Good morning,
I will be having cataract surgery on the 10th and 17th of February. I asked some of my friends to do the Daily Devotions for the next two weeks.
I appreciate your willingness to help me. You were chosen because you have played an important part in my growth, knowledge of God’s word, encouragement, or faithfulness in service over the 38 years I have been in Alaska. Please continue to minister and help others.
Enjoy!
Jesus Christ’s “So Great Salvation”
Text: Hebrews 2:1-4, especially verse 3, “How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him.”
The Book of Hebrews in our Bible was written to persecuted Jewish Christians to strengthen them in their faith and faithfulness to Jesus Christ. The Bible calls on them to hold fast to their “so great salvation” which is found only in our Savior the Lord Jesus Christ. But how is their salvation (and our salvation) “so great”?
First (tomorrow we will look at the second reason), our salvation is “so great” because of the magnitude of our sin before we got saved. No Christian can fully appreciate Christ’s salvation unless he recognizes the greatness of his past sins before he got saved. When He forgave the sins of a sinful woman, Jesus told Simon a Pharisee, “Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little,” Luke 7:47.
When we see ourselves as “so great” a sinner and Jesus Christ as our “so great” Savior because He forgives us of all our sins, we will praise God for His “so great salvation.”
But there is a further encouraging thought in this account of the sinful woman. Those who are saved by faith in the “so great” Savior may not count their sins to be as serious as more notorious sinners and may not love as much, but their sins are still forgiven (Luke 7:42).
However, a fresh sense of our past sinful condition will give us a fresh sense of God’s “so great salvation” as well as a greater appreciation for the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Pastor Stan Tucker, Pilgrims Baptist Church
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