Ep 102 - What's Done in the Dark

We continue our theme of "Reaping & Sowing" with a review of two titans in the Bible - David and Jacob. King David's affair with Bathsheba and the subsequent murder of her husband Uriah (when it was revealed that the King had gotten her pregnant) was a horrible seed sown. It had an immediate "reaping" effect as they lost their son. (2 Samuel 11:1-17, 26 and 2 Samuel 12:7-20, 24-25) Jacob sowed a seed of deception when he pulled the okey-doke and stole his older brother Esau's inheritance by deceiving his father. (Genesis 27) A while later, he fell in love with his Uncle Laban's daughter Rachel and agreed to work for seven years to marry her. But on their wedding night, Laban pulled the okey-doke on Jacob and slipped his older daughter Leah into the wedding chamber. (Genesis 29) Once again, the law of reaping and sowing - or better yet, sowing and reaping - was on full display. Galatians 6:7-10 reminds us that God cannot be mocked. A man will reap what he sows. Most dirt is done secretly - in the dark - so it seems like people are going to get away with it. But God's word is clear that what's done in the dark WILL come to the light. Luke 8:17, 12:2-3 Ecclesiastes 12:14 1 Corinthians 4:5 Job 12:22 Isaiah 29:15 Matthew 10:26 Mark 4:22 Ephesians 5:11-13 John 3:19-21