It seems that everything is going up in cost these days.Β We should thank God, though, that there is one thing that has never gone up in price β 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 Calvaryβs 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:
βHo, 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.
βWherefore 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.
βIncline your ear, and come unto Me: Hear, and your soul shall liveβ¦β
Centuries later, after βthe gospel of the grace of Godβ had been committed to Paul, he offered even better things to those who were willing to accept them. He declared that believers in Christ areβ¦
βJustified freely by [Godβs] grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesusβ (Rom.Β 3:24). source
