Sowing And Reaping

“WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND”

Galatians 6:7 " Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."

An assistant manager of a large department store saw a boy standing at the bottom of the escalator one day. The assistant became suspicious. He watched the boy for a while. The had his eyes glued on the moving handrail. Finally the assistant went over to the lad and questioned him. "Something wrong young man?" he asked? "No sir "., replied the boy, not taking his eyes off the handrail, "I'm just waiting for my bubble gum to come back."

We know that specifically, the primary application of this passage is to the PLACE and the PURPOSE of GIVING.

We see the precept in verse 6, the principle behind the precept in verses 7 and 8, and then the promise in verse 9.
However, this also applies to every other area of our lives,.……….what goes around comes around!

Jan 15, 1986 Raleigh N.C. a man went to a party and had too much to drink and his friends plead with him to let them take him home. He says no because he only lives a mile away. About five blocks from the party, the police pull him over for weaving and they ask him to get out and walk the line.
Just as he starts, the police radio blares out that a robbery is taking place about a block away. The police tell him to stay put because they will be right back after the go check out the robbery.
The guy waits and waits and finally decides to drive home. When he gets there, he tells his wife he is going to bed, and to tell anyone who might be looking for him that he had the flu and has been in bed all day.
A few hours later, the police knock on the door. They ask if the man lives there and the wife says that he does. They ask to see him and she replies that he is in bed with the flu and has been all day. The police have his driver's license. They ask to see his car and she asks why. They insist on seeing his car, so she takes them to the garage and opens the door where they find the police car, lights still flashing.


This explicit warning implies:
1. That you can be deceived- 2. That many are deceived- 3. That we must therefore, earnestly, and actively, seek not to be deceived!

If we are honest with God and yourself, this is a very sobering and solemn subject to each and every one of us!
We are right now reaping, and will reap, positively & negatively the results of what we’ve sown physically, financially and spiritually.


A Navy SEAL was attending some college courses between assignments. One of the professors was an avowed atheist. One day he shocked the class when he came in, looked to the ceiling, and flatly stated, “God, if you are real, then I want you to knock me off this platform. I’ll give you exactly 5 minutes.”
The lecture room fell silent. You could hear a pin drop. Ten minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, “Here I am God. I’m still waiting.”
It got down to the last couple of minutes when the SEAL got out of his chair, went up to the professor, and punched him right off the platform. The professor was out cold. The SEAL went back to his seat and sat there, silently. The other students were shocked and stunned and sat there looking on in silence.
The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken, looked at the SEAL and asked, “What is the matter with you? Why did you did that?”
The SEAL calmly replied, “God was busy ,So He sent me.”
God’s judgment moves slowly but crushes completely! …..there is coming a payday someday!

"mock"- Greek- “to stick your nose up at” to sneer.
They think some fancy footwork will get them free from facing the penalty!

* What happens in Vegas does NOT STAY in Vegas!!!!!!

* Cigars and Insurance A Charlotte, NC, man having purchased a case of very rare, very expensive cigars insured them against fire. - then smoked his entire stockpile of cigars - the man filed a claim against the insurance company. In his claim, the man stated the cigars were lost "in a series of small fires".
The insurance company refused to pay, - The man sued.... and won.
Rather than endure a lengthy and costly appeal process the insurance company accepted the ruling and paid the man $15,000 for the rare cigars he lost in "the fires".
After the man cashed the check, however, the insurance company had him arrested on 24 counts of arson. - the man was convicted of intentionally burning his insured property and sentenced to 24 months in jail and a $24,000 fine.

" that shall he also reap."

Many eastern religions teach what they call Karma. The Chinese religions call this Ying Yang.
"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction,"

No one gets around this law. This, like the law of gravity-is universal. You may not reap the moment when you sow, but you will reap what you sow.

Law Enforcement has new technology that will take a picture of your license plate if you exceed the speed limit.

In Great Britain, London police sent a photo and citation to one motorist showing him running a red light.
The motorist in turn sent the police a photo of a check for the citation. Not to be outdone, the police then sent the motorist a photo of handcuffs. He quickly paid in cash.

Some people sing, “if it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all, gloom , despair, and agony , oh me”. It’s not bad luck. It’s probably bad sowing!
It’s a **choice**, not **chance** a CONSEQUENCE of sin…past & present have a effect on the future!

If you spend more than you earn, and gamble all you gain, you might as well expect poverty.

If you smoke for 15 yrs, don’t be surprised when you reap emphysema.
You may not reap Cancer, but you will reap to one degree or another ill effects of alcohol or tobacco abuse of your body.

Diabetes is often the result of reaping- same is so for high blood pressure.

Your chickens WILL come home to roost!

Whatsoever “THAT”- not something else but “THAT’!
What is reaped will be of the same SORT as what was sowed.
What you SOW is what’s gonna GROW in your GARDEN!
You WILL reap the results of what you sow!

If you plant WHEAT you won’t get WATERMELONS! If you plant CORN you won’t get CUCUMBERS!

I once read of a little boy who used to escape his bedroom after being punished. he would crawl out of his bedroom window down an old fruit tree to the ground. One day, his father told him that he was going to chop down the fruit tree, because it hadn't borne any fruit for a number of years. That evening, the boy and his friend bought a bushel of apples, and during the night, tied those apples on the barren branches. The next morning, the man could not believe his eyes. He said to his wife, "Honey, I just can't believe it! That old tree hasn't yielded any fruit for years, and now it's covered with apples. And, the most amazing thing is that it's a pear tree!"

Sooner or later, you will get what’s coming to you!
Job 4:8 “Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.”
OT Parallel passage …..
Numbers 32:23 “But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.“

Church members sow their wild oats all week and pray for crop failure on Sunday!
The only way to change the harvest is to change the sowing.

Don’t get caught in the web and you won’t be dinner for the spider!
Don’t act surprised when you get stuck in sin!

Hosea 10:12 “Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.”