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Intro: Last week we studied how the hero of Israel had fallen

Intro: Last week we studied how the hero of Israel had fallen

A. David a man after God’s own heart

· The best of us became the worst of us.

· We have seen that in all walks of life but it hurts most when it is someone of faith.

B. Paul said to lead a quiet life and work with your hands

· Opportunity to do just that next Saturday

· Be at peace with those around as much as it is up to you.

>>> The problem with moral failures of every type is one of the promises of God. You will reap what you sow. If you plant corn…

I. What happened to David.

2 Samuel 15:13–14 NLT

A messenger soon arrived in Jerusalem to tell David, “All Israel has joined Absalom in a conspiracy against you!” “Then we must flee at once, or it will be too late!” David urged his men. “Hurry! If we get out of the city before Absalom arrives, both we and the city of Jerusalem will be spared from disaster.”

2 Samuel 15:13 NLT

A messenger soon arrived in Jerusalem to tell David, “All Israel has joined Absalom in a conspiracy against you!”

A messenger soon arrived in Jerusalem to tell David, “All Israel has joined Absalom in a conspiracy against you!” 14 “Then we must flee at once, or it will be too late!” David urged his men. “Hurry! If we get out of the city before Absalom arrives, both we and the city of Jerusalem will be spared from disaster.”

A. David and Bathsheba

2 Samuel 15:13-14 A messenger soon arrived in Jerusalem to tell David, “All Israel has joined Absalom in a conspiracy against you!” 14 “Then we must flee at once, or it will be too late!” David urged his men. “Hurry! If we get out of the city before Absalom arrives, both we and the city of Jerusalem will be spared from disaster.”

A messenger soon arrived in Jerusalem to tell David, “All Israel has joined Absalom in a conspiracy against you!” 14 “Then we must flee at once, or it will be too late!” David urged his men. “Hurry! If we get out of the city before Absalom arrives, both we and the city of Jerusalem will be spared from disaster.”

A. David and Bathsheba

· David takes her forces himself on her and kills her husband.

· God is watching. The fear of the Lord was not in his life at this time.

B. How did we get here?

2 Samuel 12:11 NLT

“This is what the Lord says: Because of what you have done, I will cause your own household to rebel against you. I will give your wives to another man before your very eyes, and he will go to bed with them in public view.

2 Samuel 12:11–12 NLT

“This is what the Lord says: Because of what you have done, I will cause your own household to rebel against you. I will give your wives to another man before your very eyes, and he will go to bed with them in public view. You did it secretly, but I will make this happen to you openly in the sight of all Israel.”

“This is what the Lord says: Because of what you have done, I will cause your own household to rebel against you. I will give your wives to another man before your very eyes, and he will go to bed with them in public view. 12 You did it secretly, but I will make this happen to you openly in the sight of all Israel.”

· David repents but everyone knows

“This is what the Lord says: Because of what you have done, I will cause your own household to rebel against you. I will give your wives to another man before your very eyes, and he will go to bed with them in public view. 12 You did it secretly, but I will make this happen to you openly in the sight of all Israel.”

· David repents but everyone knows

· His Son Amnon gets obsessed with his half sister Tamar

· Says he is sick/ uses David/ gets Tamar alone

· He loved her then hates her/ father like son/ David is angry but does nothing

· His half brother Absalom is furious also/ at Amnon but his father too because David does nothing.

· Remember how he did nothing When Joab his nephew killed Abner.

· Absalom gathers all the princes at a party and Murders Amnon. David does nothing

· Absalom hides for awhile and then comes back and begins to foment a rebellion.

· He takes over and David has to flee and His son takes all David’s wives to a tent on top of the palace and you know… He has done to David what David did to Uriah the Hittite. The prophecy of Nathan fulfilled.

· Lot’s happens but they have a battle and David says don’t hurt my son. But Joab finds him hanging in a tree by his hair defenseless and kills him.

C. His family and kingship in shambles

· 3 son’s dead.

· Many man died in the civil war.

2 Samuel 12:8–10 NLT

I gave you your master’s house and his wives and the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. And if that had not been enough, I would have given you much, much more. Why, then, have you despised the word of the Lord and done this horrible deed? For you have murdered Uriah the Hittite with the sword of the Ammonites and stolen his wife. From this time on, your family will live by the sword because you have despised me by taking Uriah’s wife to be your own.

I gave your master’s house to you, and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you all Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more. 9 Why did you despise the word of the Lord by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. 10 Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’

· If you plant corn…

· If you plant corn…

>>> I hear people say all the time. Why can’t they just forgive me. Why can’t it be over. I wish we could just forget. You know what I say? If you plant corn… I know what I am talking about. I have planted a lot of corn in my life.

II. Don’t be surprised when you reap what you sow.

Galatians 6:7–8 NLT

Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.

Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. 8Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.

A. You always reap what you sow. You plant corn you get corn. Read backwards You DO NOT reap what you DO NOT sow.

A. You always reap what you sow. You plant corn you get corn. Read backwards You DO NOT reap what you DO NOT sow.

· There is no way out.

