Introduction
Man is a sinner by birth. King David says, “Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me” (Psalm 51: 5). This ts true of every human being. That is why the thoughts, words and deeds of man are always sinful. “And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Genesis 6:5). As God is holy and righteous, His righteousness demands, “The soul that sinneth, it shall die” (Ezekiel 18:4). This is not the death of the body but 1¢is the second death which is eternal separation from the loving Creator, and torment in the hell fire. But God as a loving Father did not want mankind to go to the second death. He wanted to save them from the second death. He came down to this earth in the form of Lord Jesus Christ to take upon Himself the punishment due to the sins of the whole mankind, past, present and future. He lived a sinless life upon this earth and laid down His life on the Cross of Calvary as a ransom for the sins of the people. He died and was buried. On the third day he rose again from the grave, conquering death. Now He is alive to, forgive the sins of those who go io Him humbly and confess their sins to Him, and to save them from the terrible consequences of sin, namely the eternal separation from the living God. “For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life’ (Romans 5:10). The salvation that the Lord Jesus Christ offers to all those who believe on Him is not merely deliverance from the second death, but much more along with it. Because when God gives, He gives abundantly. We can get some glimpses of this great salvation by studying the epistle of Hebrews.