A miner came to British pastor and author G. Campbell Morgan at the close of a service and said, "I'd give anything to believe that GOD would forgive my sins. But I just can't accept the idea that all I have to do is trust Him. It's too cheap."

Morgan asked, "Have you been working today?"

"Yes, I was down in the pit."

"Did you pay to get back out?"

"Of course not!" the miner replied. "It didn't cost me anything. I just got in the cage and was pulled to the top."

"Weren't you afraid to trust yourself to that cage? Wasn't it too cheap?"

"Oh, no. The ride was free. But the company paid a lot of money to sink the shaft and make it safe."

Suddenly the truth dawned on the miner. He saw that salvation was free, but he also realized that it had cost the Son of God a tremendous price to come down from heaven and rescue fallen man.

In Luke 22, we get a faint glimpse of the agony that swept over Christ as He prayed in the garden. Looking ahead to the cross, He saw the terrible physical and spiritual suffering He would endure in dying for our sin.

Let's never forget that our salvation, though free, was purchased at infinite cost.

Paul R. Van Gorder