Adam and Eve living in the garden had everything they needed in order to remain holy. All of man’s nature was present in Adam and when he sinned, his nature was permanently inclined toward evil rather than remaining inclined to what was good and holy. Once man disobeyed God, he became incapable of being inclined to goodness and holiness. Man was forever separated from God because of his free choice to sin against Him. Man was warned that if he disobeyed, such actions would lead to his death. He chose to do so despite this warning. Man did not need the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God had made wonderful, perfect, and comprehensive provision for man. Because God gave man everything he needed to remain holy and inclining toward what was good and holy and he deliberately and willfully disobeyed, God would have been perfectly warranted and just to allow the consequence of death for man’s disobedience. Things were changed and there were consequences for man’s disobedience including man’s inclination, expulsion from the garden, the experience of hardship, death, sickness, and natural and moral evil. However, even after man disobeyed God, God made provision for him. If one looks throughout the entirety of scripture, one will observe God making provision for His people. The greatest of these provisions was Jesus Christ.

Justice rightfully demanded a payment for man’s sin. God simply forgiving sin without proper payment would have made Him an unjust God which is impossible for God to be. However man could not make that payment and thus would suffer death and separation from God as a result of his sin. However, God as the offended party and out of absolute love and grace decided to bear that offense and payment. He sent Jesus and Jesus willingly became the God-man in order pay the debt which man could not. Jesus was without sin and perfectly kept God’s law and as a substitute, took the sin of all man upon Himself and paid the penalty that justice demanded. Thus man could receive forgiveness for his sins and be declared righteous in God’s eyes by believing in Christ, confessing his sin and need for a Savior, repenting from his sin, and accepting the gift of grace Christ offered.

Christ is available to all who believe, confess, repent and accept the Grace offered through Him. Although God despises evil and sin, God is not a God who wishes that anyone should perish for their sin. God is not an unfair God. God as the offended party has the right to set the process by which the payment must be made. He has done so making divine provision via Christ to save man from his sin and the death that results. True to His loving and gracious nature, he has paved the way. Yes, my God is a God who saves.