanding."

We must wrestle every benefit from the experiences we go through.
"Each experience comes at the right moment to confer the greatest blessing."

This gives much inspiration with which to face the tough times!




 
Susanne

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01/06/2014 12:33

Re: 'yet learned he obedience'

I too was struck by this passage in the Bible. Even Jesus had to learn obedience! It's humbling and encouraging at the same time.



 
Lenni

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01/06/2014 19:54

Re: 'yet learned he obedience'

Interesting how this passage jumped out to a lot of us! I was thinking of it in the way you guys described, but also I thought of it (and the rest of this week's lesson) in the context of what we discussed this past weekend -- the common fallacy in CS (at least in the CS “culture”) that the more you progress the smoother things get. Jesus’ life wasn’t smooth in the sense of no challenges or conflict presenting themselves. Whenever you’re in God’s service then “the scourge and cross” will await you in some form. That used to discourage me, because the scourge and cross sound just awful from an unprepared, human standpoint. However, I think this lesson points out that the requirement is to live it (not talk it or ritualize it) and when we do that we grow and find ourselves equipped to handle the challenges that present themselves.



 
Andrew

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01/07/2014 07:25

Re: 'yet learned he obedience'

I too was struck by this - surely Paul was debunking the misconception, probably already cropping up back then, that Jesus was God! Rather he was like us, having to overcome as we must, the Wayshower.