I. EXORDIUM:
Do you desire gold, perfumes and precious stones? Our delight must be the LORD only.
Psalms 37:4 (Amplified Bible)
37:4 Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart.
II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:
Believers
III. OBJECTIVES:
To show that our desire should not be gold, perfumes and precious stones but the LORD.
IV. TEXT:
Genesis 2:12 (Contemporary English Version)
where pure gold, rare perfumes, and precious stones are found.
V. THESIS:
Praise, worship and thank You very much LORD JESUS for You are the Source of all wealth, the Blessor and the blessing of the LORD that made us rich, we invest our gold in Your Storehouse and You always adorn us with victory.
VI. TITLE:
Outside of paradise
VII. EXPLICATION:
A. Author: Moses (commonly accepted)
B. Date written: 1450 - 1410 B.C.
C. Purpose: The book of Origins
D. To whom written: People of Israel
E. Main theme: Man's sin and the initial steps taken for his redemption by a divine covenant made with a chosen race whose early history is here portrayed.—Thompson Chain - Bible Book Outlines
F. Keyword: Beginning
G. Key verse: First Messianic Promise,—Genesis 3:15.—Thompson Chain - Bible Book Outlines
Genesis 3:15 (Amplified Bible)
3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her Offspring; He will bruise and tread your head underfoot, and you will lie in wait and bruise His heel.
VIII. MAIN BODY:
These three things are outside of Eden (paradise) and in the land of Havilah.
Genesis 2:11 (Amplified Bible)
2:11 The first is named Pishon; it is the one flowing around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
A. Gold
Gold or "zahab" in Hebrew meaning:
1. shimmer - to glean, to glisten
2. something yellow: oil, clear sky, fair weather
The bible is clear that it's not only gold but good gold. Nowadays, gold signifies the currency or riches of any person. Currency or money is not in Heaven neither in Eden, the paradise of GOD. What this world desires is undesirable with GOD. Because we are GOD's good gold.
Zechariah 14:14 (Amplified Bible)
14:14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the nations round about shall be gathered together—gold and silver and apparel in great abundance.
Malachi 3:3 (Amplified Bible)
3:3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and He will purify the priests, the sons of Levi, and refine them like gold and silver, that they may offer to the Lord offerings in righteousness.
Revelation 9:20 (Amplified Bible)
9:20 And the rest of humanity who were not killed by these plagues even then did not repent of [the worship of] the works of their [own] hands, so as to cease paying homage to the demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor move.
Psalms 115:4 (Amplified Bible)
115:4 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
If we are GOD's gold, then our gold here on earth is wisdom and knowledge.
Proverbs 3:14 (Amplified Bible)
3:14 For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, and the profit of it better than fine gold.
Proverbs 8:10 (Amplified Bible)
8:10 Receive my instruction in preference to [striving for] silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold,
Proverbs 16:16 (Amplified Bible)
16:16 How much better it is to get skillful and godly Wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
Proverbs 20:15 (Amplified Bible)
20:15 There is gold, and a multitude of pearls, but the lips of knowledge are a vase of preciousness [the most precious of all].
Proverbs 22:1 (Amplified Bible)
22:1 A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.
Before I thought if I have all the gold in this world, I would be happy and satisfied but think again what King Solomon, the richest king on earth at his time has to say.
Ecclesiastes 2:9-11 (Amplified Bible)
2:9 So I became great and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me and stood by me.
2:10 And whatever my eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any pleasure, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor, and this was my portion and reward for all my toil.
2:11 Then I looked on all that my hands had done and the labor I had spent in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after the wind and a feeding on it, and there was no profit under the sun.
Go to the LORD who owns them and He will give you lots of it.
Haggai 2:8 (Amplified Bible)
2:8 The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine, says the Lord of hosts.
Psalms 52:7 (Amplified Bible)
52:7 See, this is the man who made not God his strength (his stronghold and high tower) but trusted in and confidently relied on the abundance of his riches, seeking refuge and security for himself through his wickedness.
Proverbs 11:28 (Amplified Bible)
11:28 He who leans on, trusts in, and is confident in his riches shall fall, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall flourish like a green bough.