· The consequences of your actions are not your Harvest

ILLUS: You know you shouldn’t have sex, you do. The reaping is not the baby. That is what happens when you have sex. If you jump off a building, you are not reaping the ground. You reap rebellion.

B. Sowing destruction

· We only think about what is best for us.

· Sowing seeds of sacrifice for kids/ is anyone going to be there for your kids

· We are so jealous we can’t stand for someone to have a good time/ we are going to reap that.

C. Sow to please the Spirit

· You will reap life, overflowing, the abundant life, the living water

>>> Break. Oh Tim what do we do? My wickedness is coming to get me. Poor me.(Aliens Bill Paxton) I’m sorry who are you again. I thought you were children of the most high. I thought you represented the Ekklesia, the church. The called out ones. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. Isn’t that you? Am I wrong.

I am going to reap what I sow I have to pay the price. No no no. You get to pay the price!

III. You get to pay the price

Galatians 6:9–10 NLT

So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up. Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone—especially to those in the family of faith.

9So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up. 10Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone—especially to those in the family of faith.

A. In time you will receive your harvest but you have to pay the whole price.

A. In time you will receive your harvest but you have to pay the whole price.

· To choke out weeds you have to sow more grass

· we plant one good deed with a million evil ones and don’t understand what we are reaping.

· Sow with abandon Winter wheat can choke out the weeds

B. Do you pick and chose who you do good to? Do good to everyone.

· you reap what you sow/ its going to happen to you.

· You obedience will out sow your wickedness. Sins will pass down for 3 to 4 generations. But he says I lavish unfailing love for a thousand generations on those who love and obey me.

· What are you worried about do good. Live buy the spirit it is 250 times the power of wickedness.

C. Your conduct is all you.

· You reap what you sow and you never reap what you don’t sow so sow it thick.

· Sow with abandon. Cover the ground to choke out the bad you have already sown. Choke it out with Good…. Sow to the Spirit and you will reap Life….

>>> This isn’t bad news Amen! This is good news!

IV. Sowing Seeds of righteousness

(CSB) The wicked person earns an empty wage, but the one who sows righteousness, a true reward.

A. There are many ways to invest our lives but none offers greater rewards that the pursuit of Righteousness

· We concentrate on not falling into temptation

· We do not concentrate on how we can do good today.

· Should righteousness be an accident? I don’t think so. It should be planned.

B. Every area of our lives should reflect the holiness of God, which is ours by salvation

· Thoughts – so we think of nothing not apropos for a child of God

· Actions – so that our lives demonstrate that we serve a Holy God

· Our integrity- so that we are above reproach in all our relationships

C. Are you taking God’s righteousness in your life for granted.

· Righteousness is something that you must allow the Holy Spirit to work into your life.

· Do you sow holy thoughts or are they filled with Lust, enmity, bitterness, jealousy, unforgiveness

· Jesus said if we seek him first and His righteousness, everything else will follow

Matthew 6:33 NLT

Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.

Seek the Kingdom of God[e] above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.

D. There is a Great reward in sowing righteousness

D. There is a Great reward in sowing righteousness

Galatians 5:22–23 NLT

But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!

But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!

· When we live in His spirit this is a description of our lives.

· When we live in His spirit this is a description of our lives.

· Love, Joy, peace, kindness, goodness,, faithfulness, gentleness, self control!

(CSB) Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. 6 Though one goes along weeping, carrying the bag of seed, he will surely come back with shouts of joy, carrying his sheaves.

he will surely come back with shouts of joy, carrying his sheaves.

· It is tough to sow good in a world of wickedness.

· It is tough to sow love in a world of hate.

· It is tough to sow kindness in a orld of abuse

· People look to the Harvest! Look to the Joy!

Summary: If you want to harvest righteousness in our life tomorrow you must plant seeds of righteousness today. Don’t be afraid of your sowing wickedness! You acts of goodness and righteousness or 250 times more powerful! Now is not the time to whine it’s the time to sow! Sow with abandon choke out the weeds. Sow to the Spirit and reap a life worth living! You don’t have to reap what you sow You get too! I am a child of God. I can and will make a impact. For a 1000 generations!

Don’t be afraid of your sowing wickedness! You acts of goodness and righteousness or 250 times more powerful! Now is not the time to whine it’s the time to sow! Sow with abandon choke out the weeds. Sow to the Spirit and reap a life worth living!

Hosea 10:12 NLT

I said, ‘Plant the good seeds of righteousness, and you will harvest a crop of love. Plow up the hard ground of your hearts, for now is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and shower righteousness upon you.’

You don’t have to reap what you sow You get too! I am a child of God. I can and will make a impact. For a 1000 generations!

I said, ‘Plant the good seeds of righteousness, and you will harvest a crop of love. Plow up the hard ground of your hearts, for now is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and shower righteousness upon you.’