SALVATION is all free because the price has been paid. Yes, the price has been paid in full.
It has been paid by sufferings untold; by a life of weariness and toil; by rejection, persecution, and reproach; by Gethsemane’s bloody sweat, and Calvary’s dying cry; by the bleeding brow, and the broken heart; by the nail-pierced hands and feet, and the wounded side. It has been paid by darkness and by death. Christ lifted His brow to God saying, “I was crowned with thorns to pay the ransom for the lost.” He held to heaven his wounded hands and said, “I was nailed to die for sinners.” He showed His riven side, exclaiming, “I was pierced for the sins of others.” God gazed upon the weary face of Jesus, “marred more than any man’s,” for sin and sinners; He saw His bleeding, broken heart; He heard the words of Jesus, “I have glorified Thee on the earth, I have finished the work Thou gavest me to do;” and God has said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” God has accepted what Christ has done for sinners; God rests in the finished work of Jesus.
There is nothing more to be said, there is nothing more to be done. Any sinner who rests upon the finished work of Jesus is saved. Christ has purchased salvation for us, and bestows it on all who will accept it as a free gift. Take a case. A man goes abroad, works hard for years, gets rich by constant toil, dies and leaves you all his property. He has worked, and all he has gained becomes yours if you will accept it. Now, Christ has worked for sinners; He has died, and He offers all the treasures of His love to any who will have them. Will you accept them?
Suppose hundreds of people in a city were starving, and I bought all the bread in the city, and paid for it; it would be mine, would it not? And I should have a right to give it to save any starving man or woman from perishing, should I not? “Yes,” you say, “you could do what you liked with your own.” Christ has purchased pardon and heaven for the sinner, and He has a right to offer you eternal life, and He does. He holds in His hand the gift of salvation, and any sinner who puts his trust in His promises will be saved now. “Salvation is of the Lord.” He has died that He might give life. He has the right to bestow it on any; He is waiting for you, feeling your need, to ask Him for a blessing. Will you do it new?