I. EXORDIUM:
Are you GOD lover or money lover?
II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:
Believers
III. OBJECTIVES:
To show that our love for GOD should be more than anything or anyone in this world
IV. TEXT:
Ecclesiastes 5:10-11 (Amplified Bible)
He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with gain. This also is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)!
When goods increase, they who eat them increase also. And what gain is there to their owner except to see them with his eyes?
V. THESIS:
Our love for GOD should be more than anything or anyone in this world
VI. TITLE:
Money lovers
VII. EXPLICATION:
A. Name: means Koheleth in Hebrew Bible or rendered as Preacher
B. Author: uncertain, but the experiences cited here are related to King Solomon
C. Date written: probably around 935 B.C.
D. Purpose: To report author's finding for ultimate meaning in life.
E. Audience: young people
F. Main theme: Life without GOD leads to emptiness, futility, and lack of significant meaning
G. Key words: "vanity" and "under the sun"
H. Key verse: Ecclesiastes 12:13 (Amplified Bible)
All has been heard; the end of the matter is: Fear God [revere and worship Him, knowing that He is] and keep His commandments, for this is the whole of man [the full, original purpose of his creation, the object of God’s providence, the root of character, the foundation of all happiness, the adjustment to all inharmonious circumstances and conditions under the sun] and the whole [duty] for every man.
VIII. MAIN BODY:
A. Money lovers has not enough and never satisfied
"He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with gain"
1. They are not satisfied.
Ecclesiastes 6:7 (Amplified Bible)
All the labor of man is for his mouth [for self-preservation and enjoyment], and yet his desire is not satisfied.
Luke 15:14 (Amplified Bible)
And when he had spent all he had, a mighty famine came upon that country, and he began to fall behind and be in want.
Isaiah 55:2 (Amplified Bible)
Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your earnings for what does not satisfy? Hearken diligently to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness [the profuseness of spiritual joy].
1 Timothy 6:10 (Amplified Bible)
For the love of money is a root of all evils; it is through this craving that some have been led astray and have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves through with many acute [mental] pangs.
Reminders for us who love GOD:
Isaiah 65:13 (Amplified Bible)
Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, My servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, My servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, My servants shall rejoice, but you shall be put to shame.
If we love and desire GOD, GOD will be the One to feed us, give us drink, provide us entertainment and rejoicing.
B. Money lovers goods increases = consumers increases too
"When goods increase, they who eat them increase also"
Luke 12:16-31 (Amplified Bible)
Then He told them a parable, saying, The land of a rich man was fertile and yielded plentifully.
And he considered and debated within himself, What shall I do? I have no place [in which] to gather together my harvest.
And he said, I will do this: I will pull down my storehouses and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain or produce and my goods.
And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many good things laid up, [enough] for many years. Take your ease; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself merrily.
But God said to him, You fool! This very night they [the messengers of God] will demand your soul of you; and all the things that you have prepared, whose will they be?
So it is with the one who continues to lay up and hoard possessions for himself and is not rich [in his relation] to God [this is how he fares].
And [Jesus] said to His disciples, Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious and troubled [with cares] about your life, as to what you will [have to] eat; or about your body, as to what you will [have to] wear.
For life is more than food, and the body [more] than clothes.
Observe and consider the ravens; for they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn; and [yet] God feeds them. Of how much more worth are you than the birds!
And which of you by being overly anxious and troubled with cares can add a cubit to his stature or a moment [unit] of time to his age [the length of his life]?
If then you are not able to do such a little thing as that, why are you anxious and troubled with cares about the rest?
Consider the lilies, how they grow. They neither [wearily] toil nor spin nor weave; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory (his splendor and magnificence) was not arrayed like one of these.
But if God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today, and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you [people] of little faith?
And you, do not seek [by meditating and reasoning to inquire into] what you are to eat and what you are to drink; nor be of anxious (troubled) mind [unsettled, excited, worried, and in suspense];
For all the pagan world is [greedily] seeking these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
Only aim at and strive for and seek His kingdom, and all these things shall be supplied to you also.
