Good morning. Speaking of
Jesus: Since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able
to come to the aid of those who are tempted. We know that Jesus suffered
tremendously; not only during His scourging and on the cross, but also in the garden
before He was arrested. Remember the song – He could've called 10,000 angels.
And yet He endured all for us. The situations in which we are tempted pale by
comparison. Therefore, holy brethren (yes he's talking about you), partakers of
a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our
confession. An apostle is one who is sent. And the high priest intervened
between man and God. Jesus is both through our confession. He was faithful to
Him who appointed Him as Moses also was in all His house. For He has been
counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by just so much as the builder of the
house has more honor than the house. Moses was faithful as a servant – but
Christ was faithful as a Son over His house whose house we are, if we hold fast
our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end. There are several
metaphors for the body of Christ. One of them is being God's house. But notice
– we have to hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the
end. He doesn't want someone who is wishy-washy being a part of His house.
Father thank You that the reader is worthy to be called Your child. He/she
holds fast his/her confidence and the boast of his/her hope firm until the end.
Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me
Good morning. Paul then gives a list of a lot of things that he has gone through as an apostle. I do not write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. There could be many people that you listen to either in church or through the Internet or other means; but there was only one person (as a general rule it was a person) that lead you to Christ. Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me. He was saying that just like a child imitates his or her father, they were to imitate him. He says that again seven chapters later. Since it is easy to forget some things about people we have not seen in a while, Paul says that he sent Timothy to them to remind them of his ways which are in Christ, just as he taught everywhere in every church. Some have become arrogant, as though I were not coming to you. I shall find ou...
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