A Free Gift For You
by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
It
seems that everything is going up in cost these days. Nothing comes
down; everything goes up — up — up. Wages too are going up, but not as
fast as the cost of living, for our dollars are decreasing in value all
the time. This is why former President Eisenhower suggested we begin
calling them dollarettes!
We
should thank God, though, that there is one thing that has never gone
up in price — the salvation of precious souls. No price was ever put on
this and none ever will be, for several good reasons:
- Because God is not impoverished; He does not need our money.
- Because if salvation could be bought, the rich would have an advantage over the poor.
- Salvation was fully paid for by God the Son on Calvary’s cross, and to charge one penny for it now would be to cast reflections on His finished work.
Even
in Old Testament times God made it clear that sacrifices and good works
could not buy His favor. In Isa. 55:1-3, the prophet cried:
“Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.“Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto Me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.“Incline your ear, and come unto Me: Hear, and your soul shall live…”
Centuries
later, after “the gospel of the grace of God” had been committed to
Paul, he offered even better things to those who were willing to accept
them. He declared that believers in Christ are…
“Justified freely by [God’s] grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Rom. 3:24).“For the wages of sin is death, but the [free] gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Rom. 6:23).“In whom we have redemption, through His blood, the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace” (Eph. 1:7).
Les Feldick Daily
Les Feldick Ministries30706 W. Lona Valley Rd.
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