What joy sustained him through the cross?

The joy of sitting in the glory of his father surrounded by many sons and daughters

worshipping the king of glory.

That's what sustained him, which is why the sufferings of Jesus magnify the glory of God.

So how did Christ endure the cross?

In this episode of Light and Truth, John Piper examines Hebrews 2, verse 10, to reveal the joy and glory that sustained Jesus in his suffering.

This sermon was originally delivered at Bethlehem Baptist Church on June 2, 1996.

The book of Hebrews is one extended effort not to neglect the greatness of salvation.

It is one long meditation on the magnificence of Jesus Christ and what he has wrought through his death and resurrection for you and me.

So if you want to know, how do you not neglect your great salvation?

Let the book of Hebrews model for you how not to neglect your great salvation.

That's what he's doing here.

Look at verse 10 again.

Connect it now with verse 9.

At the end of verse 9, he says that christ tasted death for us

and now comes an explanation or a reason in this weighty weighty verse for it was fitting i'm

going to come back to that word.

That's a surprising word that God acts in fit ways.

So, hmm, that's odd.

I mean, God's God, right?

He acts and what he acts is fit.

So what's this declaring that God is acting in a fitting way? For it was fitting for him,

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