Free Gift

The Bible says in Romans 6:23, "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." 

The greatest offer ever made is the free gift of God, which is eternal life.  The fact that it is a gift signifies that no type of payment is required.  When Jesus Christ gave his life on Calvary's cross, he paid the full price for the salvation of every lost sinner.  God is not asking you to keep the commmandments, get baptized, go to church, and clean your life up so that you can be saved and have eternal life.  If God were to make you do those things, then eternal life would be a payment that you earned!  Paul said in Romans 4:4-5, "Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.  But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness." 

If you're in need of eternal life, the best news you'll ever hear is that it's a FREE GIFT!  You don't have to do anything except receive what the Son of God has done for you already.  On the cross the Lord cried, "It is finished" (John 19:30).  Salvation's work was finished on the cross, now we simply have to trust what Jesus did as the payment for our sins. 

With such a wonderful offer, you might be wondering how it is that so many people ignore and reject it.  Please understand, God will not force anyone to take this gift.  A sinner must willingly receive it.  This means that a sinner must first realize his or her true condition.  That is he or she is lost in sin.  As the apostle Paul said in Romans 3:23, "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God."  Because of his sinful condition, Paul tells us that an unsaved man is "...dead in trespasses and sins." (Ephesians 2:1)  A lost sinner might be alive in the flesh, but he is dead in his spirit.  That's why Jesus said, "Ye must be born again."  And again he said, "Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." (John 3:3,7)

Friend, Jesus came that we might have life and that we might have it more abundantly (John 10:10).  If you've never received the Lord Jesus Christ to be your personal Saviour, then you're lost, spiritually dead, and one day you will die in your sins (John 8:24).  If you do not repent and call upon the name of the Lord to save you, then you will spend an eternity in the lake of fire (Revelation 20:14,15; 21:8).  Today if you can hear the Lord speaking to your heart, harden not your heart!  The Bible says, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." (Romans 10:13) 

So many people fail to receive this free gift of eternal life because they never realize their great need for a Saviour.  If today you've realized your need and you want to accept the Lord Jesus Christ to be your personal Saviour, then all you must do is pray sincerely from your heart and ask him to give you this free gift.  Admit to him that you're on your way to hell, but that you'd like to change that.  Admit to him that you're not able to save yourself no matter how hard you try.  Tell him that you're going to put all of your faith in Him and Him alone for salvation.

If you've accepted God's free gift of salvation today or if you have any questions concerning this matter, please feel free to contact us.