LEARNING OBEDIENCE

Hebrews 5:7-14 (KJV)
“7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
10 Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.”
Priest after the order of Melchisedec do not offer sacrifice as the Aaronic priesthood, they become the sacrifice through suffering. Brother Mel offered Abraham the Bread and drink; Jesus offers His flesh (bread) and His blood (drink) as an offering to us.
Suffering is unique to the one suffering; to Jesus it was His lesson to obedience. In this case suffering is not losing it is gaining favor to understand. His suffering put understanding in Him. Jesus can walk into our situation and understand how it got there, why it is there, and how to get us to the other end of it. He is a priest of ability; ability to understand.
“Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite” (Psalm 147:5). “With all thy getting, get understanding,” reckon why? Understanding puts ability into us; it is a knowing giving our presence the right to be there, the right to take hold of it, and the right to handle it.
Since we have become the sacrifice we have no need to offer a sacrifice. There are some things we cannot handle until it has first handled us. Suffering brings us into fellowship with résistance and resistance brings us to the opportunities of obedience.
Obedience is God’s love language; learning what we need to learn in our suffering (fellowship of resistance) teaches us obedience, it teaches us how to love on God’s level.