2009-10-02T14:21:19-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/gold/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Haggai%202:8&version=NIV 2009-10-02T14:21:19-05:00 God owns the earth and all that it is in. He declares in this verse that the silver and gold is His. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Peter%201:6-7&version=NIV 2009-09-11T12:40:18-05:00 When Christians suffer for their faith, they should understand their trials as a refining fire--painful at the time, but something they'll emerge from even stronger than before, just as gold must go through the fiery process of refinement before it's fully presentable. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%2020:15&version=NIV 2009-09-10T13:55:35-05:00 This verse in proverbs wisely states that lips that speak knowledge are like a rare jewel. Gold and rubies are abundant compared to the person who is full of knowledge. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job.23.10&version=NIV 2009-07-22T12:12:09-05:00 Job, who has suffered much, here expresses his faith that once he has passed through the "tests" that he is being subjected to, his true character will be revealed, just as you might perform tests on a mineral to find out if it really is gold. http://sermonindex.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=21630&forum=34 2008-01-06T12:50:47-05:00 The Word of God is likened to wealth in Psalm 119:162 - or to gold, as in other passages of Scripture. Money cannot make you truly wealthy. You may acquire qualifications which give you great earning power and thus may reach a position where you can earn plenty of money; but that will give...