"That way of being saved is far too easy," said a young man to his Christian friend. "I just can't believe that all I need do is reach out and take salvation.”
For some time they walked on, talking of the all-important subject of their eternal destiny. Presently they came to a stone bridge which went over the railroad tracks. As they stood gazing down at the rails, the Christian said: "Do you remember when that tunnel was built? It took years, didn't it? It cost a mint of money too, and more than one man lost his life over the job. Since then you and I have often ridden through that tunnel. It is easy for us to get in a train and ride through; but it was pretty costly to make such a thing possible.
"So in the same way it wasn't easy to make it possible that you and I might be saved. It cost God the giving up of His Son; it cost the Savior the sufferings of Calvary, the bearing of our judgment, the going into death, in order that you and I might be eternally blessed. Oh, Robert, it wasn't easy for God! It was the hardest thing in all eternity. Yet how easy it is for you and me to trust the Savior!”
"I hadn't thought of it like that before," said his friend. Tears filled his eyes as the two friends went down on their knees on the stone bridge. Robert's heart overflowed with gratitude at this glimpse of Calvary, and he humbly owned his need of the cleansing blood of the Lamb.