Sunday, February 18: “God Intentions XXIX”

Hebrews 2: 10: “It was fitting for Him, for Whom are all things, and through Whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings.”

As said last week, suffering is not a tool for punishment, but for discipline, i.e., training. The body Christ received was exactly like ours, untrained and undisciplined. Training was necessary for His body to become subjected to the desires and purposes of the Spirit within Him. In His case it was so that He could qualify as the perfect unblemished sacrifice; for humanity, our perfection is from Him, but discipline is still needed to bend our wills to that of the Father. (Cue Lent, stage left)