Isaiah 55:1

Isaiah 55:1. Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

The description of gospel blessings grows sweeter as it advances. "Waters" first, "wine and milk" next, and still all "without money and without price." We preach no narrow salvation: we rejoice in the covenant of grace; it is the backbone of our theology, but the gospel hath wide arms, and a loud voice, and persuasive tones: "Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters." In Christ there is a full supply for all our necessities, -bread and water; yea, there are luxuries sufficient for our largest desires, -wine and milk, and he wants us to bring nothing in payment for them: "without money and without price." That is indeed free grace. Some people object to that expression, and say that it is tautology, for grace must be free; but we mean to keep on using it that all may know that grace is free, gratis, all for nothing.