How did Jesus' love for the Father and for mankind affect His obedience?
Jesus' love for the Father and mankind served as the engine that drove His obedience. It moved Him to humble Himself and become obedient unto death, even the death of the cross—the most horrible death a person could experience.
Les teaches that the engine driving Jesus' obedience was love—His love for mankind and His love for the Father. That love drove Him to be obedient to the work of the cross. He took upon Himself the form of a bond slave, was made in the likeness of men, humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross, which was the most horrible death a person could possibly experience. In II Corinthians 5:14, the love of Christ constraineth us, because if one died for all, then we're all dead; He died for all because of the love that constrains.
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
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What kind of death did Jesus obediently endure on the cross?
Jesus humbled Himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross, which was the most horrible death a person could possibly experience.