Why Jesus Had to Be Perfected Through Sufferings?

 

Why Jesus Had to Be Perfected Through Sufferings?

Heb 5:8-9: "Although he was a son, he learned obedience...once made perfect"

Heb 2:17-18: "Like his brothers in every way...because he himself suffered when he was tempted"

bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings. For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one Father; for this reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren."

Luke 24:26: "Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?"

 

Category	Why Jesus Had to Be Perfected Through Sufferings
Meaning	• Being Perfected = Qualified, Completed Experience • Not referring to defects in His divinity or attributes • Refers to completing the experience of human sufferings, making Him suitable as Captain of salvation • From perfect God to experientially perfect God-man
Reasons	• God's Goal: To bring many sons into glory • Need for Pattern: Must first obtain a model and pioneer • Qualification Requirement: As Captain must first experience all human sufferings • Fittingness: For Him by whom are all things, this was fitting • Oneness: Both He who sanctifies and those sanctified are all of one
Methods	• Incarnation: Word became flesh, took humanity • Experiencing Sufferings: Various trials in 33½ years of human life • Death Experience: Death on cross, passing through death • Resurrection into Glory: Rose from dead, entered glory • Passing Through Veil: Entered Holy of Holies, before God
Concrete Examples	• Baptism Crossing: Baptized in Jordan, began 3½ year ministry • Wilderness Temptation: 40 days tempted by devil • Life Sufferings: Poverty, rejection, nowhere to lay His head • Gethsemane: Sweat like drops of blood falling to ground • Cross Death: Finally passed through death, completed redemption • Resurrection Ascension: Rose after 3 days, ascended after 40 days
Spiritual Application	• Believer's Pattern: We must also follow His steps through sufferings • Sanctification Path: Through sufferings conformed to His Son's image • Warfare Victory: Learn warfare in sufferings, enter glory • Complete Salvation: Through His perfection, we obtain complete salvation • Future Hope: We will also enter the glory He entered
Nature of Glory	• God's Expression: God's full manifestation and appearance • Seed Flowering: Like carnation seed dying and blooming • Divine-Human Union: Humanity brought into God's glorious expression • Reality Within Veil: In Holy of Holies, God's presence • Eternal Pattern: Eternal model for sons entering glory
Related Scripture	• Heb 2:10: "In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting...to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings" • Heb 4:15: "Tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin" • Phil 2:6-8: "Humbled himself...became obedient to death—even death on a cross" • John 12:23-24: "Unless a kernel of wheat falls...and dies, it produces many seeds" • Heb 6:19-20: "Jesus, who went before us, has entered on our behalf" • Luke 24:26: "Did not the Christ have to suffer...and then enter his glory?"
Supporting Verses	•        Hebrews 4:15: "For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin." •John 12:23-24: "And Jesus answered them, saying, 'The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.'" •        Philippians 2:6-8: "Who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross." •        Hebrews 6:19-20: "This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil, where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek."
Typological Verses	•        Joshua 3: Joshua led Israel across Jordan into Canaan •        Exodus 14: Moses led Israel through Red Sea from Egypt •        Hebrews 3-4: Joshua brought Israel into rest, typifying Christ bringing us into glory

 

Summary Points

The core truth of Jesus being perfected through sufferings is:

He was already perfect God, but to become a qualified Captain of salvation, He had to experience complete human life in His humanity, including all sufferings, so that He could sympathize with our weaknesses and become our pattern and forerunner, leading God's many sons into the glory He first entered. This was not a defect in His divinity, but God's wise arrangement to accomplish His eternal purpose.

 

*Please refer to the June 2025 Summer Training, General Topic: Experiencing, Enjoying, and Manifesting Christ (III), Chapter 7: The Founder (Captain) and Forerunner of Salvation, Leading Many Sons into Glory by Entering Within the Veil and Going Outside the Camp