Salvation is Free to all. All men are Sinners.
The Lord Invites all Sinners to come to Him, and Promises them Forgiveness.
Sinful man Cannot save Himself.
He can only be Saved by the Grace of God.
He can only partake of the Full Grace of God by Obeying the Gospel of Christ.
Obedience means to Keep the Commandments as well as to Believe.
The Bible Teaches no other way of Salvation.
SALVATION AND EDUCATION.
The Gospel which redeems from sin may be likened unto a course of education which redeems from ignorance. The two are so near alike that if we understand the one we may be able to understand the other. Sometimes wealthy men establish schools that are free to the public. All who desire to get an education are invited to receive it freely. It might be said that it is by the grace or kindness of these men that those who accept their offer are educated. But to receive the education they offer so freely one must comply with the rules of the school. He cannot enter unless he is willing to do so. After he has entered the pupil must obey the instructions given or he never will gain the education offered, although it is offered freely.
Salvation in the kingdom of heaven is very much the same. It is offered to all freely, but to receive it one must accept of the conditions upon which it is tendered; and he must gain it by obedience to the instructions of the Savior, who made salvation free to mankind.