Cost? I thought it was free. What about the “Romans road to salvation”? Doesn’t Romans 6:23 say that
the gift of life is free? Aren’t we
continually reminded in sermon after sermon that everything is “on the
house”? Romans 4, verses 4 and 5, plainly state that our salvation
cannot be based on works but on God’s grace. Some will say there’s a big
difference between salvation and discipleship. But that is heresy! A
disciple is a follower. It is required for salvation that we follow
Christ. Christ told the rich young ruler to sell everything he had and
give it to the poor, and come, follow Him for eternal life, the very
thing the young man had come to Jesus for. A dispensationalist may say
that this requirement was pre-cross, but we see from dispensationalism
that they wish to remain covetous and keep their cake. No, there is only
one way to salvation. If a person seeks to save his life, he will lose
it. If he loses his life for the sake of Jesus and his gospel, he will
inherit eternal life. Free, in the sense that we cannot work our way to
heaven. Expensive in that we must join Christ in his death.
- Chris Simonson
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