Ten million dollars is a lot of money. It will buy comfort—luxury—all the trappings of “the good life.” Now there is an offer that goes far beyond mere material possessions. A small island nation in the Indian Ocean, the Republic of the Seychelles, has offered, in exchange for ten million dollars, to give “immunity from all criminal proceedings whatsoever”!
Think of it! It offers a haven for international criminals, a refuge from extradition to face trial for whatever they may be guilty of—embezzlement, smuggling, terrorism—provided, of course, that they have the ten million.
For lesser criminals without the necessary ten million—nothing. Let the law take its course. Let the guilty pay the penalty. Only the magic ten million dollars can purchase immunity.
What a contrast to God’s offer! The very poorest is invited and is welcome and will receive “immunity” from all the guilt of sin. “To the poor the gospel is preached.” In fact, ten million—or a hundred million—cannot purchase God’s pardon for sin. It is offered “without money and without price,” and it is for “whosoever will.”
Nothing on earth is sufficient to purchase that free gift of eternal life—nothing one can give, nothing one can do. Salvation is a gift; it is free and it is given only to those who believe, who accept, who receive. “The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:2323For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23)).
You say you must “see life”?
You must have pleasure?
Does your weary heart long for rest?