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! Staying with God
!! Chapter 11—The Lord Jesus: A Friend in Temptation
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For this reason he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.
Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin.
Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
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Hebrews 2:17-18; 4:15-16
Sometimes going it alone is going nowhere.
If you name a handicap, a medical condition, or a life-disrupting situation, you'll probably find a support group ready to help people with that problem.
There are an estimated half-million support groups in the United States serving upward of fifteen million people.
Some of these are highly structured.
Others are informal.
Some meet on a regular basis—once a week, once a month.
Others do not have regular meetings, but provide support in other ways.
However they differ, they share a common goal.
They bring together people of similar experiences who, by sharing, find strength and support from one another.
There are groups for widespread illnesses such as cancer and heart disease.
There are groups for relatively unknown conditions such as sarcoidosis, a chronic skin disease.
Candle-lighters is a group for parents of children with leukemia.
Pil-Anon offers aid to families of persons addicted to mood-altering drugs.
There are support groups for parents who lose a child, and groups for people with brain injuries, genetic defects, chronic metabolic diseases, burns, and diabetes.
The names of these groups are sometimes symbolic.
Mended Hearts is the group for those with heart surgery.
The Phoenix Society is for recovering burn victims.
For those who lose a baby there is Empty Cradle.
Then there's the grandparent of all American self-help organizations, Alcoholics Anonymous.
These groups indicate that going it alone is often going nowhere.
When life's crises strike, most of us seek help from someone with similar experience.
But where do we ultimately go when faced with spiritual crisis?
Where do we go when temptation beckons?
We may confess temptation to one another; but that is not enough.
We need the One who has the world's most extensive experience with temptation.
The Hebrew letter repeatedly emphasizes the identity and sympathy of the Lord Jesus with you in temptation.
He cannot identify with you in sin.
That is foreign to Him; He has no experience of sin except suddenly bearing it on the cross.
But He has the most extensive experience of temptation anyone ever had.
When we come back to God, we may believe that nothing will ever lure us away from His presence again.
But that is not always the case.
Temptation is an integral part of our earthly life.
When it whispers to us, two passages in Hebrews 2 and 4 indicate three ways Jesus helps us turn our backs to the devil—and stay with God.
Jesus helps us do this by His identification with us, His sympathy for us, and His provision for us in temptation.
Jesus Christ is our best friend in temptation.
We have access to Him if we know Him.
Take advantage of that access for help.
Doing so is the assurance that you will stay after you come back to God.
!!! Understanding Christ's Identification with Us
Jesus identifies with us in a broader sense than in just our temptations.
He identifies with the entire situation of human life.
"He had to be made like his brothers in every way . .
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2:17).
Our salvation is because of His identification with us.
To build a bridge to God and to pay for sin, He had to identify with us.
He was bound, obligated, felt the necessity, was under the imperative to identify with us in every way.
This does not mean that He had to identify with us against His own will.
It does mean that once He undertook the task to be Savior, this identification with us was an obligation that went along with the task.
It means that He could never have helped us from remoteness, aloofness, or isolation.
His involvement is illustrated by the story of an ancient Roman general who had legions upon legions at his command.
Among his officers was his own son, who already bore the signs of greatness.
When the battle was about to be fought, his son urged a certain strategy.
"Do this," he said.
"Advance in this way.
We shall have success, and it will only cost five thousand men."
The old general turned solemnly to his son and put the quiet question: "Will you be one of the five thousand?"
When Jesus Christ pondered the salvation of humans, he did not do it from behind the lines, counting the casualties of others in a comfortable heavenly headquarters.
When the Father asked if He would be one of them, fighting the war with them, He said, "I delight to do your will, Lord."
There was not only a necessity in this identification, but also a totality—"in every way."
Not a single ingredient was left out in His identification with our situation.
He identifies with us in a genuine struggle to seek, find, and do the will of God.
Luke 2:52 tells us that Jesus "grew."
The word itself speaks of an extension by blows, as a blacksmith stretches metal with hammers.
It also refers to a scout hacking his way through underbrush in advance of an army.
Christ struggled, wrestled—and stood in solidarity with us.
Hebrews 5:8 tells us that "he learned obedience from what he suffered."
There is no aspect of your life with which He cannot identify.
What are your circumstances?
Did you come from obscurity?
He came from Nazareth.
Did you come from a humble background?
He came from peasant parents.
Do you have limited education?
He had very little formal training outside His home.
Have you ever faced rejection?
He knew it unabated— His own home town, religious leaders, the general population, government—all rejected Him.
Have you been misunderstood?
No one has ever been as misjudged as He.
Has life been awfully unfair to you?
The Cross was the greatest injustice of history.
Have you been betrayed by a friend?
He was betrayed by His own disciple.
Have you felt abandoned?
He cried out, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" (Mark 15:34, NKJV).
Have you had problems with your family?
Look at His relationships.
His own mother, brothers, and sisters did not understand Him.
Have you ever lost someone you loved?
He loved and lost Lazarus—and wept.
Have you ever suffered the extreme pain of unrequited love—have you loved someone who did not love you in return?
Love flowed out of His mouth, streamed from His eyes, reached out from His heart—only to be spurned.
Look at His physical life.
He knew fatigue, tiredness, lack of accommodation, absence of food.
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