Hebrews 2:18 says, "Since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted." Tuesday night we talked about how through Christ's suffering He became a brother to the human being and human condition. He fully embraced humanity in becoming one of us. Fully God, fully human.
How are we to respond to this? How is this reality sinking into our lives as followers of Jesus?
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I can't get away from Aaron's comment about how through Christ there are no excuses. There's no circumstance that we can say to God "You just don't understand." There's no place where God is not. That's really thick in my mind today. Such a cool thought.
The idea that we cannot grasp HOW God was both fully man and yet fully God is something that I doubt I will ever comprehend.
But evaluating it leads me to fall more and more in love with His character. It’s the overflowing amount of compassion Jesus has that is truly unearthly. The fully human characteristics of Jesus allow him to be so deeply concerned with other humans- with our suffering and struggles- so much so that he would take on our suffering and sin for us. And that makes since considering that we have a God who is all about freedom from bondage... it runs from Genesis to Revelations.
Today I got to talk to a friend back home about a struggle that they are going through that I understand completely. I remember when I was in their position. I remember the roles being reversed –when I talked to someone that understood what I was going through and how wonderful it was to know that I didn’t have to explain every detail to them about the pain i was in bc they had been there too. They understood better than words could explain it. That made me realize- when I bring everything I am going to before God, He can understand me! This should be such an easy concept, but seriously- that is so amazing to me. I can come before this creator of the universe and I do not even have to put it all into words. There is something beautiful that occurs when one can say to another “I have been there and I have experienced hope in the very situation that you find yourself in". That is a deep and wonderful connection. And how much better is it that we have a God that can respond with, "Ya, I understand. I have been there and I have even conquered it. I have got this one, rest in me." I love that we can have all of this in our 'fully divine and yet also fully man' God.
You know what I mean?!
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