Jesus learned obedience from what He suffered and was made perfect. Obedience is a virtue that we have to learn to become complete beings of heaven.
Heb 5:8-10 "Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him and was designated by God to be high priest in the order of Melchizedek."
No one can be perfect without obedience. Jesus was made perfect by becoming obedient to God, even to the point of death. His perfect obedience led those who obey Him to follow the will of God. If we fully obey God's will and deliver it to others, the person who hears from us will also fully obey the will of God and be saved. So, the Bible says that Christ became the source of eternal salvation. Salvation is based on obedience.
Phil 2:5-12 "Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, ... and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed ... continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,"
The person who is fully obedient to God's will has a burning faith and does not fall into temptation. A heart of disobedience causes us to have worldly desires and fail to have hope for the eternal kingdom of God. We should always obey and work out our salvation with fear and trembling.
Salvation is impossible apart from obedience. The Most High God came in the flesh and set an example of obedience. He showed us the way to complete salvation by being obedient even to the point of death, as the prime example for us to follow. In our life of faith, our obedience must always be based on the obedience of Christ.
Spiritually, men are blind. They do not know what a day may bring forth. We are unable to foresee future events, but God knew us before the world began, and instructs us to do something every moment to lead us into the eternal kingdom of heaven.
God does not tell us to obey Him to oppress our freedom, but to lead us to our heavenly home by showing us what dangers lie before us and teaching us what to do. Being thankful for the love of God, we should obey His words with firm faith, so that we can go back to heaven.
Rom 5:17-19 "... Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men. For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous."
Through the disobedience of one man, Adam, all men are kept in slavery to sin. However, through the obedience of Jesus Christ-the Last Adam-even to the point of death, many are made righteous and come to salvation. Likewise, the obedience of each one of us enables many people on earth to come to life. The obedience of one person can save many people, and the disobedience of one person may hurt many souls. Whose side should we be on?
Remembering what an important seed each one of us is in faith, we should all follow the path of obedience. The disobedience of one of us may cause a result like that of the disobedience of Adam, and the obedience of one of us can produce an outcome like that of the obedience of Jesus Christ.
When God came to this earth in the flesh, there were some who were fully obedient to God's word and received abundant blessing, including the blind man who regained his sight. Whatever our Elohim Gods-the Spirit and the Bride-say, it is the way of salvation. Believing this, we should obey what They tell us to do, at every moment They are with us, and walk with Them.
Everthing that a Jesus showed is for our salvation. So, we have to obey God's words according to Jesus's example, whether one likes or not.
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