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Why Celebrate?

Posted in Justice, Sowing and Reaping, The Father, The Righteous on May 2, 2011| Leave a Comment »

The exercise of justice is joy for the righteous, but is terror to the workers of iniquity. Proverbs 21:15

Today news spread that Osama Bin Laden had been killed by Special Forces of the US Military.  There were images of people celebrating in front of the White House, in New York City at Ground Zero, on college campuses and in other cities in the US.  People were rejoicing about the capture and death of Bin Laden.  Finally, one of the most wanted men on earth had been killed.  But why rejoice some Christians ask?  Some have said that we are no better than Bin Laden by rejoicing in his death.

Let’s put this in perspective.  Yes as Christians we are to show love and mercy for all.  We are to extend the love of Christ to everyone including our enemies.  Jesus said that if they hate us they hated Him first; of course Jesus died for all of our sins.  Osama Bin Laden declared Israel and Christians his enemy.  He led terror attacks, death sentences, and declared war on those who did not believe in the god he believed in.  For years thousands of men, women and children died because of Osama Bin Laden.  Since 9/11/2001 he has been hiding but still calling upon the death of Americans and Israelites everywhere.  He showed us no mercy but God showed him mercy every day he lived on this earth.  Osama Bin Laden had a chance every morning to repent and turn from his wicked ways, but he chose not to and in the end fought until his death.

During years of terror and death, people cried out to God for justice.  Families and loved ones wanted justice for all the people who died in terror attacks orchestrated by Osama Bin Laden.  We prayed for justice for the troops that lost their lives in pursuing Bin Laden and fighting two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  America demanded justice and today America got justice.

This is why people flooded the streets in celebration and jubilee.  For years the people longed for justice and finally their prayers were answered.  The good news is that even if we are wrong, God is not.  Osama Bin Laden will give an account before God and God will have the final say.  God is just, and is the administrator of all justice.

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Sowing and Reaping

Posted in Money, Sowing and Reaping on July 16, 2010| Leave a Comment »

 7Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.  Galatians 6:7

There are some principles in the Kingdom of God that also rule in the earth and affect everyone.  Sowing and reaping is one of those principles.  Whether or not you believe in God, everyone will reap what they sow.  Another principle in sowing and reaping is that we always reap more than we sow.  For example, if you plant one seed from an apple, you will get an apple tree with hundreds of apples containing five seeds.  These same principles apply to money.

We know that wherever we put our money we will get some sort of return.  That is why many people invest in the stock market, bonds, gold, money market accounts, etc.  What we try and figure out is the best place to invest our money, or sow. 

What we sow is as important as where we sow, because where we sow determines what we will reap.  In man’s economy if you invest in a high risk stock you may get a high return, but your risk in losing everything is much higher.  So not only do you risk losing the investment you made but also any gains that you have made in that investment.  If you invest in a low risk traditional long term investment your return may be small but you will reap something in the long term and reap more than you sowed in the beginning.

As Christians we are given a choice to sow into the earth or sow into the Kingdom of God.  This also pertains to our money.  There are certain principles of money that govern the earth and certain ones that govern the Kingdom.  The question is which has a better return on our investment?

Anything created by man is temporary, and everything pertaining to the Kingdom of God is eternal.  If we sow into things created by man we will reap temporary things.  If we sow into the Kingdom we will reap eternal things.

Many of us know the principles of money pertaining to the economy.  Unfortunately, many do not know the principles of money pertaining to the Kingdom of God.  Many of the principles in the Kingdom contradict the principles in economics created by man. 

Remember this that the principle of sowing and reaping are the same on earth and in the Kingdom – YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.

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