How Messiah Was Perfected

Friday, July 16, 2021

Hebrews 5:9 says, "And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation." How can Messiah be made perfect if He already is perfect? The root of the Greek word perfect in this verse means complete, as in completing the mission. His mission was completed on the cross. So He said, "It is finished" - completed or fulfilled. Messiah's priestly ministry is completed and perfected in the cross. Therefore, if you want to be perfect, you have to seek it and find it in the cross; in dying to self, in letting go of yourself, and in losing your life, you'll find it. If even Messiah who was perfect, had to become perfect through suffering on the cross, how much more do we have to become perfect, who are not perfect? So don't fear the cross, don't fear the hard times, and don't fear dying to self. Because in the cross, even the perfect, and much more the imperfect, find perfection.

From Message #1083 - The Mega Priest