Free Is Not Cheap

 

 

This is a call to distinguish

Between free and cheap

And as you read this poem

Take note of what I speak.

 

To move out stock quickly

Stores may put on sales

And the prices are so reduced

That such seldom fails.

 

The items are not cheap

But the prices now reduced,

Patrons rush to buy them up

Having become induced.

 

Cheap relates to value

Or better still, little or none,

There’s little worth in the item

And from it most patrons run.

 

Such is often given away

Since very few want to buy,

Only the poor and destitute

Would dare to give it a try.

 

An item might be expensive

But is given to another,

To that one it becomes a gift

But that’s a different matter.

 

“Cheap things are no good

And good things are not cheap”,

A caution to the buyer

That is looking for a treat.

 

In the long run it is costly

When we buy something cheap,

It seldom gets the job done

And is more “trick than treat”.

 

This is the devil’s brand

And is very easy to acquire,

At first it may appear to work

But in the long term it is fire.

 

Let me however introduce you

To a free but costly gift,

Sounds somewhat contradictory

But in a minute you’ll get my drift.

 

 

The glorious gift of salvation

Does not cost us a single cent,

It is free to the born again believer

And that is God’s intent.

 

However it cost Christ his life

His precious poured out blood,

It is he that purchased our salvation

He is the only one that could.

 

It is free to every sinner

But certainly it is not cheap

For had salvation been a cost to us

That would be infinitely steep.

 

Eternal life is offered to all

That is the value of God’s gift,

That life is hid in Christ His Son

By now you’ve gotten my drift.

 

Why buy bread that is not bread

And wine that is not wine?

Instead accept the offer of the Saviour

To come unto him and dine.

 

Free but certainly not cheap

And of eternal merit,

Guaranteed By God the Father

The Son and Holy Spirit.

 

God gave all He could

The Lord Jesus shed his blood,

Why not accept the priceless offer?

I really think you should.

 

 

For salvation is free not cheap

It cost Almighty God His all,

In Jesus Christ He gave Himself

Won’t you respond to his call?

 

Stewart Russell © August 2018