" . . . though He [Jesus] was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered."
This amazing verse (above) teaches the church clearly that even the perfect, spotless, sinless, and pristine Lord Jesus Christ Himself had to "learn obedience," and that this was accomplished "through the things which He suffered."
If this was true for our Savior, who humbled Himself in His incarna-
tion for us, and was born under the law, etc., but who was yet God in the flesh--how much more true is it for us, who are conceived in orig-
inal sin, and whose every impulse in our fallen nature is toward sin? Faith in Christ, which leads to love for God, issues forth in obedience; but even that obedience is very often "learned," and that through our "sufferings." When this lesson *is* "learned," however, it bears the peaceable fruit of righteousness and a clean and happy conscience.
[Puritan quote of the day: "Spiritual blessings are such as enable men to improve all other blessings they enjoy." --Jeremiah Burroughs, in, "The Excellency of a Gracious Spirit"]
