Sowing Discord

SOWING DISCORD

“A perverse man sows’ strife, and a whisperer separates the best of friends” (Proverbs 16:28)

Brethren are created by God to live in unity (How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! (Psalm 133:1). When believers are united, they are like multiple cords woven together, stronger and better able to endure the attacks from their enemies (Ecclesiastes 4:12). When someone sow discord, he attempts to undo the threefold cord which destroys the unity. Believers void of unity are weaker and more vulnerable to the attacks of the enemy.

God hates some things. One of them is the person who sows discord among his brethren. Some are too ready to quarrel and fight; a person will stir up strife either for money, power and control, or glory and honor, or a combination of two or more of these; he will attack his brethren due to envy. Our responsibility is to help our brothers and sisters to be edified, or built up, not torn down. Not only that, but those on the outside are watching, as well. Fighting and quarreling are destructive, and God hates that!

Sowing discord is one of the most heinous sins in the Bible. It is a wicked sin fathered by pride and was found in Lucifer in heaven who sowed discord to a third of God’s Holy angels to disobeyed God. Sowing discord is done in secret, by subterfuge (sneakiness, gossip and lies) and deceit authored by the father of deceit (Satan). All sowers of discord are false witness who breathes out lies and deceit. Sowers of discord always started off small like the small trail of water above and then it flows to other places eventually spreading everywhere; causing, in most cases, severe irreparable damages in hearts and thoughts. To sow discord is to say and do things which cause distrust among one another, which results in arguments and fights. Usually the ‘sower’ is acting as if he/she is not trying to cause arguments. People who pass vicious rumors could unintentionally be sowing discord. Spreading rumors is one of numerous ways one can play into the hands of those who sow discord. “He that covers a transgression seeks love; but he that repeats a matter separates very friends.” (Proverbs 17:9)

Sowing discord among brethren is an abomination—a totally detestable thing—in the eyes of the Lord. He hates this. ”There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers”(Proverbs 6:16-19). We have come to think that it is a harmless thing to sow discord in the office, church, but the bible says God does not only hate those sowing discord but it is an abomination to Him. God hates discord and strongly denounce those who sows strife.” A perverse man sows’ strife, and a whisperer separates the best of friends” (Proverbs 16:28). God hates discord because it violates the unity for which Jesus prayed in John 17. It damages the oneness of the body of Christ for which Paul prayed in Ephesians 4:1–16. The badge of Christian discipleship, according to John 13:34¬–35, is Christian love, but discord destroys that badge.

When we tell tales about other ministers of God, when we say or do things that promote animosity among ministers of God, we end up sowing discord. If you go to one servant of God and tell him that another man or woman of God said such and such negative things about him, you have become an instrumental in sowing discord and strife. If you have an issue or offense with one brother, and instead of resolving this matter directly with him, you talk ill of him with another person, that is discord sowing. The second person’s opinion of the brother is automatically influenced by whatever you have said. The Lord is witness to all that happens. He is the silent listener to every conversation and one thing is certain, He hates it when we do such things!

SOWERS OF DISCORD

The sower of discord is a “worthless person, a naughty person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth. He winks with his eyes, he shuffles his feet, he points with his fingers; Perversity is in his heart, he devises evil continually; he sows discord” (Proverbs 6:12-14). "A perverse man sows strife" (Proverbs 16:28). It is a symbol of a person doing something for his own gratification, stoking their own desires. They deceive people to please themselves in some way. They are not doing it to please God rather they are telling falsehoods and lies, deceiving the brethren and causing divisions, they are obviously not pleasing God in any way. What they are gratifying in themselves could be anything.