Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Hebrews 4:14-16
There's a lot packed into these 3 verses but I want to focus on the middle one.
I think we are quick to discount many of the things that Jesus did as being possible because He was God. Obviously it is true that He was and is God, but He was also fully human. He set aside His God-ness, so to speak, when He was born, and He faced temptation as a human, just as we do. Filled with the power of the Holy Spirit, and armed with the Word of God He had memorized as a man schooled in the Jewish synagogues, He faced temptation and yet was without sin.
We have that same power available to us! We have the very Word of God to study, to meditate on, to memorize, to rely on, to sustain us. And we have the power of the Holy Spirit within us. And because of this, Jesus called us to be like Him. To be like our Rabbi. And when we are like Him, we show the world who He is.
May we be like our Rabbi.
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Great reminder!
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