For this reason
he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become
a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make
atonement for the sins of the people. Hebrews
2:17
“Is
it possible to be a true Christian and still suffer in the doldrums of
discouragement?”
This is a question that we are hearing
often. Frankly, I cannot assure you whether Christians should know
discouragement or not: I can only tell you that they all do!
Inwardly, they are often heavy-hearted, defeated,
unhappy and a little bit frightened—yet they are Christians!
What we need, brethren, is to get the true
scriptural vision of our victorious Lord, our victorious human brother. Paul
wrote to the Philippians about Jesus Christ humbling Himself and becoming
obedient even unto the death of the cross, and then: “Wherefore, God also hath
highly exalted him and given him a name which is above every name” and “every
tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God, the
Father.”
Now, that is our victorious Lord, our
victorious human brother.
Someone may say: “It is no great news to
say that God is victorious.”
But what we read in the New Testament is
that God has joined His nature to the nature of man and has made a Man
victorious, so that men might be victorious and overcoming in that Man!
God has made Him to be Head of the Church
and He meanwhile waits for the time of His returning, guiding and keeping and
instructing His Church. This He does by the Holy Spirit through the Word of
God!
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