Salvation Is Free – Just Come

-February 18, 2022-

Good morning, happy Friday,

“Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes, come buy wine and milk without money and without price.” Why do you spend your money for what is not bread, and your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance.”

(Isaiah 55:1-2).

Isaiah records the words of the Lord to His people Israel. Three times the Lord uses the word come. He says come to the waters, come buy and eat, and come buy wine and milk. The word come involves responding to an invitation. God wants only the best for His people. Salvation is free to us, though it cost Jesus everything on the cross. He suffered, bled, and died on the cross to pay our sin debt.

All the we must do is confess our sins, repent, believe in Him, and receive Him as our Lord and Savior. He simply tells us to come, respond to His invitation, and receive the gift of eternal life and be saved. God will never force anyone to come, but the door is open to all who will open the door of their hearts to Him. Revelation 3:20 says, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him, and dine with him, and he with Me.”

On several occasions Jesus said to come. In Matthew 11:28 He says, “Come to Me, all you labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” It also says in John 7:37-38, “On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, ‘If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, ‘out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’”

When we come, He comes to us; when we turn to Him, He takes forgives us and takes away our sins. Paul wrote, “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift (or the free gift) of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23). You don’t pay for a gift, you just have to accept it. In fact, you insult the giver but offering to pay for it. Sadly, so few take and open the gift.

There are very few things in life that are absolutely free; Most of the time there are strings attached. You have buy something else, or take some effort. With our salvation we just have to come to Jesus. He offers us not only salvation but an abundant life also. Here our text says, “And let your soul delight itself in abundance.” It is such a blessing: eternity in heaven with the Lord in the future and an abundant life here on earth in the present. Jesus said in John 10:10, “…I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.”

Let us come to Him and receive the gift of eternal life, and live the abundant life God intended for Adam and Eve to live before they sinned. He wants the very best for us. Will you come to Him today?

Have a blessed day coming to Jesus, being saved, and living the abundant life that He has for us. Stay safe and healthy.

In His love and grace,

Dean