Godbey's Commentary - Acts - Romans - Enter His Rest

stayed in the father’s house. Doubtless the bitterest anguish of the damned in hell will be the awful
reminiscence, “The Son of God redeemed me, and purchased heaven for me. I went to hell like a
fool, having no plausible excuse for my damnation!” Meanwhile devils will berate you and say, “If
we had been redeemed like you, we would not be here, but shouting with the angels.” This horrific
reminiscence of heaven and eternal glory purchased for them freely by the Son of God and available
at their option, but foolishly and brutally rejected and depreciated, will hunt the damned with the
black ghosts of inextinguishable memory through the flight of eternal ages. The Pauline climax of
this “much-more” argument is simply transcendent. Here we have the two Adams representing the
whole human race — the one in sin and death, the Other in life and holiness. Well does he give the
infinite pre-eminence to the Latter. Why? The first Adam who brought sin into the world was only
a man like myself; the second Adam, who proposes to take it out, is not only a man, but the
Omnipotent God. Hence, well does he say, “Where sin did abound, there did grace much more
abound.” While sin is great, grace is infinitely greater. What a grand inspiration to every sinner to
escape from Adam, who has nothing but sin and ruin, to Christ, who has a superabundance of grace,
glory and heaven forever.