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Hebrews 5:6-9
In another place God said,“ You are a priest forever, just like Melchizedek.”( Psalm 110:4)Jesus prayed while he lived on earth. He made his appeal with sincere cries and tears. He prayed to the God who could save him from death. God answered Jesus because he truly honored God.Jesus was God’s Son. But by suffering he learned what it means to obey.In this way he was made perfect. Eternal salvation comes from him. He saves all those who obey him.
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John 10:17
The reason my Father loves me is that I give up my life. But I will take it back again.
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Hebrews 2:9
But we do see Jesus already given a crown of glory and honor. He was made lower than the angels for a little while. He suffered death. By the grace of God, he tasted death for everyone. That is why he was given his crown.
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Isaiah 53:10-12
The Lord says,“ It was my plan to crush him and cause him to suffer. I made his life an offering to pay for sin. But he will see all his children after him. In fact, he will continue to live. My plan will be brought about through him.After he has suffered, he will see the light of life. And he will be satisfied. My godly servant will make many people godly because of what he will accomplish. He will be punished for their sins.So I will give him a place of honor among those who are great. He will be rewarded just like others who win the battle. That’s because he was willing to give his life as a sacrifice. He was counted among those who had committed crimes. He took the sins of many people on himself. And he gave his life for those who had done what is wrong.”
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John 14:31
But he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father. They must also learn that I do exactly what my Father has commanded me to do.“ Come now. Let us leave.
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John 2:19-21
Jesus answered them,“ When you destroy this temple, I will raise it up again in three days.”They replied,“ It has taken 46 years to build this temple. Are you going to raise it up in three days?”But the temple Jesus had spoken about was his body.
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Psalms 40:6-8
You didn’t want sacrifices and offerings. You didn’t require burnt offerings and sin offerings. You opened my ears so that I could hear you and obey you.Then I said,“ Here I am. It is written about me in the book.My God, I have come to do what you want. Your law is in my heart.”
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John 6:38
I have not come down from heaven to do what I want to do. I have come to do what the one who sent me wants me to do.
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Matthew 26:53-56
Do you think I can’t ask my Father for help? He would send an army of more than 70,000 angels right away.But then how would the Scriptures come true? They say it must happen in this way.”At that time Jesus spoke to the crowd.“ Am I leading a band of armed men against you?” he asked.“ Do you have to come out with swords and clubs to capture me? Every day I sat in the temple courtyard teaching. And you didn’t arrest me.But all this has happened so that the words of the prophets would come true.” Then all the disciples left him and ran away.
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John 18:5-6
“ Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied.“ I am he,” Jesus said. Judas, who was going to hand Jesus over, was standing there with them.When Jesus said,“ I am he,” they moved back. Then they fell to the ground.
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Titus 2:14
He gave himself for us. By doing that, he set us free from all evil. He wanted to make us pure. He wanted us to be his very own people. He wanted us to desire to do what is good.
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John 15:10
If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love. In the same way, I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in his love.
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Philippians 2:6-8
In his very nature he was God. Jesus was equal with God. But Jesus didn’t take advantage of that fact.Instead, he made himself nothing. He did this by taking on the nature of a servant. He was made just like human beings.He appeared as a man. He was humble and obeyed God completely. He did this even though it led to his death. Even worse, he died on a cross!
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Acts 3:15
You killed the one who gives life. But God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this.
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Hebrews 2:14-15
Those children have bodies made out of flesh and blood. So Jesus became human like them in order to die for them. By doing this, he could break the power of the devil. The devil is the one who rules over the kingdom of death.Jesus could set people free who were afraid of death. All their lives they were held as slaves by that fear.
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Hebrews 10:6-10
You weren’t pleased with burnt offerings and sin offerings.Then I said,‘ Here I am. It is written about me in the book. I have come to do what you want, my God.’ ”( Psalm 40:6–8)First Christ said,“ You didn’t want sacrifices and offerings. You didn’t want burnt offerings and sin offerings. You weren’t pleased with them.” He said this even though they were offered in keeping with the law.Then he said,“ Here I am. I have come to do what you want.” He did away with the shadow of the good things that were coming. He did it to put in place the good things themselves.We have been made holy by what God wanted. We have been made holy because Jesus Christ offered his body once and for all time.
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Acts 2:24
But God raised him from the dead. He set him free from the suffering of death. It wasn’t possible for death to keep its hold on Jesus.
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John 10:11
“ I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.
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John 5:30
I can do nothing by myself. I judge only as I hear. And my judging is fair. I do not try to please myself. I try to please the one who sent me.
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Acts 2:32
God has raised this same Jesus back to life. We are all witnesses of this.
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John 19:11
Jesus answered,“ You were given power from heaven. If you weren’t, you would have no power over me. So the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”
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John 10:15
They know me just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I give my life for the sheep.