Buy Without Money

Apostle Grace Lubega

Acts 8:18-19 (KJV): And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost. But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money…Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.

Sometimes bitterness in one’s spirit camouflages as a desire for the things of the Spirit.

Look at the case of Simon the sorcerer. He wanted the Holy Spirit but in his heart was bitterness.

It is a good thing to desire the things of God. It is good to want the anointing, the increase in ministry, the multiplication of the grace of revelation, the depth in the Word or the demonstration of the power of God.

However, when a Christian with the gall of bitterness lusts after spiritual things, he will always be indifferent to the principle by which we attract these things.

The principle is that we buy without money (Isaiah 55:1). And this is what Simon the sorcerer did not know.

Deeper than this, when we buy, we are NOT supposed to sell these things (Proverbs 23:23).

Buy truth and sell it not, but when you buy, it is without money.

When you attempt to buy the gift of God with money, it is inevitable that you will also sell it at a monetary price: prophecy will come at a price, healing will come at a price and the power of God demonstrated through you will come at a price.

But freely we have received and freely we must give! Hallelujah! (Matthew 10:8).

FURTHER STUDY: Isaiah 55:1, Proverbs 23:23

GOLDEN NUGGET:

When you attempt to buy the gift of God with money, it is inevitable that you will also sell it at a monetary price: prophecy will come at a price, healing will come at a price and the power of God demonstrated through you will come at a price.

PRAYER: My great God, I thank you for this word for today. I thank you for this priceless wisdom by which we hold as sacred the things of the Spirit. It is by this very knowledge that I learn never to play with the holy things, to keep the altar pure and to deeply respect the anointing. I receive what you have availed by faith and never sell it with money. This preserves me as a minister. In Jesus’ name. Amen.