One of the ways God helps us to not neglect our salvation is through suffering.
As children of God, we all partake of the same source. (heb 2:11) As Jesus suffered, the Bible states that He was made perfect through His suffering. But If Jesus was already sinless why was it, that He needed to be made perfect again? The answer to that, is that while in His divinity, He was already perfect, it was in His humanity, He needed to learn as we do, (through the process of obedience and suffering)in order to be that faithful and merciful High Priest, who could make propitiation for our sins..
Jesus was tested by the testing’s we go through, and was perfect in them. On the other hand, when we go through trials, we struggle and grow weary, we doubt, or become angry and most often fail, at first. However, the more the hammer beats against the anvil, the better shape we become. This process keeps us true to our calling. How can we neglect such a great salvation, when we are in constant reminder of it?? It is all the more difficult to do, especially, when we are no longer hating the instrument God is using to shape us by.
As a life long welder, I have learned the ability to almost fashion anything I want to make out of carbon steel, with heat and a hammer. The steel always becomes the easiest to work with when the temperatures exceeds 1500 degrees Fahrenheit. The rest involves skill.
Jesus is the captain of our souls, our master- crafter, shaping us into the image of the Son. Every stroke of His hand is by divine design, and has enough love invested in it, to see you right on through to heaven.
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