The link above tells the story of two guys who broke into a store and tried to steal things. Nothing noteworthy there until you realize that the store they broke into was called the Free Store. Everything in the store is free. The guys could have come when it was open and just taken the stuff legally. Pretty dumb. No surprise that the guys were drunk.
It made me think of a lot of people in this world. God tells us that none of us are good enough to go to heaven on our own. Instead, Christ paid our debt and our trip to heaven is now free. Christ has paid our way and all we have to do is show up and accept that free gift of grace. Many of us, though, think that we should try to earn it anyway. We work hard to be good and do things that hopefully will get us into heaven. We try to earn or buy that which is already free.
Salvation cannot be bought, earned, or stolen. It is free. At the Free Store, people pay to drop things off and then the recipients can just pick it up. In the same way, Christ paid to drop off salvation and all we have to do is just pick it up.
