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Although He Was A Son, He Learned Obedience Through what He suffered |Hebrews 5:8
Feb 20, 2025
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In the days of his flesh, Jesus[a] offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. 8 Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. 9 And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, 10 being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.
The verse we are looking at today comes from the passage above, you can see that I highlighted it. The perfect Son of GOD, born in a corrupted world to teach us how to listen to the voice of the Father and do His will. He was fully human with the same attributes as ours, and had to face the same temptations and trials that we face yet didn’t succumb to them, to teach us obedience. The only difference between us and Jesus is that He was born without Sin ( the propensity to sin). Born of the virgin Mary by the promise and power of the Holy Spirit, see Isaiah 7:14 ( the prophecy). This is why the virgin birth is so important, every other human was born with the original sin ( inherited from our ancestors Adam and Eve). This is why Scriptures say, the natural man cannot submit to the law of God, because He/she doesn’t have the power to do so.
Let's dive into it to understand what Scripture is teaching us in this passage, see video above
Scripture References:
Hebrews 5
John 16:33
James 1:2-4
Matthew 4:1-4
Matthew 26:36-46
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good morning this is ty e ba ty is calm
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and today we are going to be looking at
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Hebrews five and our focus will be verse
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eight
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but I'll read that portion um actually
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I'm gonna read verse seven and eight but
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we are going to be focusing on verse
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eight this morning
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so brace yourself and let's dive into
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this now the verse reads although he was
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a son he learned obedience that's the
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title of my study through what he
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suffered although he was a son he
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meaning Jesus learned obedience through
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what he suffered so I'm gonna go ahead
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and give you the introduction and we're
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gonna get into understanding what this
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all means to us now Hebrews 11:5 verse
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seven to eight and nine added to it or
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in the days of his flesh Jesus offered
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up prayers and supplications with loud
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cries and tears to him who was able to
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save him from death and he was heard
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because of his reverence although he was
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a son he learned obedience through what
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he suffered and been made perfect he
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became the source of eternal salvation
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to all who obey Him being designated by
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God a high priest after the order of
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Melchizedek the verse we are looking at
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today comes from the passage above you
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can see that I put it in red to
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highlight it now the perfect son of God
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born in a corrupted world to teach us
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how to listen to the voice of the Father
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and do his will he was fully human
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through the same attributes as ours and
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had to face the same temptations and
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trials that we face yet didn't succumb
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to them to teach us obedience and the
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only difference between us and Jesus is
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that he was born without sin I mean the
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propensity to sin he was born of the
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Virgin Mary by the promise and power of
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the Holy Spirit you can see Isaiah 7:14
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the prophecy and this is why the virgin
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birth is so important every other human
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was born with the original sin and we
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got this from our ancestors Adam and Eve
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so this is why scriptures say the
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natural man cannot submit to the law of
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God because he or she doesn't have the
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power to do so now the first thing that
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we're going to do is we're gonna define
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the word obedience what is obedience
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according to the Lord so let's go to the
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next slides what is obedience obedience
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according to the Lord is listening and
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responding or carrying out the command
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of God or is listening and acting upon
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what is being commanded by God and
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scripture says that Jesus learned
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obedience from what he used me he
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suffered so Jesus learned obedience from
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what he suffered so the best way to
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understand this verse is looking at
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other passages the best on capture his
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meaning so if you go to John 16 verse 33
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he says I have said these things to you
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that in me you may have peace in the
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world you will have tribulation which is
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suffering and trials but Jesus tells us
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take heart I have overcome the world and
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this is his obedience overcome the world
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right keep that in mind now in James 1
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verse 2 to 4 we are told count it all
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joy my brothers when you meet trials or
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various kinds which is suffering for you
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know that the testing of your faith
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produces steadfastness and let
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steadfastness have his full effect that
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you may be perfect and complete through
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obedience right lacking in nothing so
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let's continue and we're gonna look at
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examples of obedience through suffering
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so in Matthew 4 verse 1 to 4 we are told
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then Jesus was led up by the spirit into
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the wilderness to be tempted by the
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devil and after fasting forty days and
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forty nights he was hungry and the
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tempter came and said to him if you are
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the son of God command these stones to
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become loaves of bread but he answered
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it is written
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man shall not live by bread alone but by
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every word that comes from the mouth of
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God now Jesus faced extreme hunger this
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is a natural condition that all of us
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are faced to some extent you've been
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hungry before so you understand what
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Jesus was hyung I mean he was really
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hungry because he had fasted for 40 days
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and 40 nights an attempted tried to
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entice him to use his divine attribute
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without the father's permission
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but Jesus obeyed the voice of his father
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with his father's own words man shall
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not live by bread alone but by every
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word that proceeds from the mouth of God
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so he learned obedience through what he
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suffered he learned to obey the voice of
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God through going through this extreme
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hunger and he learned to recognize the
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voice of God and do what God says so
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that's one example they're going to be
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looking at another one so that's when he
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goes to Gethsemane before he is betrayed
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by Judas so we're gonna read the portion
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of Scripture and see how he learned
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obedience to what he'd suffered he says
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then Jesus went with them to a place
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called Gethsemane and he said to his
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disciples sit here while I go over there
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and pray and taking with him Peter and
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the two sons of Zebedee James and John
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he began to be sorrowful and troubled
