Avoiding Evil

“Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.” - Hebrews 5:8

“For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.” - Hebrews 2:10

Christ learned obedience through His suffering and in it he was made perfect. Piper points out, in The Passion of Jesus Christ, that Christ was sinless and therefore when the Bible says that Christ “learned obedience” it doesn’t mean that Christ learned how to not disobey, but instead he learned what it means to be obedient (pg. 24-25) Even in tremendous pain and suffering Christ remained obedient to the Father.

Christ was fully human which means he experienced everything that we experience in regards to pain, suffering, and temptation. Christ was tempted in the same ways we are, he felt hunger the same way we do, he felt pain that we feel, and he lived just as we live; he was completely and totally human. In His humanity Christ learned what it meant to be obedient, he learned what it meant to be tempted, he learned what it meant to be human. Not to say that God couldn’t know what man feels or goes through, however, Jesus received first hand knowledge of this as he became a human in order to fulfill God’s righteous plan. It is in Christ’s suffering that His humanity was fulfilled and it was through His pain that his full humanity could take on the sins of those he came to save.

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Conscept from:
Piper, John. The Passion of Jesus Christ. Crossway Books. (c) 2004 by Desiring God Foundation. Pg. 24-25