And only a God who cares could possibly have thought such a thought. And I want you to look, if you will, in Hebrews chapter 1 again. This was our text in the last message. Hebrews chapter 1. And I want us to read these first three verses together. And so he begins by saying, “God after he spoke long ago to the fathers and the prophets in many portions and in many ways in these last days has spoken to us in his son whom he appointed heir of all things through whom also he made the world and he is the radiance that is
Christ is the radiance of his that is God’s glory and the exact representation of his nature and upholds all things by the word of his power. When he had made purification of sins, he sat down at the right hand of the majesty on high. It is that last phrase I want us to look at.
When he had made purification of sins, he sat down at the right hand of his majesty on high. Now, when we talk about God caring enough for us to rescue us, what we have to ask first of all is to rescue us from what? And so let me say that uh the rescue operation that we’re talking about, the purpose of that rescue operation was in order to deliver us from eternal death.
Where did eternal death begin? Eternal death began in the Garden of Eden. When God created Adam and Eve in a perfect garden, he created two perfect people. When they chose to sin against God, here’s what happened. Not only did their natures become sinful, but because they were the first parents, every single person born after them up to this very second and will also until the last person is ever born will be born with a sinful nature been away from God and not toward God.
When Adam and Eve fell, the fountain head of the whole human race sinned against God. When they sinned against God, the Bible says that they assume the penalty which God had warned them about. The soul that sinnth it shall die. That’s the law of God. You cannot change the law of God. And so when they sinned against God, upon them rest the penalty of death.
What kind of death? It is eternal death. It is physical death. It is spiritual death. It is eternal death. resting upon every single solitary person is the condemnation of death. Now, in this first point, I want to make very clear to all of those people who have never trusted Jesus Christ as their savior and who think that somehow in some way one of these days they’re going to be good enough so that God will say, “Well, good. Come on into heaven.
