Jesus Paid Our Bill

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich. 2 Corinthians 8:9

D.L. MOODY
Men talk about grace but, as a rule, they know very little about it. Let a businessman go to a banker’s to borrow a few hundred dollars for 60 or 90 days. The banks give what they call “three days’ grace” after the 60 or 90 days, but they will make the borrower pay interest on the money during these three days, and if he does not return principal and interest at the appointed time, they will sell his goods; they will perhaps turn him out of his house and take the last piece of furniture in his possession.
That is not grace at all, but that fairly illustrates man’s idea of it. Grace not only frees from payment of the interest, but of the principal also. The grace of God frees us from the penalty of our sin without any payment on our part. Christ has paid the debt and all we have to do is to believe on Him for our salvation.

ERWIN LUTZER
“Jesus paid it all; all to him I owe. Sin had left a crimson stain; He washed it white as snow.”3 Paul says in Romans 3 that we are all sinners before God. There is nothing we can do about it, and our very attempt to do something only makes it worse. We are alive physically but spiritually, apart from Christ, we are dead. “But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved” (Ephesians 2:4).
When we come to Christ, we bring nothing except our sin. We don’t come to Christ saying, “If I got serious about this, I could take care of it. But I need Your assistance.” No. You come blind and helpless. Have you invited Christ to cleanse your heart and open your spiritual eyes?

PRAYER
Father, let me praise you for the gift of salvation and paying our debt. Help me to constantly rejoice in your grace toward me.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS
How might you be trying to help the Lord save you?

What amazes you most about God’s grace toward you?