12/08/2026
THE GOSPEL IS NOT FOR SALE...!!!
MINISTRIES THAT PLACE PRAYERS,
ANOINTING, OR SPIRITUAL
GROWTH BEHIND
PAYWALLS
CONTRADICT THE
FOUNDATIONAL NATURE OF GRACE.
Scripture Examples:
After this He went down to Capernaum,
He, His mother, His brothers, and His disciples; and they did not stay there many days.
Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business. When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers money and overturned the tables.
And He said to those who sold doves,
TAKE THESE THINGS AWAY!
DO NOT MAKE MY
FATHER'S
HOUSE
A
HOUSE OF MERCHANDISE!
Then His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up. John 2:12-17.
AND THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME
TO ME, SAYING, SON OF MAN,
PROPHESY AGAINST THE
SHEPHERDS OF ISRAEL,
PROPHESY AND SAY
TO THEM, THUS
SAYS THE
LORD GOD TO THE SHEPHERDS;
WOE TO THE SHEPHERDS OF ISRAEL
WHO FEED THEMSELVES! SHOULD NOT
THE SHEPHERDS FEED THE FLOCKS?
YOU EAT THE FAT AND CLOTHE
YOURSELVES WITH THE WOOL;
YOU SLAUGHTER THE
FATLINGS, BUT YOU
DO NOT FEED
THE FLOCK.
Ezek. 34:1-3.
THE GOSPEL IS NOT FOR SALE. ...
SOME INDEED PREACH CHRIST EVEN
FROM ENVY AND STRIFE, AND SOME
ALSO FROM GOODWILL.
THE FORMER PREACH
CHRIST FROM
SELFISH AMBITION,
NOT SINCERELY, SUPPOSING
TO ADD AFFLICTION TO MY CHAINS;
BUT THE LATTER OUT OF LOVE,
KNOWING THAT I AM
APPOINTED FOR
THE DEFENSE
OF THE GOSPEL.
Philipp. 1:15-17.
THE GOSPEL IS NOT FOR SALE. ...
THEREFORE,
JESUS
SAID,
HEAL THE SICK, CLEANSE THE LEPERS,
RAISE THE DEAD, CAST OUT DEMONS.
FREELY YOU HAVE RECEIVED,
FREELY GIVE.
Matt. 10:8.
Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you? And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver.
Matt. 26:14-15.
FOR WE ARE NOT, AS SO MANY,
PEDDLING THE WORD OF GOD;
BUT AS OF SINCERITY, BUT AS
FROM GOD, WE SPEAK IN THE
SIGHT OF GOD IN CHRIST.
2Corinth.2:17.
But there was a certain man called Simon
who previously practiced sorcery in the
city and Astonished the people of
Samaria, claiming that he was
someone great:
AND WHEN SIMON SAW THAT
THROUGH THE LAYING ON OF THE
APOSTLES HANDS THE HOLY SPIRIT
WAS GIVEN, HE OFFERED THEM MONEY
SAYING, GIVE ME THIS POWER ALSO,
THAT ANYONE ON WHOM I LAY
HANDS MAY RECEIVE THE
HOLY SPIRIT.
BUT
PETER SAID TO HIM,
YOUR MONEY PERISH WITH YOU,
BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT THAT THE
GIFT OF GOD COULD BE PURCHASED
WITH MONEY. Acts 8:18-20.
THE GOSPEL IS NOT FOR SALE. ...
Then Daniel was brought in before the
king, The king spoke, and said to
Daniel, I have heard of you,
that the Spirit of God
is in you, and that
Light and
Understanding
and Excellent Wisdom
are found in you, and that
you can give interpretations
and explain enigmas. Now if you
can read the writing and make known
to me it's interpretation, you shall be
clothed with purple and have a chain of
gold around your neck, and shall be the
third ruler in the kingdom.
THEN DANIEL ANSWERED, AND SAID
BEFORE THE KING,
LET YOUR GIFTS BE FOR YOURSELF,
AND GIVE YOUR REWARDS TO
ANOTHER; YET I WILL READ
THE WRITING TO THE
KING, AND MAKE
KNOWN TO
HIM THE
INTERPRETATION.
Daniel 5:17.
Conclusions:
THE GOSPEL IS NOT FOR SALE. ...
FOR BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED
THROUGH FAITH, AND THAT NOT OF
YOURSELVES; IT IS THE GIFT OF
GOD, NOT OF WORKS, LEST
ANYONE SHOULD
BOAST.
Ephes. 2:8-9.
The Gospel Is Free But Not Cheap:
FOR YOU WERE BOUGHT AT A PRICE;
THEREFORE GLORIFY GOD IN YOUR
BODY AND IN YOUR SPIRIT,
WHICH ARE GOD'S.
1Corinth. 6:20.
KNOWING THAT YOU WERE NOT
REDEEMED WITH CORRUPTIBLE
THINGS, LIKE SILVER OR GOLD, FROM
YOUR AIMLESS CONDUCT RECEIVED BY
TRADITION FROM YOUR FATHERS, BUT
WITH THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF
CHRIST, AS OF A LAMB
WITHOUT BLEMISH
AND WITHOUT
SPOT.
1Pet.1:18-19.
For
( JESUS LOVES... US ) !!!