Sell it not!

Due credit/blame is given to those quoted, otherwise this site and its content is, Copyrighted (c) 2009.  All rights reserved.

However, permission is hereby granted for the copying and duplication of this site and its content - under one condition:

Absolutely no financial charge may be made for the use of noblechitchat.com material at any time.  Nor should any constraint or obligation, real or implied, be placed upon any of its recipients.  

In 1st Corinthians, Chapter 9, Paul repeatedly makes some radical statements.  He maintains that he had the right to "live of the gospel". He goes to great pains to uphold this right and even defends its usage by the other apostles from the Law.

Nevertheless, he forsakes and repudiates this right, which he declares he had more right to invoke than the other apostles, and continued to work.

We endure all things so as not to be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ. v.12

I would rather die than make my preaching vain. v.15  

I am under compulsion to preach the gospel. v.16

I preach the gospel free of charge. v.18

So that I might become all things to all men. v.22

So that I might be a fellow partaker of the gospel. v.23

What was it that so constrained and inspired Paul?  It was not the innate nobility of his character (he was, after all, the self-confessed "chiefest of sinners"), nor was it his august responsibility as an apostle.  No!  It was the very message which he had been raised up to herald that seized him.  

"Buy the truth and     SELL IT NOT."  Proverbs 23:23.

The Lord Jesus Christ to the money changers, Matthew 21:13.  "My Father's house shall be called a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves."  So, precious heart, do not let yourself be caught in the exchange!

"And she's buying a stairway to heaven."  Led Zeppelin.

Financial Statement:

The cost of running this ministry is $30 a year. ($20 for the website and $10 to keep advertising banners from the site).

This is a declaration of the evangel so no donations can be accepted, thank you.  If you want to pass on a blessing find someone in your neighborhood. 

What do you think the gospel is worth?

The world says it is a rip-off.

The churches of Christendom say, "10%".

We say, "PRICELESS!"