Bible Principles

Seven major Bible principles are released when people sow what God holds us to in His Word.

The world operates on a “pleasure now but pain later” basis. But God’s kingdom operates on a “sowing and reaping basis.

First, we do the hard work and then we reap what we sow.

“Do not be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life” – Galatians 6:7-8

Instead of seeking immediate short-term gain with long-term pain the Bible teaches that we must to in the hard work first to sow now and later we will be rewarded for our diligence.

An example of this is going on a spending spree with your credit card. You will receive immediate short-term gain, but it will suck paying back the money with the high interest on the credit card. You will become a servant to the credit card company. It’s better to save up for what you need to buy so you won’t be saddled with suffocating debt.

Proverbs 104:5 tells us,

“Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.”

American culture tells us we don’t have to work. The government will take care of us. This is wrong on so many levels. We have to remember everything we have belongs to God, and He has entrusted it to us to make the best use of it for His purposes.

Some in this country want socialism or communism. Where the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. This is why it has never worked in the past, or in other countries. This system is straight from the pit of hell.

One of the major themes in the Bible is freedom from bondage. Just as God brought the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt He wants to release us from slavery as well.

This is the difference between the world and God’s kingdom. The world wants us in slavery as its servants. God wants us free from this bondage.

The kingdom of the world advances by exercising “power over,” while the kingdom of God advances by examining “power under.”

The kingdom of the world seeks to control our behavior, while the kingdom of God seeks to transform lives from the inside out.

We saw this during the COVID scare a few years ago. Even today some people in government want to introduce 15- minute cities.

15 minute cities are wanted to reduce the use of vehicles and promote walking, and using public transport which emphasize features like green and public spaces, bike lanes and walkways, rather than roads. I don’t Know about you but this doesn’t sound like freedom. If I see a sale at a grocery store 20 minutes away I would want to check it out. No only visit a store within 15 minutes that has increased its prices because they know you are not able to leave the 15 minute barrier. That’s not freedom that’s isolation.

The Bible gives us fundamental rules or laws that guide a persons actions and decisions to lead us to say to live where we will have an abundance of blessing, instead of curses.