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C H A P T E R 6
“He Learned Obedience”
A FATHER looks out the window, watching his young son
at play with some friends. Their ball bounces out of the
yard and into the street. The boy looks longingly after it.
One of his friends urges him to run out into the street to
get it, but the boy shakes his head. “I’m not allowed to do
that,” he says. The father smiles to himself.
2 Why is the father so pleased? Because he has instructed
his son not to go out into the street alone. When the boy
obeys—even though he does not know that his father is
watching—the father knows that his son is learning obedience
and is much safer as a result. That father feels as
does our heavenly Father, Jehovah. God knows that if we
are to remain faithful and live to see the wonderful future
he has in store for us, we must learn to trust in him and
obey him. (Proverbs 3:5, 6) To that end, he sent us the
best of all human teachers.
3 The Bible says something amazing about Jesus: “Although
he was a Son, he learned obedience from the
things he suffered; and after he had been made perfect
he became responsible for everlasting salvation to all
those obeying him.” (Hebrews 5:8, 9) This Son had existed
for countless ages in heaven. He saw Satan and
his fellow rebel angels disobey, but the firstborn Son never
joined them. Inspired prophecy applied these words to
1, 2. Why is a loving father pleased to see his son obey him, and
how do his feelings reflect Jehovah’s feelings?
3, 4. How is it that Jesus “learned obedience” and was “made perfect”?
Illustrate.