Some Restrictions Apply. Sometimes you will see this in the fine print in an ad for an offer of a discounted or free item. It means that the offer is not quite as good as it seems. Free seldom means free in advertising. And there have always been those who feel like they need to add some restrictions to Christ's offer of salvation. Paul wrote the letter to the Colossian church to counter those who were teaching that there were actions that must be added to the free offer of grace. The things that were being added sounded reasonable and looked good, but they added conditions to salvation that were not from Jesus. When we do that, we are really saying that Jesus' sacrifice on Calvary wasn't enough, but with our help, we can make it enough. That's really pretty arrogant when you think about it that way. Paul's formula for the church goes something like this:
Christ + anything = nothing
Christ + nothing = everything!
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