Tuesday, November 24, 2020
“His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray” (Proverbs 5:22,23 KJV).
Beware, friend, lest thy sin grab thee as well!
There are various transdispensational concepts and verses—truths that apply to any and every dispensation (“across the dispensations”). In other words, they are Bible themes that are always applicable. One such idea is “you reap what you sow.” Whatever actions we take now, we will experience their consequences later. It is thus ever so important to make wise choices now… before we wind up in irrevocable messes!
Over 3,500 years ago, Eliphaz the Temanite, Job’s friend, observed in Job 4:8: “Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.” Although Eliphaz wrongly assumed Job was suffering because of his sins, the concept is still true. Sowing corn brings a harvest of corn—the same with beans, cotton, potatoes, sugarcane, and every other crop. Likewise, it is applicable in the spiritual realm.
King Solomon penned today’s Scripture some 3,000 years ago: “His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.” In the context, this is Israel disregarding God’s wisdom, to the point of being deceived under the Antichrist yet future. “Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men” (Hosea 10:13). Uttered about 2,700 years ago, this was the LORD God’s message to evil Israel, soon to be carried off into Assyria for her transgressions (chiefly, idolatry).
Finally, the Apostle Paul, writing circa 2,000 years ago in our Dispensation of Grace: “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not” (Galatians 6:7-9).
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