Embracing Christ's Humanity: Overcoming Temptation and Finding Rest

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He did not become like the Angels. The Angels also fell, you know, Satan and the demons, they fell, but Jesus did not become an angel to save them. Have you heard that? Satan and the demons sinned, and Jesus did not become an angel to save them. But when man sinned, he became a man in order to save us. [00:36:21]

He was made like his brothers in everything. Please remember this: the humanity of Christ is exactly like yours, apart from sin, of course. He didn't sin, and he didn't have a sinful nature, but otherwise, his humanity is exactly the same as yours and mine. He was made like his brothers in everything. [00:37:21]

Since he himself was tempted in what he suffered, he is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted. You see, he could not help us in temptation if he himself has not been tempted. It's something like this: supposing an angel from heaven comes to teach me how to swim. [00:37:57]

If Jesus came here as God and lived in perfect purity without sinning and said, "Follow me," I'd say, "Lord, I can't follow you. You're God, you're holy, you're not tempted. I'm tempted, I'm pulled down by sin all the time. The law of gravity is pulling me down." [00:39:08]

I came just like you. I felt the pull of temptation. I sought for the power of the Holy Spirit. I sought for grace to overcome that pull, and I lived in purity. Follow me. I said, "Lord, really? You mean to say you overcame? You didn't sort of float across this world like an angel with wings?" [00:39:29]

I never thought you'd come and become exactly like me. I thought you would come. I was too low down. You came a little above me. When I now realize you became like me in everything, you attempted like me to be an example. Lord, you love me so much. [00:40:14]

The secret of godliness for me, it changed my family life, it changed my ministry, it changed the lives of people who I minister to, it changed the family lives of people I ministered to. The Bible became a new book to me. I saw wonderful things in scripture which I've never seen before. [00:41:10]

Consider Jesus, who became like you, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession. He was faithful to God who appointed him, just like Moses, but he's greater than Moses because Moses is only like a house, and Jesus is the builder of the house. [00:42:15]

Encourage one another, exhort one another every day as long as it is called today. See, James says in James chapter 4, how do you know that you'll live tomorrow? You don't know whether you live tomorrow. You have to say, "If the Lord wills and if we live, we will do this tomorrow." [00:44:20]

Let me encourage someone to consider Jesus, who became like you. That is our calling every day, to lift up Jesus by our life, by our words, so that our behavior, our conduct, our words are always saying, "Look at Jesus. Look what a wonderful Savior he is." [00:46:01]

Therefore, it says in 3:19, they could not enter in because of unbelief. Therefore, let us fear. This applies to us, that God has given us a promise of entering into his rest. What does that mean? Sin shall not have dominion over you. Romans 6:14 is a promise. [00:53:42]

When you will enter into rest, when you also stop working, when you think by your struggling, you're struggling, you're struggling, you're going to come into this victory, it will not work. It's like the disciples catching fish. They struggle here, struggle there, go to this corner, that corner, no fish. [00:55:28]

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