Every Decision And Action Has Consequences

Even though the Bible clearly teaches THAT WE REAP WHAT WE SOW, it seems that many have a difficult time…

• Understanding this…

• Believing this…

For example, the world in which we live is full of people who believe they can live in sin and there are absolutely no consequences.

Why do they think that way?

The problem for many could stem from their childhood.

Let me illustrate in two ways…

(1) About the first of December their parents would tell them, “If you do not behave, when Santa Claus comes, you are not going to receive anything!”

The child continues in their rebellious and disobedient ways and when Christmas morning comes, the child cannot get near the tree because of all the toys around the Christmas tree with their name on them.

When a child is raised this way, they do not understand there are consequences for their decisions and actions.

Also…

(2) The problem could also stem from parents who tell their child, “If you do that one more time, I am going to spank you.”

The child does it a hundred more times and never does get a spanking and never learns the lesson that there are consequences to our decisions and actions.

Such parents send their children the wrong message, that is they can SOW evil, but they will not REAP the consequences of doing evil.

Evidently some do not know how the principle of “Sowing and Reaping” works.

For example, when we sow, we reap more than we sow!!!

Illus: A mother tells this story: When my daughter Deborah was four years old, she helped me plant the garden as I explained to her about sowing and reaping. "From two or three beans that we put in the soil, we'll probably reap dozens of beans," I told her.

• A few weeks later my mother sent Deborah a pair of hand-knit mittens. It was too warm for mittens that day, but Deborah insisted that she wear them.

• Later in the afternoon when she came inside, I noticed that she was not wearing her mittens. "Deborah, where are the mittens Grandma sent you?" I asked.

• "I planted them," came the excited reply, "and when they come up, I'll have lots of mittens!" (Lorna M. Anderson, Farwell, MN. Christian Reader, "Lite Fare.")

Some people seem totally ignorant of how the principle of “Sowing and Reaping” works.

It is a law of almighty God, and it works EVERY TIME for EVERYONE!

God has designed certain natural laws to reveal things about Himself and His creation.

The natural laws I am speaking about are as:

(1) THE LAW OF GRAVITY

You can debate the law of gravity all you want too...

Illus: But I can assure you that if you jump off a ten-story building, you will quickly learn that WHAT GOES UP ALWAYS COMES DOWN!

Not sometimes for some people, it works that way every time for everyone.

God also made…

(2) THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS

The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics may be something you do not know anything about, but you are feeling its effects even as you sit here this morning.

• This law affects every age group

• This law affects every ethnic group

• This law affects every social group

• This law affects the educated and uneducated

This law not only affects humans it affects all of creation

WHAT IS THE 2ND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS?

The 2nd law of thermodynamics is a law of decay.

That is, nothing stays as fresh as it was the day that it came into existence.

For example…

Illus: An attractive young girl can walk down the street, and men will run over stop signs and trash cans looking at her.

But let a few years rub off on her and the only thing that will pay any attention to her as she walks down the street are the dogs in the neighborhood.

The 2nd law of Thermodynamics nothing stays as fresh as it was the day that it came into existence.

Illus: You can ride through a new neighborhood that is filled with beautiful homes.

If you return to that neighborhood 50 to 75 years later, you will find those new houses have deteriorated so much they no longer look like the same houses.

The 2nd law of Thermodynamics nothing stays as fresh as it was the day that it came into existence.

Illus: You can go on a new car lot and all the shiny new cars are gorgeous.

But in ten years, many of them will be in the junkyard and the others will be so deteriorated you would never know they were the same cars.

Illus: (Humor) I have seen some folks that the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics do not seem to work on though.