"REAPING THE WHIRLWIND"
Intro: The northern kingdom of Israel is declining rapidly, it will soon
fall to Assyria. The whirlwind of destruction will carry them
away.
I. "THEY HAVE SOWN THE WIND."
A. Transgressed my covenant.
1. God had established the basis for fellowship.
a. "Thou shalt have no other Gods before Me."
1. God wanted to be first in their lives.
2. They were worshipping Baal.
B. Trespassed against my law.
1. God's law was intended for man's good, vs. 3. "He has
shown thee O man what is good..."
2. They thought God was trying to keep them from the "good
life."
a. The good life of drinking, carousing, sexual
promiscuity.
3. God had only told them how to preserve a society.
a. Their psychiatrists said, "God's laws are too
repressive, free yourselves from the Victorian
era. Express yourself.
b. The sociologists said God's death penalty is
cruel and inhumane punishment. Rehabilitate
them and set them free in our society.
c. The politicians said 10% tax is not enough to
run the government, we need more.
d. The bankers cried to remove the usury laws, we
want higher interest.
e. The feminists were calling for abortion on
demand.
f. The courts were saying, "we must get the idea
of God out of education."
g. The liberals were saying no nukes, and we must
disarm to prove to the enemy that we want
peace.
C. They had truly sown the wind.
II. IF YOU SOW THE WIND, WHAT WILL THE HARVEST BE?
A. Unfortunately, many people never think of that.
1. What can this action lead to?
a. If the alcoholic had only stopped to consider.
b. If the drug addict had only reasoned. It can't
do me any real good; it can do me great harm.
2. Stop and look at your life.
a. Where can these things lead?
1. Are you involved in a flirtation with
one of the gals at work?
2. Is the deal totally honest and legal?
III. THE WHIRLWIND IS THE HARVEST OF SOWING THE WIND.
A. We are seeing the beginnings of the destructive force of the
whirlwind uprooting our society today.
1. We see the broken homes with the tragic side effects on
the children.
2. We see crime rising to epidemic levels.
3. We see the violence on our streets, as the little
children, now grown up, play out their TV roll models.
4. We are beginning to see the anything goes attitude of
an amoral society.
5. The children with no alternative in their public
education but to believe that they sprang from animals,
are beginning to act like animals, and many schools now
require constant policing to protect the teachers.
B. "It hath no stalk."
1. Nothing to stand on.
a. That's exactly where humanistic existentialism
leaves you. No base.
C. "The bud shall yield no meal."
a. No real fruit can come from it.
b. All chaff, empty, tasteless, hopeless.
D. Should anything come, strangers will eat it up.
E. You say, "I've played the fool, I've sown the wind. What can I
now do?
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Chuck Smith (1927 - 2013)
Pastor Chuck was used in the Jesus People revival where he was used along with others to minister to the hippy young people. They saw a work of the Spirit where many were added to the church and discipled. He has raised up many pastors who are a part of the Calvary Chapel movement now and where he pastors the large Costa Mesa church in California.The Calvary Chapel movement is based of simple principles that Chuck Smith taught over the years such as: The priority of agape love, Simple fellowship amongst the saints, the breaking of bread, the teaching of God's word chapter by chapter and verse by verse. And lastly and most importantly the principle not by might nor by power but by my spirit saith the Lord.