Heb 2:10 For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
God made everything for Himself. He created all things and He did it for His own pleasure. But given that reality, the writer says it was fitting for such a one, in order to bring many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. What that means is that God made His son Jesus Christ perfect through sufferings. The word 'perfect' here means complete or reaching the purpose for which He came. In order to finish His mission, Jesus Christ needed to suffer in order to bring in a whole host of sons. It is said of Jesus in another place that He is not ashamed to call them brothers. God is bringing in a whole group of people to glory. That is possible only because Jesus suffered in their place. Are you part of that group?
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