Blessings For Free
Jos 24:13 'I have given you a land for which you did not labor, and cities which you did not build, and you dwell in them; you eat of the vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant.'
Israel enjoyed God's blessings without breaking a sweat. It was all given for free. They did not earn it. They did not labor for it. They did not build it. They did not plant it. All were freely theirs for the taking.
You see, God can give blessings for free. It should not surprise us therefore that He can offer the blessing of salvation for free as well. He has been doing it to people who trust in Christ and what He did on the cross for salvation ever since. Look:
Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
9 NOT OF WORKS, lest anyone should boast.
2Ti 1:9 who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, NOT ACCORDING TO OUR WORKS, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began,
Tit 3:5 NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH WE HAVE DONE, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
Ro 4:5 But to him who does NOT WORK but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness,
Ro 3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith APART FROM THE DEEDS OF THE LAW.
