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Sow the Wind, Reap the Whirlwind

Sowing and reapingHosea 8:7 “For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind…”

There is a principle of life called sowing and reaping.  You have probably heard it said that you will reap what you sow.  The world does not live by this principle.  It is happy to influence people to recklessly go through life ignorant of any consequences for their actions.  This is not a Bible teaching.  The Bible teaches that for every action, there are consequences.  You will reap what you sow.  If you sow substance, you will reap substantial benefits.  If you sow wind, you will reap more wind.

Dr Blue uses this principle to show how it is more important to emphasize character than it is to look at talent.  Talent can be developed, but character can not.  A person of character can be taught any talent, but a person of talent cannot be taught character.

The most foolish thing a person can do is to waste their life.  Today we are living in an age where lives are wasted wholesale.  God never intended for lives to be wasted.  He intends for lives to be full of purpose.  He intends for proper sowing to be done so that correct reaping can be accomplished.

What we sow, can have far reaching effects.  Like sowing seeds to the blustery wind will blow all over the place, so does living a poor Christian life.  “Christian mistakes” cannot be covered up.  They are seeds that are sown.  They will grow in unwanted fields and destroy innocent lives.

If you want to see how your life can have far reaching effects on others, this AUDIO SERMON is something you need to hear.  It will cause you to evaluate how you are living for the Lord so that you can lessen the problems you pass on to those you love.

HAD ENOUGH BLACK EYES?

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Another Black Eye on Fundamentalism

Black Eye

By Ken Blue

“Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.” Proverbs 20:17.

“Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not… commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery?… For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you…” Romans 2:21-24.

Christianity and Fundamentalism have received another black eye from Hammond, IN. The scandalous reports over the past few decades would require more paper than the Obamas Health Care Program. In a sermon preached August 8th, the now ex-pastor at First Baptist of Hammond said, “And I’ll look at the person and say, who ya sleeping with? Your kid’s problem(s) isn’t, the, did you see how short her skirt is, no, the problem is, she takes her skirt, and everything else off. Your kids are coming to me and telling me they have sexual experiences in the hundreds; hundreds; hundreds.”  It is time we think about changing our name or changing our behavior. Fundamentalism is becoming a laughing stock. If you advertise your church as fundamental to the lost in your community, you will be laughed out of town.

[perfectpullquote align=”right” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]The lost do not care that you are KJV, independent, fundamental, pre-millennial, and dispensational.[/perfectpullquote]

I, for one, embrace all the fundamentals of the faith for this dispensation. However, there is a world of difference between the fundamentals of the faith, and the mindset of most who embrace fundamentalism.  I have observed over the years that those who preach and talk most about standards, seldom have them. The lost, in your community, do not care that you are KJV, independent, fundamental, pre-millennial, and dispensational. If these words do not have a negative connotation to them, they certainly are a foreign tongue to the unsaved.

Also, these sins cannot be blamed on television, computers, or Facebook. The tool for those seeking an opportunity to sin is now the new cell phone. If we can’t control it, we must remove it.

We are not above a serious fall ourselves. 1 Corinthians 10:12. “Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.” Many use the sins of believers as a justification to reject the gospel. We realize that this will not excuse them, but the damage is done just the same. May God help us not to give the cause of Christ another black eye.