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Hebrew chapter 2 verse 18 for because he himself has suffered when tempted

he is able to help those who are being tempted.

Oh, there's so many amazing breathtaking awe-inspiring, like overwhelming pictures of

Jesus in the book of Hebrews and this is one of them.

So Hebrew 1.3 was definitely one of them.

Jesus is the radiance of the glory of God, the exact imprint of his nature.

He upholds the universe by the word of his power when an awesome

picture of his glory. Now see this one and make the connection with Hebrews 1-3.

He himself has suffered when tempted and he is able to help those who are being

tempted. Do you realize this the one who is the radiance of the glory of God took

on a robe of human flesh and experienced suffering and

temptation in his humanity. Jesus experienced the fullness of the kinds of temptations we face.

Now you might say, yeah, but Jesus didn't live in a day with social media,

or Jesus didn't live in a day with this or that that we have in the 21st century. Well, yes, of course he didn't.

But this is where temptation at the core to turn aside from God and his good ways for our lives to ourselves and our own ways to

give in to pride and to lose self-control and to dishonor God or others. Those are the same in every age, regardless of

what those specific temptations look like in practice and the good news of

he ruse to 18 for you and me today is that when we face temptation and we will not

if when we face temptation and we will not if when we face temptation today the one who

upholds the universe by his power is able to help us because he is like us that That's the picture in Hebrew 2017 right before this. He

had to be made like his brothers in every respect so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest.

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