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Christ Our Leader

“For it became Him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons into glory, to make the captain of our salvation perfect through sufferings” (Hebrews 2:10).

The Lord never asks us to go anywhere that He has not gone before. He is the captain (literally, the “leader” of our salvation, and we only need follow our divine leader. The same word is used in Hebrews 12:2, where we are exhorted to be “looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.” “Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow His steps” (I Peter 2:21). “Him hath God exalted with His right hand to be a Prince [same word] and a Savior . . .” (Acts 5:31).

The same wonderful truth appears under various figures. He is our shepherd, for instance, and He says: “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give them eternal life: and they shall never perish” (John 10:27,28). He also illumines our path. “I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life” (John 8:12). He guides us along the way by His indwelling Holy Spirit “When He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth. . . . and He will shew you things to come” (John 16:13).

With such a dauntless leader, a perfect example, a loving shepherd, a clear light and an infallible guide, we are (or should be) happy to follow Him, even if the way sometimes seems steep and hard.

He is the goal and prize at the end of the journey. For Him, Paul said, “I have suffered the loss of all. . . . that I may win. . . . forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:8,13,14). HMM

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