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the suffering then he said to them my
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soul is very sorrowful even to death
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remain here and watch with me and go on
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a little father he fell on his face and
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prayed saying my father if he be
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possible let this cup pass from me
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nevertheless not as I will but as you
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will and he came to the disciples and
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found them sleeping and he said to Peter
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so could you not watch with me one hour
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watch and pray that you may not enter
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into temptation the Spirit is indeed
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willing but the flesh is weak again for
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the second time he went away and prayed
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my father if this cannot pass unless I
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drink it your will be done and again he
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came and found them sleeping for their
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eyes were heavy so leaving them again he
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went away and prayed for the
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I'm saying the same word again then he
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came to the disciples and said to them
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sleep and take your rest later on see
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the hour is at hand and the Son of Man
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is betrayed into the hands of sinners
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rise let us be going see my betrayer is
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at hand now I don't even know how to
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describe this hour it's beyond me and in
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in this case Jesus learned to do not his
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will by the Father's will at this very
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moment three times he asked if there was
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another way because he knew that the
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sins of the whole world were going to be
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put on the shoulders on his shoulders
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yet he obeyed the father's voice again
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he obeyed through what he suffered so
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let's move on we're going to look at
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Matthew 26 47 to 55 this is when Jesus
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come into the garden and he not in the
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Garden of Gethsemane but where the
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secret place where they all met so I'm
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gonna pick up from verse 47 while he was
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still speaking Judas came and 112 and
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with him a great crowd with swords and
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clubs from the chief priests and the
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elders of the people now the betrayer
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had given them a sign saying the one
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hour kiss is the man sees him and he
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came up to Jesus at once and said
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greetings rabbi and he kissed him and
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Jesus said home friend do what you came
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to do then they came up and laid hands
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on Jesus and seized him and behold one
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of those who were with Jesus stretched
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out his hand and drew his sword and
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struck the servant of the high priest
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and cut off his ear then jesus said to
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put your sword back into his place for
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all who take the sword will perish by
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the sword do you think that I cannot
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appeal to my father and he will at once
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send me more than twelve legions of
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angels
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well how then should the Scriptures be
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fulfilled that he must be so again Jesus
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could have easily said a way with these
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humans why should I die for the sinners
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yet he obeyed the father's words the
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ferris wheel since scripture could not
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be broke
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a hidden succumb to the temptation of
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calling 12 legions of angels he could
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have done it but he didn't so in that
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very moment how she was going through
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the suffering of being deserted by his
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disciples he did not call on the Lord to
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bring twelve legions of angels and
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deliver him now he obeyed his father's
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will because scripture could not be
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broken so he had to obey because God's
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Word can now be broken so let's go to
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the next their observations why was it
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necessary that Jesus learned obedience
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see this is the the point that we were
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trying to be trying to make here why was
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he necessary that he suffered and obeyed
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through what he suffered scripture says
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in Hebrews 5 for every high priest
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chosen from among men is appointed to
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act on behalf of men in relation to God
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to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins
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he can deal gently with the ignorant and
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wayward since he himself is beset with
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weakness because of this he is obligated
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to offer sacrifices for his own sins
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just as he does for those of the people
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and no one takes this honor for himself
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but only when called by God just as
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Aaron was so also Christ did not exalt
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himself to be made a high priest what
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was appointed by him who say to him you
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are my son today I have begotten you as
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he says also in another place you are a
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priest forever after the order of
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Melchizedek and then we have our main
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portion in the days of his flesh Jesus
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offered up prayers and supplications
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with loud cries and tears to him who was
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able to save him from death he was hurt
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because of his reverence although he was
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a son he learned obedience through what
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he suffered and being made perfect he
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became the source of eternal salvation
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to all who obey Him being designated by
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God a high priest after the order of
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Melchizedek
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see Jesus unlike the other high priests
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didn't need to offer sacrifices for his
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own sins
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since he was without sin but he was
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subjected to weakness but didn't succumb
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to sing and he taught us through what he
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suffered how to lead a life pleasing to
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God and made it possible for us to
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overcome the world and his desires by
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living the obedient life that God
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desires
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therefore salvation is found in no one
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else for there is no other name under
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heaven given to mankind by which we must
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be saved acts 44 12 so like I said Jesus
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like unlike the other high priests he
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didn't need to offer sacrifices for his
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own sins since he was without sin but he
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was subjected to witness and he didn't
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fall to them and through that he taught
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us how to live a life that is pleasing
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to God because he lived the life that we
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couldn't we could not live in order to
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give us an example and then to allow us
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to partake in those sufferings so that
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we can also learn how to resist
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temptation through what he suffered so
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he was the high priest the perfect how
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high priest they lived the exemplary
