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Why is Jesus' sinlessness important to understanding your salvation? Jesus's sinlessness is critical in that God's law required that blood be spilt over the atonement for sin. If Christ had any sin, He would have to pay with his own blood. But (praise be to God) Christ was sinless paving the way for those to accepting His gift to be saved. In what way do you think Jesus suffered when your sins were poured into his soul? I think Christ's greatest suffereing came when God, the Father, had to "look away". This separation came at the cross, when Jesus exclaimed: in Matt 27:46 "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" How could a sinless Man stand this kind of corruption? Part of how Christ could have stood such corruption was because Jesus was obedient to the Father. In that obedience, Jesus could stand against the sinful corruption of those that brought this violence upon Him.

Christ suffered in that He willing separated his Fellowship from the Father during the crucifixtion. Because of our sin, the fellowship Christ had with the Father had to be cut off and that would be an example of Christ's spiritual suffereing for me. For me, I often take the fellowship with Christ with flippancy, yet Christ had a perfect relationship with the Father, and that willing "given up" on the cross for me...

Q4. (2:21-23) How does Christ's example speak to your situation? Christ speaks to my situation in that anything injustice I feel I receive at work pales in comparison to what Jesus suffered in the hands of sinful men. How is your behavior going to be different because of what you see in Jesus' character in this passage? My behaivor will be different in that I will consider my words and measure them so as to not sin with them. I would not be in a position to retaliate but my sincerist prayer is that somehow God be glorified in my trust of Him.

I am currently experiencing some such injustice. My boss predetermined before hand, that in order to meet an overall yearly performance rating quota, he gave me a bad rating unsubstantiated my actual performance last year. His rationale was my company yearly results were less than acceptable and some were selected to receive this rating in order to save money on bonuses. As a christian, I did not complain. However I did determine the proper manner to start a dialogue to discuss this injustice. I spoke to my boss's boss, to no avail but at least I got some of the truth on the table. I prayed over this situation and this point God is telling me to stay and work your hardest to prove my boss and others weong concerning their assessment of me. After 17 years working for this company, it is difficult to accept this rating and not feel like a failure as a employee and by extension that I failed God. Any thoughts on this situation?

God's glory is dependent upon our being submissive and obedient to authority in so much as it gives witness to those who do not "know" God. Anyone how is rebelious against the IRS, for example, would be no different than an unbeliever. Not to say that the IRS is a perfect authority but much glory is given to God when we submit even to the most unjust authority.

The question is "How ought we behave and think in our hearts if we really understand that we are part of God's people across the world and ages?" This question places the emphasis on the universality of the church through the ages. It places my small minor quibbles against my brother or sister in the Lord in it's place. It also places a real attitude of service and servanthood in our hearts.

Praise must be offered "as is" without any expectation or secret desire that it will come back to me ten-fold. If praise is truly for God, then we as believers should never feel coming out of the worship service that "I got nothing out of it" or "the sermon did not speak to me". These thoughts minimize the experience of genuine praise to our Lord.

a) The mindset of a priest is that of servitude. He was the intercessor or mediator between God and those bringing a genuine sacrificial offer from the heart. Today Our Saviour, Jesus Christ, is the Supreme Priest. The mindset, however, continues and that of serving one another in Christ. It inspires a service to one another that defies worldly comprehesion.