¹⁰ Everything belongs to God, and all things were created by his power. So God did the right thing when he made Jesus perfect by suffering, as Jesus led many of God’s children to be  saved and to share in his glory. ¹¹ Jesus and the people he makes holy all belong to the same family. That is why he isn’t ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters. ¹² He even said to God,

¹³ He also said,

Then he said,

¹⁴ We are people of flesh and blood. That is why Jesus became one of us. He died to destroy the devil, who had power over death. ¹⁵ But he also died to rescue all of us who live each day in fear of dying. ¹⁶ Jesus clearly did not come to help angels, but he did come to help Abraham’s descendants.¹⁷ He had to be one of us, so that he could serve God as our merciful and faithful high priest and sacrifice himself for the forgiveness of our sins. ¹⁸ And now that Jesus has suffered and was tempted, he can help anyone else who is tempted.

Posted by Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas
D&T: 5/11/2014