Tuesday 15 October 2019

A Message Of Hope - Triumphant Hope, Glorious Hope, Eternal Hope

When we come to God, acknowledging His holiness and our own sin and guilt, we discover that the God of great holiness is also the God of great love. The God who pronounces his judgment upon sin, declares His love for sinners.
When God says, "What is it that you have done?" (Genesis 3:13), this is not only a word of judgment upon sin, it is also a word of love for the sinner. God is declaring His love. He is saying, "I have loved you so much. There is absolutely no reason why you should have done this - full in the face of all My great love for you." God is saying to us, "I love you."
When God says, "Where are you?" (Genesis 3:9), this is not only a word of holiness from which man has been separated by sin. It is also a word of love. This seeking love. God - the God of love - is seeking the lost sinner. He is saying, "I love you, and I am seeking to save you."
The God of love, the God who seeks to save sinners, gives the first promise of a Saviour as early as Genesis 3:15. These words.spoken to the enemy, promise One who will triumph over the enemy: "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."
Jesus - our Saviour - fulfils this promise of love. He was "bruised" for our sins and, through His death, He has triumphed over Satan for us. So, even here in Genesis 3 with its message of sin and guilt, there is, for us, a message of hope - triumphant hope, glorious hope, eternal hope. 

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