An anxious woman, worried about her sins, came to the home of a preacher of the gospel one day to ask for help in finding peace of mind.
“I have prayed and read my Bible,” she said, “and gone to church regularly, yet I do not seem to be any nearer to God than I was before I began. What else can I do to get this salvation?”
Quietly the preacher replied, “Nothing.”
The woman was at first astonished, then disappointed. She sat in silence for a few moments, unable to speak, for she thought all hope was now gone for her.
The preacher, seeing her hopeless look, said: “Jesus did it all. And God is so well pleased with what He did that He sends you a title to eternal glory—for nothing.”
“It seems far too cheap!” exclaimed the woman.
“It cost God His Son, and Christ His blood,” was his reply.
At last she understood how God’s salvation is not earned by any effort of our own, but that we are bought with a great price. “Redeemed . . . with the precious blood of Christ.” And she found peace for her soul.
We are saved by simply believing and accepting the work which Christ has done for us on the cross. To the old question: “What must I do to be saved?” the answer is still: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved” (Acts 16:30-3130And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 31And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (Acts 16:30‑31)).