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” Part 2
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”?
Yesterday, we saw that 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. Today we will look at God’s role in our “so great salvation.”
First, Hebrews 2:9 tells us that Jesus’s salvation is “so great” because of His grace, “But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.”
Because of God’s grace, Jesus died for sins that we might be saved and have everlasting life. Furthermore, His death covered the sins of all persons who would believe on Him. Jesus tasted “death for every man.”
Second, Hebrews 4:16 tells us that Jesus’s salvation is “so great” because of His mercy, “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” Grace and mercy are twin sisters but there is a difference. Grace provides what we don’t deserve (a Savior and salvation), and mercy spares us from what we do deserve. We deserve God’s eternal judgment, but when we come to Jesus Christ for His salvation, we have God’s mercy upon us as sinners.
You and I can believe on Jesus Christ and be saved from the judgment of our sins because God is gracious and merciful to any sinner who will go to Him for salvation: Hebrews 7:25, “Wherefore he (Jesus) is able also to save them (us sinners) to the uttermost that come unto God by him (Jesus), seeing he (Jesus) ever liveth to make intercession for them (us sinners).”
Truly, God’s grace and mercy gives us “so great salvation.”
Pastor Stan Tucker, Pilgrims Baptist Church
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