what is so scary about free grace? and is it really free?
I just finished a book that I recommend called “The Prodigal God” by Tim Keller, and something that rally grabbed me (actually there was a ton that grabbed me but I want to highlight this.) On page 120-121 he tells a story about a woman at his church that learned that we are accepted by God by grace alone, nothing we have done or can do can earn it. Her response was “That is a scary idea! Oh, its good scary, but still scary.” When questioned why or how it was scary her response was:
If I was saved by my good works-then there would be a limit to what God could ask of me or put me through. I would be like a taxpayer with rights. I would have done my duty and now I would deserve a certain quality of life. But if it is really true that I am a sinner saved by sheer grace-at God’s infinite cost-then there’s nothing he can’t ask of me.
Grace is not free, instead, it has an infinite cost that has already been paid in full.
