“Thanks be to God for His unspeakable free gift!” (2Corinthians 9:15)
What matters about a gift is what it is, how it is presented, and who gives it. Imagine then how amazing, indeed “unspeakable,” when the Giver is God Himself, the Gift is the Lord Jesus Christ, and it is wrapped with a Love that is “so amazing, so divine!”
But we must notice that this “free gift” is not without price. It is given to us freely, by grace, but the price has been paid! “For God so loved the world that He GAVE His only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).
When God gave His Son, He gave Him to die for us: “God commends His love to us, in that, we being still sinners, Christ has died for us” (Romans 5:8). He died, on that cross of Calvary, in order to give us life and to pay the penalty of our sins, which is eternal judgment in hell: “In this the love of God has been manifested in us, because God has sent His only begotten Son into the world that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be a propitiation for our sins” (1John 4:9-10). Praised be God for His free gift!
When God gave His Son, He gave Him to die for us: “God commends His love to us, in that, we being still sinners, Christ has died for us” (Romans 5:8). He died, on that cross of Calvary, in order to give us life and to pay the penalty of our sins, which is eternal judgment in hell: “In this the love of God has been manifested in us, because God has sent His only begotten Son into the world that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be a propitiation for our sins” (1John 4:9-10). Praised be God for His free gift!
All we need to do is ACCEPT this “unspeakable free gift” of God. You cannot buy it by doing some good works of your own, my dear reader! It is already paid for, and the price was quite high, was actually too high for anyone to pay. The price was the “precious blood of Christ” (1Peter 1:19), that is His life which He gave for you and me. There is nothing left for you to do to earn God's great salvation. All you ought to do is BELIEVE! Listen, “He that believes in Him is not judged, but he who does not believe has been already judged, because he has not believed in the name of the only-begotten Son of God” (John 3:18).
Dear reader, for your own ultimate good, I urge you to accept this amazing free gift now, and before it is too late! I encourage you to believe in the Lord Jesus and in the perfect work He accomplished FOR YOU on the cross! If you believe and accept, you will be saved!
