Wife And Riches Of A King

I. EXORDIUM:

Is your riches the LORD, also the delight of your heart?

Yes.

Psalms 37:4 (Amplified Bible)

Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart.

Proverbs 10:22 (Amplified Bible)

The blessing of the Lord—it makes [truly] rich, and He adds no sorrow with it [neither does toiling increase it].

II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:

Believers/unbelievers

III. OBJECTIVES:

To show that we don't need to own large amount of property and huger number of wives to appreciate the blessing of the LORD. For the Blessor and the Blessing of the LORD is Only ONE - the LORD JESUS CHRIST Himself.

IV. TEXT:

Deuteronomy 17:17 (Amplified Bible)

And he shall not multiply wives to himself, that his [mind and] heart turn not away; neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

V. THESIS:

Praise, worship, glorify, adore, bless, honor, acknowledge and thank You very much LORD JESUS for You are the Treasured Pearl of Great Price hidden deep within my heart, where You are, there will I find myself as well.

VI. TITLE:

Wife and riches of a king

VII. EXPLICATION:

A. Name derived from: 2 Greek words: "deuteros" meaning second and "nomos" meaning law.

B. Author: Moses (commonly accepted)

C. Date written: 1407 - 1406 B.C.

D. Purpose: The former generation of Israel had died in the wilderness; hence it was important that the law should be repeated and expounded to the new generation before they entered the Promised Land.—Thompson Chain - Bible Book Outlines

E. To whom written: The children of Israel, the generation which would enter and conquer the Promised Land.—Thompson Chain - Bible Book Outlines

F. Main Theme: A rehearsal of the laws proclaimed at Sinai, with a call to obedience, interspersed with a review of the experiences of the old generation.—Thompson Chain - Bible Book Outlines

G. Key word: Remember

H. Key verses:

Deuteronomy 6:1-4 (Amplified Bible)

6:1 NOW THIS is the instruction, the laws, and the precepts which the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you might do them in the land to which you go to possess it,

6:2 That you may [reverently] fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son’s son, and keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged.

6:3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and be watchful to do them, that it may be well with you and that you may increase exceedingly, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

6:4 Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord [the only Lord].

VIII. MAIN BODY:

Deuteronomy 17:17 (Amplified Bible)

And he shall not multiply wives to himself, that his [mind and] heart turn not away; neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

Deuteronomy 17:17 (New International Version)

He must not take many wives, or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.

A. A king must not take many wives

"He must not take many wives, or his heart will be led astray."

Nehemiah 13:26 (Amplified Bible)

Did not Solomon king of Israel act treacherously against God and miss the mark on account of such women? Among many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel; yet strange women even caused him to sin [when he was old he turned treacherously away from the Lord to other gods, and God rent his kingdom from him].

Malachi 2:15 (Amplified Bible)

And did not God make [you and your wife] one [flesh]? Did not One make you and preserve your spirit alive? And why [did God make you two] one? Because He sought a godly offspring [from your union]. Therefore take heed to yourselves, and let no one deal treacherously and be faithless to the wife of his youth.

Matthew 19:5 (Amplified Bible)

And said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be united firmly (joined inseparably) to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh?

Genesis 1:27 (Amplified Bible)

So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them.

One wife is enough, like in the original plan of GOD.

B. A king must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold

"He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold."

Luke 12:15 (Amplified Bible)

And He said to them, Guard yourselves and keep free from all covetousness (the immoderate desire for wealth, the greedy longing to have more); for a man’s life does not consist in and is not derived from possessing overflowing abundance or that which is over and above his needs.