09/02/07
Gal 6: 7-10 "Principles of the Harvest"
INTRO:
DAVID & BATHSHEBA
ADULTERY: DAVID SEES AND ASKS DECEPTION: URIAH AT HOME MURDER: URIAH IN BATTLE
NATHANS REBUKE
SON OF DAVID/BATH WILL DIE
SWORD WILL NOT DEPART FROM HOUSE
CALAMITY FROM OWN HOUSEHOLD
WIVES TO CLOSE ONE, IN PUBLIC
FRUITS OF SOWN SEED
SON ILL, DIES
AMMON RAPES TAMAR
ABSOLOM KILLS AMMON
ABSOLOM FLEES
ABSOLOM RETURNS, USURPS THRONE OF DAVID
ABSOLOM LAYS WITH DAVID’S WIVES IN TENT
ABSOLOM IS KILLED IN BATTLE
DAVID RETURNS
TEXT:
GAL 6: 7-10 (NIV) 7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 8 The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reapdestruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. 9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers. PRAY
I. WEEDS AND WILD FLOWERS: REAPING WHAT WE DIDN’T SOW
PRINCIPLES OF HARVEST
Mt 5: 45 ...He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good,and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
POSITIVE / NEGATIVE FOR EACH PRINCIPLE
COUNTRY-U.S.
WE ENJOY LUXURY,FREEDOM
ON SHOULDER OF VETS, FOUNDERS
IRAQ
STRIFE, OPPRESSION, WAR
PARENTS LOSE CHILDREN, CHILDREN LOSE PARENTS
PARENTS
PARENTS SOW INTO OUR LIFE
FINANCIAL: WEALTH. / OR POVERTY
RELATIONAL: WELL ADJUSTED, / OR DISFUNCTIONAL
SPIRITUAL: BIBLICAL, LOVE LORD / OR SKEPTICAL, UNTRUSTING, HARD
CHILDREN
WE SOW INTO OUR CHILDS LIFE
BRING THEM UP IN WAY OF THE LORD
Pr 20:7 The righteous man leads a blameless life; blessed are his children after him.
HOW WE LIVE MATTERS TO OUR CHILDREN FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE
II. NO MAPLES FROM ACORNS REAPING IN KIND (V 7-8)
MAIN THRUST OF PASSAGE- THE BIG POINT
DAVID SOWED TO FLESH AND REAPED DESTRUCTION
SEE INTRO (GIVE EXAMPLES)
GOD WILL NOT BE MOCKED
CANNOT SOW TO SIN NATURE AND EXPECT TO REAP SPIRITUAL MATURITY OR CLOSENESS TO GOD
YOU DON’T "GET AWAY" WITH ANYTHING
SOW TO PLEASE SIN NATURE
SOW IMPURITY – REAP DISTANCE FROM GOD
SOW LACK OF S. DISC.- REAP CONFUSION / DOUBT
SOW UNKINDNESS, APATHY – REAP CONVICTION/ UNREST
PLEASE SPIRIT - REAP DESTRUCTION
POSITIVE SIDE
SOW TO PLEASE SPIRIT
SOW PRAYER - REAP GOD’S FAVOR
SOW BIBLE STUDY - REAP UNDERSTANDING
SOW KINDNESS - REAP FULFILLMENT
SOW PURITY - REAP CLOSENESS WITH GOD
SOW TO PLEASE SPIRIT - REAP ETERNAL LIFE
III. AMOUNT WE REAP
REAPING MORE THAN WE SOW
OTHERWISE FARMERS WOULDN’T SOW/ PLANT
NEGATIVE
Hos 8:7 "They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.
DAVID
ADULTERY-1 = ABSOLOM MANY
DECEPTION W/URIAH = AMMON, ABSOLOM
MURDER URIAH = SON, AMMON, ABSOLOM
POSITIVE
Mal 3:10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the Lord Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.
GOD AMAZING ABILITY TO MULTIPLY RESOURCES
BOY: 5 LOAVES 2 FISH
FED 5000 MEN AND FAMILIES
NO BETTER INVESTMENT
SOW SPIR. SEED
REAP INCREDIBLE BLESSING
ALWAYS MULTIPLIED BY GOD
IN OUR OWN LIVES
IN LIVES OF OTHERS
QUOTE CAPT LEVY (PHILLY)
ASKED HOW HE GAVE SO MUCH AND HAD MUCH LEFT
"OH, AS I SHOVEL OUT, HE SHOVELS IN; AND THE LORD HAS A BIGGER SHOVEL THAN I DO."
REAPING IN PROPORTION TO WHAT IS SOWN
6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
FARMER: PLANTS ONE ACRE OR 100
BOTH PRINCIPLES TRUE
REAPING MORE THAN SOWN IS GOD
REAPING IN PROP. IS OUR PART
IV. TIMING OF HARVEST
REAPING & SOWING IN SEASON
FARMER: PLANT IN SPRING HARVEST IN FALL
Ecc 11:1 Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
Gal 6: 9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.
NEGATIVE
IMPURITY, FEEL LIKE GETTING AWAY WITH
THERE IS NO ESCAPE FROM CONSEQUENCE OF SIN
DAVID PLEADED AND MOURNED HIS SON STILL DIED 2 Sam 12:15-17
POSITIVE
WE CAN BECOME DISCOURAGED FOR LACK OF RESULTS
PATIENCE / PERSERVERENCE
IN GODS TIMING, THERE WILL BE HARVEST, DO NOT GROW WEARY
REAPING THIS YEARS HARVEST
OBVIOUS, YET NEEDS TO BE POINTED OUT
THIS SEASONS HARVEST, ONLY REAP THIS YEARS CROP
WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR WE CANNOT CHANGE
LORD GIVE STRENGTH TO CHANGE WHAT I CAN CHANGE, PEACE TO ACCEPT WHAT I CANT, AND WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFF.
WE MUST LIVE NOW, SOW NOW, LOOK TO FUTURE
WHILE LEARNING FROM THE PAST
ACCEPT HARVEST OF WHAT HAS BEEN SOWN
CONCLUSION
SOWING/REAPING NOT A CHOICE
WE WILL SOW, WE WILL REAP
SOW TO PELASE SPIRIT REAP ETERNAL LIFE
SOW TO PLEASE SIN NATURE REAP DESTRUCTION
WE SOW INTO OUR LIFE AND INTO OTHERS
SOW A THOUGHT REAP AN ACT, SOW AN ACT, REAP A HABIT SOW A HABIT REAP A CHARACTER SOW A CHARACTER REAP A DESTINY
DESTINY: ETERNAL LIFE OR DESTRUCTION
WHAT ARE YOU SOWING IN YOUR OWN LIFE
WHAT ARE YOU SOWING INTO THE LIFE OF OTHERS
Lk 10:2 He told them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.
