Que: Sir, the question on the use of jewelries, you didn't do justice to it. God told the Israelites to abandon the use of Jewelries in Ex.33:5-6 and Paul& Peter substantiated it in 1Tim2:9&1Pet3:3. I hope those verses are in your bible.

ANS: Thank you for calling my attention to that scripture. We can't build doctrines on one or two scriptures without correlation with others.

1Pet3:3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of PLAITING THE HAIR, and of wearing of gold, or of PUTTING ON OF APPAREL;

If you say that wearing of gold is sinful(which I think is what you're insinuating), that also means plaiting the hair and putting on of apparel is wrong as well because Peter said so but you know that if you don't put on apparel(cloth), we'll think a mad man is on the loose. To interpret that verse and that of Paul properly, there's a need to look at it from historical perspective&from a biblical perspective.

In the time of Paul&Peter, most women in that era spent so much time on fashion to the extent that if a woman wanted to go to a party the next day, she would lace her hair with tiny strands of gold overnight. In a nutshell, they were gaudy and their attentions were just on fashion. Their motive for dressing was to draw attention to themselves which was and still very wrong. God doesn't want women to dress that way but he hadn't said it was wrong to use trinkets. Peter's emphasis was on the development of the inward man(vs 4) and that of Paul was on modesty(1Tim2:7-9).

‎​Let's check few scriptures:

1- Genesis24:47,48- Abraham's servant gave Rebecca a jewelry&he worshipped God after. It would be irreverent&unacceptable to worship if what he did(giving of Jewelry)was sinful. God won't accept it.

2-Gen41:42- Pharoah gave Joseph a ring&chain. We know that Joseph was a great man loved by God. Some use gold wedding ring, yet they preach against the wearing of gold, isn't that contradictory?

3- To answer your question about Ex33:5 -6, God commanded the Jews to remove ‎​​their adornments as a sign of remorse&repentance. It was common those days that when people go to the house where people are mourning, they look remorseful by putting off all their adornment. God wasn't making it a law because if he was making it a law, then he wouldn't have demanded for offering of gold in Ex35:5. In Vs 22, they offered bracelets, earrings,tablets&all manners of gold unto the Lord(because God owns them).

4- Psalms25:12- David said "As an earring of gold and ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear". If earring or Jewelries were a sin, David(the man after God's heart) wouldn't have made a comparison between wise behaviour&something that is sinful.

5-Isaiah61:10 Righteousness&salvation were compared to bride adorned with jewelry. Would Isaiah compare a sinful thing to the righteousness&salvation of God?

6-Jer2:32 God compared forgetting about him to a maid who forgot her Jewelry. If it is sinful, would God have made such a comparison?

7-Ezek16:11-13 God says that he adorned Israel with bracelets, necklaces, earrings, Jewels&crowns. If God could do so, what makes it sinful?

8- Even in Luke15:22, Jesus told us that when the prodigal son returned to his father, he was given a ring.

Conclusively, God didn't say that the use of those things are outlawed but it is wrong and sinful when the motive behind the use is wrong( to draw attention), when those things have become idols in your heart( a situation where you can't do without them) and when you're immodest in the usage(like piercing several holes in your ears). I pray that God's church all over the world would focus on purity of heart&Christ-like character as it is what God requires of us not on external observance like the Pharisees.

Matthew5:8- Blessed are the PURE IN HEART for they shall SEE GOD.


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Nice write up op

@ Op, thumbs-up for that wonderful expository! Can you pls do the same to this topic: (What the Bible says about consuming "alcoholic drinks/wine" a.k.a Beer!)