Monday, September 12, 2005
How Free Is Salvation?
Blogcorner Preacher took a well earned swipe at a preacher that was working just a little too hard at making a buck over the weekend. He quotes that church leader as saying, "Salvation is not free," and then counters this way
Ahh, "the church business." To be sure, we can't keep a roof over our congregation's heads without money. But here's the thing, my money-grubbing friend: salvation is, precisely, free. It is a gift from God. It can not be bought.Indeed, we cannot purchase salvation. Indeed it is a gift to us, but it is far from free -- that gift was purchased by another with the most precious blood of God Himself incarnate. A gift is not "free," someone other than the receipient simply bears the cost. The price for salvation is completely beyond our means, but it is most assuredly not "free."
