From ROH

"But it’s the bad news of our sin and our depravity and our being deserving of God’s judgment that make the Gospel of God’s mercy and grace such good news. " "“It’s the bad news that makes the good news so good.”"

Habakkuk 3:13
You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed.

" When You sent plagues and terrible things, You were doing it to judge the wicked. But You were also doing it to save Your people. You went out for the salvation of Your people.”
Those historical events in the past foreshadow the future. He looks back on the Red Sea, but he looks forward to the cross and to our ultimate deliverance from the very presence of sin. God went out for the salvation of His people. Let me just remind us that even in the midst of corruption and sin and judgment, which we see going on in our world today, God is always working for the salvation of His people."

"God is sanctifying you. God is preparing you for eternity in His presence. God is always saving His people."

"In the second half of verse 13, we have the other side of the coin. Remember we said in the last session that judgment and salvation always go together in the Scripture? Begin to watch those parallel tracks as you read the Old and New Testaments. There’s judgment, and there’s salvation.
The first part of verse 13 is about the salvation of God, but there’s judgment in the second half: “You crushed the head of the house of the wicked, laying him bare from thigh to neck. Selah.” Stop and think about this verse. God is out for the salvation of His people, but God is also judging the wicked. “You crushed the head of the house of the wicked, laying him bare from thigh to neck.”"


"What a God. You went out for the salvation of Your people—we who deserve God’s wrath and His judgment. You had mercy on us. You also have promised, and You have illustrated in the past, that You can do it—that You will crush the head of the house of the wicked, laying him bare."

"The serpent bruised the Savior’s heel by causing Him to suffer. But who got the final blow? Jesus dealt that final, decisive blow to the serpent. And so we read in Romans 16, “The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you” (verse 20).
What a benediction! What a blessing! We live in this corrupt, fallen world, and we do spiritual warfare. We wage war not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers and wickedness and darkness in high places (Ephesians 6:12, paraphrased). You experience it in your life as you deal with temptation and sin."

" you can get really depressed unless you keep your eyes on the end of the story."
 


"That old serpent is still writhing and acting like he’s got some power, but he is defeated. And soon, in God’s time, in His way, He will crush Satan under our feet. We have victory. We live, walk, serve, love God, worship Him, and live on this planet from a position of victory over the evil one. We have victory over evil because God went out for the salvation of His people, and because He has promised to crush the head of the house of the wicked. I want to tell you, that’s good news! That’s the Gospel."