Our Suffering Leads to Obedience (TMF:1571)

Monday, March 22, 2021
Peace to Live By: Our Suffering Leads to Obedience (TMF:1571) - Daniel Litton
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       Verse 19 says, “so by the one man's obedience.” We know that Christ was obedient to the Father by going to the cross. That was a tremendous act of obedience. We also are aware that throughout his life Christ was obedient to God in every way. His life was one marked by obedience. He gives us the example to follow in our lives. Christ learned obedience through what he suffered, as the writer of Hebrews points out to us (see Hebrews 5:8-10). That’s his model for us. And, we too, can and should learn to be more obedient to God when we suffer. You know, and I know that suffering leads us into obedience, or, at least it should. Remember what we talked about last week, at the beginning of this chapter? Paul said, “we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope” (Romans 5:3-4, ESV).