1. Reading Texts
Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 5:8
The disobedience and fall of the Anointed Cherub
Disobedience is not acceptable in Heaven. There are two main texts in the Bible that explain to us about the fall of one cherub becoming the devil (which means accuser in Greek) or Satan (meaning adversary in Hebrew).
Isaiah 14:12-15 & Ezekiel 28:12-18
This enemy influenced the first couple (Adam and Eve) to sin against God and also to do the same he did: Genesis 3:4-5 4 "You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman. 5 "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
Then sin entered in the world, bringing separation, death!
When Jesus Christ came to Earth he brought exactly the opposite of this evil deed: he brought in His life the perfect OBEDIENCE.
1. JESUS was obedient when he was a child
a. Since his childhood, the boy Jesus was obedient. He demonstrated this being submit to his parents on earth (Joseph and Mary) Luke 2:51-52 1 Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. […]. 52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
b. Also he was obedient to God. In the same text when the boy Jesus was among the teachers, he answered his parents saying: Luke 2:49 49 "Why were you searching for me?" he asked. "Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house?"
2. JESUS was obedient when he went to be baptized by John the Baptist.
a. Matthew 3:14-15 14 But John tried to deter him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?" 15 Jesus replied, "Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness."
3. JESUS was obedient when he was in the desert to be tempted by the devil
a. Obedient to the word of God: Matthew 4:3-4 3 The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread." 4 Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"
b. Obedient to the Majesty and Authority of the Lord: Luke 4:5-8 5 The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. 6 And he said to him, "I will give you all their authority and splendor, for it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. 7 So if you worship me, it will all be yours." 8 Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.'"
c. Obedient to the Power of God and His Will: 9 The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. "If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down from here. 10 For it is written: "'He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully; 11 they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'" 12 Jesus answered, "It says: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'"
4. JESUS was obedient in His mission
a. He knew exactly what His mission was: John 4:31-35 1 Meanwhile his disciples urged him, "Rabbi, eat something." 32 But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you know nothing about." 33 Then his disciples said to each other, "Could someone have brought him food?" 34 "My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. 35 Do you not say, 'Four months more and then the harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.
5. JESUS was obedient at the Gethsemane Garden
a. Matthew 26:39-44 9 Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will." […] 42 He went away a second time and prayed, "My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done." […]44 So he left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing.
6. JESUS was obedient going to the cross
“Christ made improvement by his sufferings. By his passive obedience, he learned active obedience; that is, he practiced that great lesson, and made it appear that he was well and perfectly learned in it; though he never was disobedient, yet he never performed such an act of obedience as when he became obedient to death, even to the death of the cross. Here he has left us an example, that we should learn by all our afflictions a humble obedience to the will of God. We need affliction, to teach us submission.” Matthew Henry Commentary.
a. Obedience requires humbleness: Philippians 2.5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, 7 but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself
b. Obedience is to do exactly what God wants: v.8 and became obedient to death-- even death on a cross!
c. Obedience brings reward: 9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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