THE LAW OF SOWING AND HARVESTING.....WHAT YOU SOW IS WHAT YOU REAP 1) Jacob: As a result of sowing the wind, the scheming of Rebekah and Jacob to get the family blessing (Genesis 27), Jacob and Rebekah reaped the whirlwind—trouble and heartache. Jacob was forced to flee because Esau had threatened that after his father’s death, he would kill Jacob. Rebekah had said that Jacob would only have to be gone a few days and then she would send for him. But she never saw Jacob again and he was gone for twenty years. Jacob had schemed to get the blessing, later he would receive in kind and even more from Laban. First he received Leah in place of Rachel whom he loved. Jacob used the skin of a kid to deceive Isaac, and it would be used against him by his sons. (2) David: We know the story of David and his sin with Bathsheba, but it is Nathan’s indictments and judgments against David that tell the story of sowing the wind and reaping the whirlwind or sowing iniquity and reaping trouble. The indictment: You killed Uriah (2 Sam. 12:9). The judgment: The sword will never depart from your house (12:10). The indictment: You took his wife (12:9). The judgment: Your wives will be taken before your eyes (12:11). The indictment: You did this secretly (12:12). The judgment: Your wives will be defiled openly before all Israel (12:11-12). The indictment: You gave occasion to the enemies to blaspheme the Lord (12:14). The judgment: Your child also born to you shall surely die (12:14).
Posted on: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 13:38:16 +0000
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