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This is a Spotlight on the Scriptures: Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him. Hebrews 5:8-9

And being made perfect”—that is, made complete, made full.

“Eternal salvation”—the only kind of salvation He offers is eternal. If you can lose it tomorrow, then, brothers and sisters,  it is not eternal. It is some other kind of salvation. But He offers only eternal salvation.

“Unto all them that obey him.” What is obedience? A crowd of people asked Jesus, “… What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?” (Joh_6:28). Jesus replied, “… This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent” (Joh_6:29). Do you want to obey God? Then trust Christ. That is what He is saying.

But there is something here that I do not understand—I am quick to admit it. “Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered.” Why did the Son of God need to learn obedience by suffering? And why did He need to be made perfect when He already was perfect?

Now I am well aware of the explanations that men gave, but none of them satisfy me. I just recognize that it is a great mystery. Christ took upon Himself our humanity, and in that humanity He obeyed God. He said, “I have come to do my Father's will” (see Joh_6:39). Paul said of Him, “… [He] took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross” (Php_2:7-8,

The Son of God it is said, learned obedience by the things which he suffered. 

What comes to my mind is our LORD’s agony in the garden. 

In Matthew 26 our Lord Fell on his face, and he prayed. He prostrated himself on the ground in complete abasement and desolation, yet in submission nonetheless. In this terrible crisis, there is no resource but prayer. We cannot even imagine the horror He felt when that sin was placed upon Him. It was a dreadful experience for this One who was holy. Notice that He was not asking to escape the Cross, but He was praying that God's will be done.

Please notice verse Mat_26:42: “He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.”  He accepted it. To say that our Lord was trying to avoid going to the Cross is not exactly true. In His humanity, He felt the awful horror of having the sins of the world placed upon Himself, and He flinched for a moment from it. But He committed Himself to the Father. He came to do the Father's will. His suffering for our sins on the cross was the ultimate test of His submission to the will of the Father. If we are to be like Him, we must also learn to obey God through suffering. 

 

Oysters, suffer affliction when they get a grain of sand lodged inside their shells. No matter what they do, they can’t get rid of it. The sand gets lodged there and it’s irritating to the oyster.  It drives them crazy. To bring comfort to their anguish, they begin to coat the grain of sand over and over and over again. Coating the sand doesn’t get rid of it; it just comforts them. Over time the coating of the grain of sand over and over again produces something that costs a lot of money. It’s called a pearl. Do you know what a pearl is? A pearl is the result of an irritated oyster. The pain resulted in beauty. Their pain resulted in grace. The

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