Coburg Road Church of Christ - February 3, 2019

What is the

Most Fundamental Law

of the Entire Universe?

Mentally, Physically, Spiritually, Socially

(Luke 2:52)

“YOU WILL REAP WHAT YOU SOW”

Genesis 1:11-13God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed,and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind withseed in them”; and it was so. The earth brought forth vegetation,plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit withseed in them, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.

There was evening and there was morning, a third day.

Genesis 1:20-23God said, “Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birdsfly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.” God created thegreat sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which thewaters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; andGod saw that it was good. God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful andmultiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

Genesis 1:24fGod said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures after theirkind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after theirkind”; and it was so. God made the beasts of the earth aftertheir kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything thatcreeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:26fThen God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according toOur likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea andover the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all theearth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”God created man in His own image, in the image of God Hecreated him; male and female He created them. God blessedthem; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply…

Job 4:8 Those who plow iniquity and sow trouble will harvest it.

Proverbs 1:31, 11:27, 22:8They shall eat of the fruit of their own way

and be satiated with their own devices.

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who seeks evil, evil will come to him.

He who sows iniquity will reap vanity,

Hosea 10:12fSow with a view to righteousness,Reap in accordance with kindness.

Break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the Lorduntil He comes to rain righteousness on you.

You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped injusticeYou have eaten the fruit of lies.

Jeremiah 12:13 & 17:10They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns.

They have strained themselves to no profit.Be ashamed of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”

I give to each man according to his ways, according to the results of his deeds.

Do not judge, and you will not be judged.Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned.

Pardon, and you will be pardoned. Give, and it will be given to you.They will pour into your lap a good measure—pressed down,shaken together, and running over. For by your standard ofmeasure it will be measured to you in return. (Luke 6:37f)

Galatians 6:7-9Do not be deceived, God is not mocked;

for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. The one who sows to his own fleshwill from the flesh reap corruption.

The one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. Let us not lose heart in doing good,

for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.

Romans 2:5fYou are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath

and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who will render to each person according to his deeds

2 Corinthians 9:6He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly,

and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.