Where we invest our gold, is our treasure, invest your gold in GOD's storehouse - the Church.
Matthew 6:20-21 (Amplified Bible)
6:20 But gather and heap up and store for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust nor worm consume and destroy, and where thieves do not break through and steal;
6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
1 Timothy 6:10 (Amplified Bible)
6:10 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.
Hebrews 13:5 (Amplified Bible)
13:5 Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions] and be satisfied with your present [circumstances and with what you have]; for He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!]
B. Rare perfumes
Bdellium or "bedolach" in Hebrew meaning:
1. bdellium, a fragrant gum
2. Bdellium is a transparent aromatic gum. (Source: Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge)
Only GOD deserves to wear perfumes. That's why JESUS CHRIST promoted the woman who poured perfume on Him.
Exodus 30:32-38 (Amplified Bible)
30:32 It shall not be poured upon a layman’s body, nor shall you make any other like it in composition; it is holy, and you shall hold it sacred.
30:33 Whoever compounds any like it or puts any of it upon an outsider shall be cut off from his people.
30:34 Then the Lord said to Moses, Take sweet spices—stacte, onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense, an equal amount of each—
30:35 And make of them incense, a perfume after the perfumer’s art, seasoned with salt and mixed, pure and sacred.
30:36 You shall beat some of it very small and put some of it before the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you; it shall be to you most holy.
30:37 And the incense which you shall make according to its composition you shall not make for yourselves; it shall be to you holy to the Lord.
30:38 Whoever makes any like it for perfume shall be cut off from his people.
Exodus 30:25 (Amplified Bible)
30:25 And you shall make of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer; it shall be a sacred anointing oil.
Exodus 30:35 (Amplified Bible)
30:35 And make of them incense, a perfume after the perfumer’s art, seasoned with salt and mixed, pure and sacred.
Matthew 26:7-9 (Amplified Bible)
26:7 A woman came up to Him with an alabaster flask of very precious perfume, and she poured it on His head as He reclined at table.
26:8 And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, For what purpose is all this waste?
26:9 For this perfume might have been sold for a large sum and the money given to the poor.
Matthew 26:12 (Amplified Bible)
26:12 In pouring this perfume on My body she has done something to prepare Me for My burial.
Nowadays, perfume rejoices the heart, compared to a friend's counsel.
Proverbs 27:9 (Amplified Bible)
27:9 Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; so does the sweetness of a friend’s counsel that comes from the heart.
Yes, you may use perfume from time to time but don't bathe it in luxury. Use perfume when fasting.
Ecclesiastes 7:1 (Amplified Bible)
7:1 A GOOD name is better than precious perfume, and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.
Matthew 6:17 (Amplified Bible)
6:17 But when you fast, perfume your head and wash your face,
C. Precious stones
Onyx or "shoham" in Hebrew meaning:
1. a gem
2. to blanch - to whiten; to take out the color, and make white; to obliterate.
The onyx is a precious stone, so called from a Greek word signifying a man's nail, to the colour of which it nearly approaches. (Source: Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge)
Daniel 11:38 (Amplified Bible)
11:38 But in their place he shall honor the god of fortresses; a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honor with gold and silver, with precious stones, and with pleasant and expensive things.
IX. CONCLUSION:
These all three things: gold, perfumes and precious stones can only be bought by money but if you can't afford it, remember GOD adorns us with victory for free.
Psalms 149:4 (Amplified Bible)
149:4 For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation and adorn the wretched with victory.
1 Timothy 2:9 (Amplified Bible)
2:9 Also [I desire] that women should adorn themselves modestly and appropriately and sensibly in seemly apparel, not with [elaborate] hair arrangement or gold or pearls or expensive clothing,
Proverbs 1:8-9 (Amplified Bible)
1:8 My son, hear the instruction of your father; reject not nor forsake the teaching of your mother.
1:9 For they are a [victor’s] chaplet (garland) of grace upon your head and chains and pendants [of gold worn by kings] for your neck.
Praise, worship and thank You very much LORD JESUS for You are the Source of all wealth, the Blessor and the blessing of the LORD that made us rich, we invest our gold in Your Storehouse and You always adorn us with victory.
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