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life that pleased God and he suffered so
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that as he suffered and obeyed God the
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Father we also who are in Jesus can do
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the same thing because he has made
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provision for us to the life that he
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lived that was pleasing to God it has
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gone to the next slide now more
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scripture says in bringing many sons and
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daughters to glory
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he was fitting the God for whom and
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through whom everything exists should
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make a pioneer of their salvation
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perfect through what he suffered but the
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one who makes people most makes people
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holy and those who are made holy are of
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the same family so Jesus is not ashamed
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to call them brothers and sisters he
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says I will declare your name to my
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brothers and sisters in the Assembly I
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will sing your praises I will sing your
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praises again I will put my trust in him
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and again he says here am I and the
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children God has given me since the
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children have flesh and blood he too
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shared in their humanity so
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that by his death he might break the
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power of him who holds the power of
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death that is the devil and freed those
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who all their lives were held in slavery
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by their fear of death for surely it is
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not angels he helps but Abraham's
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descendants for this reason he had to be
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made like them fully human in every way
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in order that he might become a merciful
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and faithful high priest in service to
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God and that he might he might make
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atonement for the sins of people because
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he himself suffered when he was tempted
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he is able to help those who are being
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tempted I don't even need to explain
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this verse because God himself through
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his words in Hebrews is explaining why
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Jesus had to come and suffer and obey in
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order to teach us to do the same thing
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and give us the power through His Holy
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Spirit to do the same thing so you
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understand I mean I don't even know how
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to explain this scripture itself is
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doing the explanation for me and this is
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what I want you two guys to do to just
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read scripture and allow the Holy Spirit
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Himself to plant you start into your
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mind as you leave as you read the
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scriptures you will change your view it
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would lead you to understand what God is
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trying to say this is why the scripture
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says we transformed by the renewing of
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your mind and how do you get renewed by
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reading the Word of God faith comes by
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hearing a hen by the Word of God so God
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is teaching us here why Jesus had to go
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through all his sufferings he obeyed and
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he learned to obey to what he suffered
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and send the example for us we are going
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to be in Christ as well next slide
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in conclusion now now that Jesus had led
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the way and showed us how to live a life
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that pleases God what we do with it and
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as the conclusion my exhortation to you
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since we are no longer children of
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darkness that is a guarantee that we
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will have trials because we still live
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in this corrupted world and are no
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longer under the Dominion under the
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Union of the Prince of Darkness which is
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Satan therefore automatically we will
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suffer because we've become his enemies
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in the sense that we don't live
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according to the pattern of the world
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anymore because we live now according to
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the Lord
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okay so Jesus the perfect son of God
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showed us the example he learned
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obedience through what he suffered and
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because his spirit lives in us we also
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will learn obedience through what we
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suffer in order that we might prove to
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be the children of the light so
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suffering will be normal for the man or
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woman of God since we live in an alien
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world that is hostile to the things of
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God the suffering is God's megaphone to
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get our attention and tune our ears to
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his frequency his voice again let me
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repeat that again Jesus the perfect son
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of God showed us the example he learned
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obedience through what he suffered and
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because his spirit lives in us we also
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will learn obedience through what we
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suffer in order that we might prove to
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be the children of the light so
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suffering will be normal for the man or
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woman of God since we live in an alien
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world that is hostile to the things of
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God so the suffering is God's megaphone
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to get our attention and tune our ears
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to his frequency his voice scripture
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says God discipline Umi laws and he says
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also no discipline is pleasant at a time
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while later on he leads to a harvest of
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righteousness for those who have been
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trained by it he said do not lose heart
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when you are being disciplined God is
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treating you as sons and daughters so
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the discipline that we learn is to make
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us holy like the Lord to prepare our
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ears to hear his voice and to respond to
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it Jesus Jesus taught us how to do it by
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living their life that God once and he
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allowed us through what he went through
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to experience the same thing to live a
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life that is pleasing to God so I will
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exhort you this morning to take heart if
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you are going through a hard time and to
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ask God to give you your ears to
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understand why you're going through and
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learn to be perfect because he says
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I adore joy when you are going through
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these trials for the testing of your
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faith produces perseverance and
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perseverance most work is course so that
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you may be mature and complete lacking
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in nothing the perfect son of God had to
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go through it to teach us how to hear
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the voice of the Lord so we also will do
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it if our master went through it we the
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students are gonna have to go through it
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so please take heart and I would
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encourage you to read those verses again
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and ask the Lord Himself to open your
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mind to understand what it means okay
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have a wonderful day and I'll see you
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next time thank you