How God Makes All Things Beautiful
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Intro
Intro
Text - Ecclesiastes 3.11
11 He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, without the possibility that mankind will find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.
11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.
Title - How God Makes All Things Beautful
Background
The world is captured by things that are beautiful.
we are willing pay the price for the sake beauty
There is natural beauty and there is also manufactured beauty.
Manufactured beauty is -
the work of man
the fruit of human imagination
Natural beauty is -
something that comes out without being forced or touched by human intervention
Pros and Cons of Beauty
Pros and Cons of Beauty
beauty can be dangerous
beauty can be dangerous
Abraham was afraid in Egypt because of Sarai’s beauty
the daughters of men brought the downfall of the sons of God - Genesis 6.1-2
1 Now it came about, when mankind began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,
2 that the sons of God saw that the daughters of mankind were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.
the covering cherub was perfe ct in beauty - Ezekiel 28.12-15
12 “Son of man, take up a song of mourning over the king of Tyre and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “You had the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
13 “You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The ruby, the topaz and the diamond; The beryl, the onyx and the jasper; The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald; And the gold, the workmanship of your settings and sockets, Was in you. On the day that you were created They were prepared.
14 “You were the anointed cherub who covers, And I placed you there. You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked in the midst of the stones of fire.
15 “You were blameless in your ways From the day you were created Until unrighteousness was found in you.
17 “Your heart was haughty because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I threw you to the ground; I put you before kings, That they may see you.
beauty can be deceiving
beauty can be deceiving
30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.
23 For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light; And rebukes for discipline are the way of life
24 To keep you from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.
25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, Nor let her capture you with her eyelids.
26 For the price of a prostitute reduces one to a loaf of bread, And an adulteress hunts for a precious life.
How God defines beauty
How God defines beauty
God is the source of beauty
But sin has muddled our concept of what isa beautiful and what is not.
our standard for beauty has become superficial/shallow/external
The standard of true beauty is in God
The standard of true beauty is in God
6 Splendor and majesty are before Him, Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.
4 One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord And to meditate in His temple.
Holiness is true beauty
Holiness is true beauty
2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name; Worship the Lord in holy attire.
2 Give unto the Lord the glory due to His name; Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
God requires holiness in worship
God requires holiness in worship
9 Worship the Lord in holy attire; Tremble before Him, all the earth.
praise is beautiful to God
1 Sing for joy in the Lord, you righteous ones; Praise is becoming to the upright.
1 Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant and praise is beautiful.
True beauty is a work of God
True beauty is a work of God
Beauty is a result of God working in our lives using some of the things that we usually ignore
1 There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every matter under heaven—
2 A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.
3 A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up.
4 A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance.
5 A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing.
6 A time to search and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep and a time to throw away.
7 A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to be silent and a time to speak.
8 A time to love and a time to hate; A time for war and a time for peace.
9 What benefit is there for the worker from that in which he labors?
10 I have seen the task which God has given the sons of mankind with which to occupy themselves.
Important components
things
time
purpose
11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.
beauty without purpose is vanity
beauty that is rushed is vanity
beauty is “things” plus “purpose” plus “time”
Salvation
4 For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will glorify the lowly with salvation.
9 To execute on them the written judgment— This honor have all His saints. Praise the Lord!
The preachers of good news
7 How delightful on the mountains Are the feet of one who brings good news, Who announces peace And brings good news of happiness, Who announces salvation, And says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”