everything and everyone

We are studying the book of Hebrews this summer.  I listened to the first few chapters as I exercised this morning.  The wonder and greatness of Jesus was described and two words stood out to me: "everything" and "everyone".  I realized that I have a God and Savior who has a lot to do with "everything" and "everyone".  We see this show up almost right away, in the second half of chapter 1, verse 2: God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he created the universe. 3 The Son radiates God's own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command. 

We learn that Jesus is above, and greater, than everything else, because He made everything and holds everything together.  

In chapter two we learn about everyone.  Starting in verse 9 we see: Yes, by God's grace, Jesus tasted death foreveryone. 10 God, for whom and through whom everything was made, chose to bring many children into glory. And it was only right that he should make Jesus, through his suffering, a perfect leader, fit to bring them into their salvation.

Of course, Jesus' death for everyone calls for a response of repentance and acceptance on a personal level.  But it makes sense that the One who made it all would be the One who could save each one who comes in faith.

We learn right away in the first few chapters about our "every" God and Savior.  When you have a God that can be associated confidently with every...everything that is made, everything that is held together, and everyone who lives or who has ever lived, you are have the true God and the right Savior.  Only the One who has made it all can determine the course of life and the path of redemption.

blessings,

Rob Smith