All right, well, we want to welcome you to the Deliver Orthodoxy podcast. Certainly, these devotions as we go through each day, I hope, are a blessing to you. We certainly appreciate your willingness to watch, and we want to make sure that each day that we bring to you some scripture, some doctrines that help bolster your walk with the Lord, help you grow in your relationship with Him. Well, today we are going to continue on with our big question and answer here in just a moment. You might notice, I know I'm having a little too much fun with these backgrounds, but behind me here, you'll see a scene that took place here at Emmanuel Baptist Church. Sunday before last, we had a time of reporting and fellowship. We reported on some of the things God's doing through our sober living ministry. It was a real blessing. And there were gathered around Joseph Milton, who's our house manager there. And we were praying over him. It was just a great time. And so I appreciate all the folks who came out and were a part of that. And certainly it's just a ministry. We help guys get back on their feet and learn how to live independently after going through rehab and those things. And it is called sober living, but it's really more about discipleship and helping them learn how to walk with the Lord. And so certainly we covet your prayers for that ministry and the other ministries here of Emmanuel Baptist Church. And we thank God for allowing us to take part in it. Well, today, our big question is, how did Christ, the Son of God, become man? And the answer is, he became man by assuming a real body and a reasoning soul. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mary, who gave birth to him. Yet he was sinless. And our memory verse for this week is 2 Corinthians 5.21, which states, he made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in him. And then today we'll be looking at Hebrews 2, verses 5 through 18. Hebrews 2, beginning in verse 5, we read, For he, that's talking about Jesus Christ, was not subjected to angels, has not, excuse me, I'm going to need to back up. It says, for he, and that's speaking of God, has not subjected angels, subjected to angels the world to come that we are talking about. But someone somewhere has testified, what is man that you remember him? or the Son of Man that you care for Him. You made Him lower than the angels for a short time. You crowned Him with glory and honor and subjected everything under His feet. For in subjecting everything to Him, He left nothing that is not subject to Him. As it is, we do not yet see everything subjected to Him. But we do see Jesus made lower than the angels for a short time so that by God's grace, he might taste death for everyone, crowned with glory and honor, because he suffered death. For in bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was entirely appropriate that God, for whom and through whom all things exist, should make the source of their salvation perfect through suffering. for the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters, saying, I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters. I will sing hymns to you in the congregation. Again, I will trust him. And again, here I am with the children God gave me. Now, since the children have flesh and blood in common, Jesus also shared in these, so that through his death he might destroy the one holding the power of death, that is the devil, and free those who are held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death. For it is clear that he does not reach out to help angels, but to help Abraham's offspring. Therefore, he had to be like his brothers and sisters in every way, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in matters pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people. For since he himself has suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted." Now, what a powerful passage of Scripture. I hope you'll forgive me for maybe stumbling a little bit there at the beginning with the wording. But we walk through that passage and we see there that the Lord Jesus Christ had to become a man. In order to redeem fallen humanity, he had to suffer as we suffer. Yet without sin, he had to go through temptations and trials and all those things so that he might become that faithful high priest for us, so that his blood might atone for our sins. And we read there that that Jesus shared in flesh and blood, so that through his death, he might destroy the one holding the power of death. That is the devil. We look back at the garden, and we see there the devil tempting Adam and Eve. We see them falling into a state of sin because of their own belief in the words of the devil over the words of the Lord. And, of course, they ate that fruit. They sinned there. But we see Jesus coming to this world We see him being tempted in every way and yet overcoming the deceptions of the devil. Overcoming the desires for the things of this world. never embraced those things, but instead he was fully devoted to his father and the mission that he had been given. And in doing that, he was able to live that perfect life and to die in our place for our sins. And so I hope and pray that you have a great day today, a great week. If you enjoy these videos, please like, subscribe. We would love to hear from you, leave some comments. God bless you. You have a great day.