NOTHING is Free

There is no free. There just is no free. There is no free. There just is no free. If you receive something that you If you receive something that you If you receive something that you perceive at no cost, it comes to you perceive at no cost, it comes to you perceive at no cost, it comes to you freely, somebody else paid the cost. freely, somebody else paid the cost. freely, somebody else paid the cost. It's true with goods and services, it's It's true with goods and services, it's It's true with goods and services, it's true with success. true with success. true with success. If you succeed without sacrifice, If you succeed without sacrifice, If you succeed without sacrifice, somebody sacrificed so that you could somebody sacrificed so that you could somebody sacrificed so that you could have that success. have that success. have that success. Whether you're a conscious of it, aware Whether you're a conscious of it, aware Whether you're a conscious of it, aware of it, or not. There is no free, and I'm of it, or not. There is no free, and I'm of it, or not. There is no free, and I'm sure there is some biblically aware sure there is some biblically aware sure there is some biblically aware person that is thinking to themselves, person that is thinking to themselves, person that is thinking to themselves, "Well, what about the free gift of "Well, what about the free gift of "Well, what about the free gift of salvation?" Well, it's made available to salvation?" Well, it's made available to salvation?" Well, it's made available to you and to me at no cost, but it's you and to me at no cost, but it's you and to me at no cost, but it's absurd to think that it comes to us absurd to think that it comes to us absurd to think that it comes to us without cost. without cost. without cost. That free gift of salvation that's been That free gift of salvation that's been That free gift of salvation that's been extended to me by the grace of God extended to me by the grace of God extended to me by the grace of God through the person of Jesus through the person of Jesus through the person of Jesus >> [music] >> [music] >> [music] >> came at a horrible cost. Jesus willingly >> came at a horrible cost. Jesus willingly >> came at a horrible cost. Jesus willingly gave up his life so that you and I might gave up his life so that you and I might gave up his life so that you and I might have that free gift. What was the cost? have that free gift. What was the cost? have that free gift. What was the cost? Jesus' life. Jesus' life. Jesus' life. God offered his son. It's not free. God offered his son. It's not free. God offered his son. It's not free. There was a price paid. That's why you There was a price paid. That's why you There was a price paid. That's why you and I are gladly willing to honor Jesus and I are gladly willing to honor Jesus and I are gladly willing to honor Jesus as Lord and submit ourselves to his as Lord and submit ourselves to his as Lord and submit ourselves to his authority and his influence and his authority and his influence and his authority and his influence and his priorities, because what he's done for priorities, because what he's done for priorities, because what he's done for us is beyond imagination. So, we will us is beyond imagination. So, we will us is beyond imagination. So, we will lead lives of gratitude honoring Jesus' lead lives of gratitude honoring Jesus' lead lives of gratitude honoring Jesus' sacrifice and reject that spirit of the sacrifice and reject that spirit of the sacrifice and reject that spirit of the world that wants to cultivate in you world that wants to cultivate in you world that wants to cultivate in you envy and covetousness and envy and covetousness and envy and covetousness and dissatisfaction dissatisfaction dissatisfaction and frustration and hatred and and frustration and hatred and and frustration and hatred and resentment and a whole host of things

resentment and a whole host of things resentment and a whole host of things that will bring destruction to you that will bring destruction to you that will bring destruction to you body, soul, and spirit.