A Free Gift From God

Rom. 6:23  For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Whenever we see a free gift offered in the newspaper or on television, we are wary and automatically become suspicious.  Because, in most cases, there are actually strings attached to it.  There are terms and conditions that we must meet in order to receive it.  So, the "free gift" is really neither free nor is it a gift after all.  We had to earn it and we deserve it.  Just like our paycheck or wages.  Wages are earned, gifts are given.

One man's (Adam) sin (Rom. 6:18) earned us death, condemnation and eternal separation from God.  But another man's (Jesus) righteous act gave us the free gift of eternal life with God, something we could never earn.  The free gift came to all men!

Being created with free will, we can choose our eternal destination.  We can choose to deny Christ and thereby accept the consequences (wages) we deserve (have earned) or we can, by faith in Christ, receive the gracious, merciful, undeserved and unearned free gift of eternal life.  No strings attached.  It seems like a no-brainer to me.  Life and death have been set before us (Dt. 30:19).  Therefore, choose life, the free gift from God.


Sock Monkey Snippet:  Eternal life is God's free gift to us.