The Grace of God

Hebrews 2.8-9: Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste dead for everyone.

God has put everything in the hands of Jesus, the hands of himself. From our view point, and from the way life goes, we don't see or understand how God has everything in his control; and how can we when it seems like everything is out of control. But what we do see is Jesus.

We see him coming to be lower than the angels. We see him crowned in glory and honor because he suffered death. And it is by God's grace that when Jesus tasted death, he tasted death for us all.

My hope today is to not be long winded, get off topic, or go too deep, which will cause the first two to happen.

But I do need to get off topic on one thing. I believe in free will. I believe everything is in God's hands, but that's all that he's touching it until he purposefully needs to stick his hand in. For example, I would not be where I am today if God has not stuck his hands in my life. End side note.

The thing that I really want to get into today is that last bit there, "the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone."

God put this huge plan into motion. He created all, waited to see what happened. The Fall happened, and sin and death entered into the world. He began a plan to redeem the entirety of the world, and that started with Abraham. Throughout the years he waited the perfect time (Rom. 5.6) for send his son. He sent his son, he came, walked the earth, began to bring the people back to his father, and teaching others to do the same. Then he died, and God tasted death. But three days later he rose again.

It is because of the love that God has for us that his son tasted death. It is his grace that sent him to the cross. Because without the death and resurrection of Jesus we would have no hope, none at all. We would still be dead in our sin, but because of the grace that God has for us, manifested in Jesus, which sent him to the cross to taste death, we can come alive in Christ in his resurrection.

All this comes from the grace of God.