The grace of God and its foundation - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2026

By the grace of God he (Jesus) should taste death for everything.
Hebrews 2:9 (J.N.D.)

The grace of God and its foundation
The grace of God seeks and saves the greatest sinner. Grace makes no distinction between people who are outwardly decent and thieves, adulterers, burglars, liars, or whatever they might be (Romans 3:22-24).

So long as we designate ourselves as upright and good, we are annoyed that grace makes no difference. We cannot understand such grace and wonder how God can show grace and turn a blind eye to such wickedness.

The answer is: He doesn't! God's grace has a firm foundation: He overlooks no case of sin, because Christ tasted death for everything.

God does not close His eyes to facts or reality. He knows the "sins of the people" (Hebrews 2:17). He Himself pronounced the sentence for sin: death! And He carried it out on His own Son: Christ died for us and our sins on the cross. But through His death He vanquished the devil and freed all who believe on Him from the devil's power (Hebrews 2:14.15).

Christ "tasted death". He paid our debt. We should have suffered judgment, not Christ, for He was "the holy one and the just" (Acts 3:14).He died for us voluntarily, and did so "by the grace of God". For this reason grace is the means by which God's forgiveness and riches can now be offered and granted to all, to even the greatest sinner.

It is well worth considering these significant words:

By the grace of God Jesus tasted death for everything.

Today's reading: 1 Chronicles 5:27-6:32 · Psalm 80:9-20