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Old 05-11-2010, 12:30 PM
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Re: Salvation: easy or hard?

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Originally Posted by TheLegalist View Post
Salvation comes at a cost and is purchased!
some notes in the margin of my Bible near Romans 6:23 which says:
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus "Christ our Lord."

Salvation is
a gift to receive
not
a goal to achieve

Gift --something that is voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation. It must be accepted --voluntarily received-- not forced on the recipient. Voluntarily given and voluntarily received

If you go to hell, you pay your own way; but you go to Heaven on a pass. John R. Rice

A note near Jeremiah 31
The New Covenant is a "gift certificate" for salvation.
The merchandise is not free.
Someone paid the price.
We just go to the store and claim the purchased item.
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