C. Money lovers has no benefit but only his eyes feast
"And what gain is there to their owner except to see them with his eyes?"
James 5:3 (Amplified Bible)
Your gold and silver are completely rusted through, and their rust will be testimony against you and it will devour your flesh as if it were fire. You have heaped together treasure for the last days.
Wealth accumulators has their lust of the eyes craving for more.
Proverbs 27:20 (Amplified Bible)
Sheol (the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the place of destruction) are never satisfied; so [the lust of] the eyes of man is never satisfied.
1 John 2:16 (Amplified Bible)
For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh [craving for sensual gratification] and the lust of the eyes [greedy longings of the mind] and the pride of life [assurance in one’s own resources or in the stability of earthly things]—these do not come from the Father but are from the world [itself].
Psalms 39:6 (Amplified Bible)
Surely every man walks to and fro—like a shadow in a pantomime; surely for futility and emptiness he is in turmoil; each one heaps up riches, not knowing who will gather them.
Ezekiel 28:4 (Amplified Bible)
With your own wisdom and with your own understanding you have gotten you riches and power and have brought gold and silver into your treasuries;
Matthew 6:19 (Amplified Bible)
Do not gather and heap up and store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust and worm consume and destroy, and where thieves break through and steal.
IX. CONCLUSION:
Find your happiness and joy in GOD's Presence and GOD will satisfy your heart's desires.
Psalms 37:4 (Amplified Bible)
Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart.
Praise and Worship songs with lyrics:
http://gospelsubs.nabaza.com
Prayer Request Portal - Post your prayer request
http://pray4me.nabaza.info
Bible verse devotionals
http://bibleverse.nabaza.com/
Videos
http://videos.nabaza.com/
William Nabaza of
http://www.nabaza.com/
http://www.Nabaza.info/
http://www.nabaza.name
http://www.williamrnabaza.com/
http://www.williamnabaza.com/
http://www.1weblord.com/
http://www.namehost.biz/
http://www.vabes.net/
http://jobs.nabaza.com/
http://projects.nabaza.com
http://nabaza.ourtoolbar.com
http://j.gs/1hKN/
http://pray4me.nabaza.info
http://bibleverse.nabaza.com
http://1weblord.tradepub.com
http://nabaza.tradepub.com
http://twitmags.tradepub.com
http://williamnabaza.tradepub.com
http://williamrnabaza.tradepub.com
http://namehost-biz.tradepub.com
http://domainon-net.tradepub.com
http://weblord.pbworks.com/w/page/6301766/FrontPage
http://weblord.livehelpengine.com/login.php?err=1
http://www.softpedia.com/developer/Nabaza-35047.html
http://www.zazzle.com/ilocano
http://www.zazzle.com/arubub
http://zazzle.com/ThePhilippines
http://zazzle.com/Bibleverse
http://monitor.nabaza.com/
http://gospelsubs.nabaza.com/
http://videos.nabaza.com/
http://software.nabaza.com/
http://jobs.Nabaza.com http://Projects.Nabaza.com http://amaia.nabaza.net www.Nabaza.com www.Nabaza.org www.Namehost.biz http://videos.nabaza.com http://Pray4me.nabaza.info http://Nabaza.tradepub.com http://monitor.nabaza.com http://news.Nabaza.com http://dating.nabaza.net http://bibleverse.nabaza.net http://software.nabaza.com/ http://news.nabaza.com/ http://gospelsubs.nabaza.com/ http://videos.nabaza.com/ http://software.nabaza.com/ http://bibleverse.nabaza.com
install our toolbar:
http://nabaza.ourtoolbar.com/
See random supporters/advertisers:
http://j.gs/1hKN/
News you can use
William Nabaza < william@nabaza.com > of http://www.Nabaza.com
Customer Support:
Email: william[@]nabaza.com / support@nabaza.com
webpage: http://www.nabaza.com/
http://ask.williamrnabaza.com/ | http://support.nabaza.com/
http://nabaza.desk.com
http://helpdesk.nabaza.com
