We need to be often reminded that while God offers his grace to us for free, it did not come cheap. It cost our Savior dearly. I like how Randy Alcorn describes grace on page 29 of his book The Grace and Truth Paradox:

“Hounded by the Pharisees, betrayed by a friend, forsaken by His disciples, brutalized by police, beaten by His inquisitors, led in disgrace to a rigged trial.

“Arrogant men sitting in judgment over Him, crowing Him with thorns, mocking and disdaining. Beating Him without mercy, nailing Him to the cross, the worst of tortures, stretched out between thieves.

“Miserably thirsty, utterly forsaken by His Father for the first time, the picture of complete aloneness.

“Hell on earth! Not just one man’s hell, but the hell of billions. At any moment–in a millisecond–He could have called legions of angels to deliver Him and destroy His enemies. Instead, He bears forever the scars of sin, rebellion, mockery, and hatred…the scars of God’s Grace.”

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