---FREE, BUT NOT CHEAP ~~

---“I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
--(Mark 10:15 / NIV) --

---God could have made becoming a disciple extraordinarily difficult. He could have made it so that only one percent of us would have the intellectual capacity to grasp it. A God who has the precision to put the Earth in its orbit around the sun, where the minutest variation would make life impossible on our planet, could have made the pursuit of Him—the pathway of discipleship—almost unknowable. He could have made it a complex mathematical equation that you’d spend your whole life studying just to begin to understand it. But God’s not like that. It’s not that He isn’t all-knowing and all-powerful; it’s that in order to help you and me, He has made the pathway simple.
Romans 1:19-20 says that He has clearly revealed His power and glory in His creation so that every person can see Him and know Him. Following God is more about the condition of our hearts and minds and our intent. Nobody who seeks Him will miss Him. No one who truly wants to be a part of the Kingdom of God will be left out.

**THINK ABOUT IT**
A child cannot secure his own well-being by his own efforts. He depends on and trusts the parent to do this for him. God invites you to say, “My best efforts fall short. I can’t do this on my own.” He stands ready to extend His help to you. The 'choice' is up to you. Our Lord never forces Himself on anyone. Yes, GOD IS LOVE. It would not be love if He forced himself on us.
--"It is by grace you have been saved. through faith--and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast."
-----(Ephesians 2:8-10)

**PRAYER**
--"Heavenly Father, salvation from sin and reconciliation to You may be free, but it is not cheap. It cost You a great deal. Thank You that what I cannot do for myself, You have made possible through the Cross of Your Son, Jesus. Thank You, LORD, that my sin-debt has been paid in full, by Jesus' death on the Cross. I accept His gift and ask You to help me live for You. In His name, I pray. Amen.
Blessings,
Pastor Allen Jackson
[**Friend, there are many 'churches' [denominations], that tell you in order to be saved you must join their church. You must memorize their books (of justification, etc.), you must be baptized, you must work and do many good deeds. You must 'go on missions' to other countries. Yes, those are good things. But Jesus never ordered us to do all those things. His death on the Cross was our payment for our sins. We accept His 'free gift' and He will lead us in knowing how to serve Him. Because we love Him, we will want to tell others about His great love for them. Keep on praying, "Even so, Come Lord Jesus." And, yes, as He leads, tell others of His great love for them. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved."
"If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved:
"For with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
"Whoever will call on the Name of the LORD will be saved." --(Romans 10:9,10,13) -- ]