Folks COMMANDED to Remove Ornaments.

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Originally Posted by Esther

Ron I understand where you are going with this, but there has to be a line drawn with good reason. Just to say it is about pride, would be to tell men they can no longer wear ties, as that is an unnecessary ornament, if you will.

Can that cause men that have jobs requiring suits and ties a problem? Yes it can.

It makes sense to me that some people don't want to wear jewelry as they feel for them it is a sin. And they have scripture they use to support their belief.

It also makes sense to me that some people do want to wear jewelry as they feel for them is is not a sin. And they have scripture they use to support their belief.

The more I see and study these things out the more I see you really need to seek out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Some areas I see that can be a concern about buying jewelry is that most of the good stuff is really expense. This is an issue with my husband. Before I was back in church he bought me jewelry for Christmas. Now he says he never knows what to buy me.

And we can always say that could have been given to the missionaries, but honestly we could say that about everything. Those fries you had with that hamburger could have gone to the missionaries.

My point being folks are going to have to develop their own relationship with God. The things of this world can draw you away from that relationship.

Too much time spent on the internet. Too much time spent playing golf, or fishing, or shopping. These are things of this world. Not everything "thing" is an object of value; such as homes, jewelry etc.

We need our foundation to be what pleases Jesus! Not what pleases man. JMO

Esther,
Good post. I think the premise of the passage in Exodus was certainly pride.

Jewelry is not a necessity in my life and therefore, for me, it was and would be, always, a materialistic thing.

When I first got in church I had a fur coat. As I began to get closer to God I felt uncomfortable wearing it to church.

I heard a preacher say, "If you can't worship God wearing what you have on, take it off. If you have too much money in your wallet and it hinders your worship, lighten the load."

I agree with him! Some things can stand in our way.

I remember a time when I worked in sales, I could feel how materalistic I was becoming. I worked in a gorgeous building on Townlake in Austin. One morning as I was going to work I stopped by the lake, took out my perfume bottle, walked to a rock, broke it and poured the perfume out. I said, "God, I want to show you that I don't love money more than I love you."

Less than a month later, we had a huge church split, my husband lost his job, I got sick from being pregnant, had to quit, we lost our truck, our home, etc.

My husband said, "I AM NEVER BUYING YOU ANOTHER BOTTLE OF PERFUME - AGAIN!"