Hebrews 5:8 Christ's Obedience

1. Christ suffered vicariously on the cross.

   1. Christ offered up Himself.

• Isaiah 53:5
• Psalm 22:19-21 But You, O LORD, do not be far from Me; O My Strength, hasten to help Me! Deliver Me from the sword, My precious life from the power of the dog. Save Me from the lion's mouth And from the horns of the wild oxen! You have answered Me.

  1. Christ willingly underwent his sacrificial humiliation, though with tears, pain, sorrow.

• Matthew 17:17; John 1:10

  1. Christ was heard because of his godly fear.

• Prov 28:14; Heb 12:28
• John 8:54; 1 Samuel 2:30; Psalm 91:15

• Christ learned obedience through the things which he suffered.

  1. There are many examples of people learning to obey in Scripture.

  2. Christ learned obedience, not to obey

• Luke 2:52
• Phil 2:8; Heb 12:2

  1. The suffering Servant, Jesus the Christ, Heb 5:7.

• Matthew 20:18; Matthew 26:64; Luke 23:28; John 19:30

• Christ perfectly obeyed the will of God.

  1. Christ actively kept the whole law of God as Covenant head of God's elect.

• Romans 5:18-19; Galatians 4:4
• John 10: 15; John 10:17

• 1. Christ passively obeyed the revealed will of God and suffered for sins.

• 1John 4:10; 1Peter 3:18; Heb 9:14

  1. And having been perfected through sufferings, Christ is the author of eternal salvation to all who obey him.

• Heb 2:10; Heb 5:9; Heb 12:23

• Christ is the ground for our obedience.

  1. Those who obey him are his. (5:9)

• John 12:26 John 14:23; Matthew 5:48

  1. We learn obedience through suffering.

1. We suffer that we might embrace Christ with more assurance.