Obedience is a major theme in scripture. On one hand, there is the disobedience of Adam, Israel, and all other men. On the other hand is the sinless obedience of our Lord Jesus Christ:

Rom 5:19 "...by the obedience of the one"
Phil 2:8 "...obedient unto death, even the death of the cross"
Luk 22:42 "...not my will, but thine, be done."
Heb 10:9 "...Lo, I come to do thy will, O God."

He was obedient not only when it was "easy", but also when that obedience came at great personal suffering, cost, and sacrifice. How pleased the Father was with this sacrifice in the midst of the flames of suffering! The fragrant odor(Eph 5:2) of His obedience stands in contrast to the stench of disobedience from all other men.

Did you ever notice that the exaltation and the reign of the Son is a reward given to Him by His Father for His obedience in the midst of trials and suffering? For example:

Phil 2:9-11 "Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name...that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord"

Rom 14:9-11 "For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that He might be Lord both of the dead and the living...every knee shall bow to me."

Rom 3:21 "...even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in His throne."

Luke 22:28 "Now you are those who have continued with Me in My trials. 29 And I am covenanting a covenant with you, according as My Father covenanted a kingdom to Me, 30 that you may be eating and drinking at My table in My kingdom . And you will be seated on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel."


A man cannot get anything unless it is given him by heaven. God gives to all life, and breath and all.