In a college class about money I was taught that nothing is free. The phrase that they used is, "There is no such thing as a free lunch." Someone may give you a coupon for a free meal, but the person might have to buy the coupon. Maybe a friend would buy you lunch, but that friend would have to pay for it. Maybe the restaurant is having a big celebration, but even if the restaurant is giving out "free meals" someone is paying for that food and workers making the food (probably the restaurant's owner). Someone else has to pay for the food, so there is no such thing as a free lunch.
That word "free" (here in it's adverb form, freely) really stands out in this passage:
Romans 3:23-24New International Version (NIV)
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
Grace is completely free to us, but it came at a great cost to someone else. Because of the price Jesus paid on our behalf, we are all declared perfect in God's eyes through grace. Jesus paid it all.
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