Bible Discussion Thread

I am trying to find the Psalm verse to give the word for free and charge not.

Not sure where to find it in the Psalms, but here is a verse in relation to your question:

1Corinthians 9:18(NKJV)

"What is my reward then? Verily, that when I preach the gospel, I make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel."

Not sure where to find it in the Psalms, but here is a verse in relation to your question:

1Corinthians 9:18(NKJV)

"What is my reward then? Verily, that when I preach the gospel, I make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel."

The words "Usury" & "leasing" mean to make money from additional fees like "interest rates" additional profit from the person "giving" usury is "unusualy high rates" Leasing also meaning lying, falsehood.

Exodus 22:25, Leviticus 25:35-43, Deuteronomy 23:19, Ezekiel 22:12,29,

Psalms 15:5, Proverbs 28:2,

Ezekiel 18,

Hopefully these are helpful also

Paul,

I do not know of verse in Psalms that says that, but in 1 Corinthians 9:16-18, the apostle Paul touches on this. In Verse 17, he says, "For if I do this thing willingly, (that is, voluntarily), I have (Present Tense), a reward:

There are many pastors and ministers that would probably disagree with this, but if they voluntarily and willingly wanted to be in ministry, and they get a paycheck for it, that would be their reward!

In Verse 18, he says what is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, so that I abuse not my authority in the gospel.

There are many people in the ministry that need to be challenged, especially those on the television that continuously say we need more money. I am often tempted to call in and tell these ministers to go out and get a job. Most of these ministers are pulling in a minimum $150,000 dollars a year, some much more, and their ministry is running out of money?

Well, I say go get a job! If you do that, your ministry saves $150,000, and you just continue to preach the gospel. If you're running out of money, go and sell one of your multi-million dollar homes or your private jet and use that money where it needs to be used, not on yourself.

But you know, that doesn't go over too well with these ministers! I have to wonder what their response would be if you were to ask them to preach the gospel free of charge, as Paul did.

Could it be you're thinking of Matthew 10:8? "Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give."

I checked in my Bible to see if there were any cross reference to a psalm, and there wasn't.

Hoping this helps!

Blessings!