Harvest as planted (Galatians 6:6-10)

Harvest as planted (Galatians 6:6-10)

 

⁶ Let him who is taught the word share in all good things with him who teaches.

⁷ Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. ⁸ For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. ⁹ And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. ¹⁰ Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.

 

 

 Intro)

1. Land is honest, so what farmer plants it grows. This also applies in our lives what we plant it grows.

 

2. America’s 16^th president Lincoln said ‘If you find thistle instead of flower, do not blame on thistle. Just pull thistle out and plant flower, because planting blames wouldn’t do anything, but planting what you want will have what you want at the end.’ Indeed, who plants can harvest.

 

 

3. However, not many plant, but only expect to harvest or plant wrong thing and expect other thing. Sadly this is wrong idea that often occurs.

 

1. What is faith? Faith is planting righteous and harvest righteous.

   Eventually, we will be harvest what we plant, then what should we plant? (Let’s talk about what to plant in 3 ways.)

 

Body)

A) First thing we have to plant is God’s word.

1. If we take a look at today’s text verse 7, it says ‘^Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.’ Yes we have to work hard to harvest God’s word and that leads to harvest fruit of eternity life. We believe in Jesus now, because someone has planted God’s word in us.

   Romans 10:17 says ‘So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.’ And 10:14 says ‘^How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?’

 

Person who believes in Jesus with heart is who has God’s word in their heart, not a coincident.

 2. In book of 2 Timothy 4:2 says ‘Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.’

 

Believe or not it’s up to whom listens and we Christian must spread the gospel.

If we don’t spread God’s word, because we are busy, then there should be no repent and salvation. Therefore, we have to listen to gospel to spread it and believe in it with maximum effort.

 

3. Over sea mission is same as well. When missionaries go to same place over and over, we can see God’s word is growing. So, people who listened to missionaries became Christian, and church in that area grew. Main reason why church exists is to spread God’s word and mission work. We have to spread God’s word either we earn something or not.

 

 

1. Ephesians 6:10-11 says ‘Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. ¹¹ Put on the whole armor of God ..’ bible mentions whole armor and there are different parts and the third part of God’s whole armor is God of gospel. So, we have to wear God of gospel and spread God’s word.

 

Everyone, to make good Christian family what do you think we can do? Planting God’s word and change into good Christian family. This starts from me and spread to family members.

 

B) Second, we need to plant prayer.

1. Philippians 4:6-7 says ‘ Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; ⁷ and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.’ And in book of James 5:16 says ‘¹⁶ Confess your trespasses^[e] to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.’

This means “Prayers do work.”

There is a saying in Korea ‘crying baby gets breast fed.’ Or ‘Baby bird that opens mouth widest will get feed.’

Yes, we have to pray hard to harvest what we prayed for. If we pray without resting none of our prayers will be falling on the ground.

 

1. Therefore, person who prays like their job is a great person. When Lincoln was President White house was place for him to pray. When David had his time he was always wanted to pray more and more. None is powerful than who prays nonstop. We have to work harder to pray.

 

1. However, many Christians nowadays want their respond right away like they pray in the morning and expect the answers by night. Math Genius Edison failed 1,247 times before he finally succeed to invent incandescent light bulb. While he was inventing incandescent light bulb Thomas Edison prayed and asked for strength if his invention is God’s will and if this would help people. After he succeeds he left the quote ‘Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.’ So, we need to pray with true perspiration and patience.

 

4. Prayer changes person. Try and keep praying, you will see the change if you keep at it.

 

C) Lastly, we have to plant good deed.

 

1. Today’s text verse 9-10 says ‘⁹ And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. ¹⁰ Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.’ We have to conduct good work.

 

2. January 2, 1956, was the day that 29-year-old Jim Elliot had waited for most of his life. He jumped out of bed, dressed as quickly as he could, and got ready for the short flight over the thick Ecuador (Eck-wah-door) jungle. Almost three years of jungle ministry and many hours of planning and praying had led Jim to this day. Within hours, he and four other missionaries would be setting up camp in the territory of a dangerous and uncivilized Indian tribe known then as the Aucas (Ow-cuz), known now as the Waodani (Wah-o-dah-nee). The Aucas had killed all outsiders ever caught in their area. Even though it was dangerous, Jim Elliot had no doubt God wanted him to tell the Aucas about Jesus. on February 2, 1952, Jim Elliot waved goodbye to his parents and boarded a ship for the 18-day trip from San Pedro, California to Quito (Kee-toe), Ecuador, and South America.

He and his missionary partner, Pete Fleming, first spent a year in Quito learning to speak Spanish. Then they moved to Shandia (Shan-dee-ah), a small Quichua (Kee-chew-wah) Indian village to take the place of the retiring missionary. Jim and Pete studied hard to learn the language and fit in. Their hard work paid off; in six months, both were speaking Spanish well enough to move to Shandia. When they arrived in Shandia, they also had to learn the speech of the Quichuas.

Planning to reach the Aucas
Three years later many Quichuas had become faithful Christians. Jim now began to feel it was time to tell the Aucas about Jesus.

The Aucas had killed many Quichuas. They had also killed several workers at an oil company-drilling site near their territory. The oil company closed the site because everyone was afraid to work there. Jim knew the only way to stop the Aucas from killing was to tell them about Jesus. Jim and the four other Ecuador missionaries began to plan a way to show the Aucas they were friendly.

Nate Saint, a missionary supply pilot, came up with a way to lower a bucket filled with supplies to people on the ground while flying above them. He thought this would be a perfect way to win the trust of the Aucas without putting anyone in danger. They began dropping gifts to the Aucas. They also used an amplifier to speak out friendly Auca phrases. After many months, the Aucas even sent a gift back up in the bucket to the plane. Jim and the other missionaries felt the time had come to meet the Aucas face-to-face.

One day while flying over Auca territory, Nate Saint spotted a beach that looked long enough to land the plane on. He planned to land there and the men would build a tree house to stay safe in until friendly contact could be made.

 

The missionaries were flown in one-by-one and dropped off on the Auca beach. Nate Saint then flew over the Auca village and called for the Aucas to come to the beach. After four days, an Auca man and two women appeared. It was not easy for them to understand each other since the missionaries only knew a few Auca phrases. They shared a meal with them, and Nate took the man up for a flight in the plane. The missionaries tried to show sincere friendship and asked them to bring others next time.

For the next two days, the missionaries waited for other Aucas to return. Finally, on day six, two Auca women walked out of the jungle. Jim and Pete excitedly jumped in the river and waded over to them. As they got closer, these women did not appear friendly. Jim and Pete almost immediately heard a terrifying cry behind them. As they turned they saw a group of Auca warriors with their spears raised, ready to throw. Jim Elliot reached for the gun in his pocket. He had to decide instantly if he should use it. But he knew he couldn't. Each of the missionaries had promised they would not kill an Auca who did not know Jesus to save himself from being killed. Within seconds, the Auca warriors threw their spears, killing all the missionaries: Ed McCully, Roger Youderian, Nate Saint, Pete Fleming and Jim Elliot.

Waiting to Hear
Late in the afternoon of Sunday, January 8, Elisabeth Elliot, Jim's wife, waited by the two-way radio to hear Nate Saint and his wife discuss how things had gone that day. But there was no call. As evening turned to night, the wives grew worried. They knew the news was not good.

The next morning another missionary pilot flew over the beach to look for the men. He saw only the badly damaged plane on the beach.

News quickly spread around the world about the five missing missionaries. A United States search team went to the beach, found the missionaries' bodies, and buried them.

But don't think Operation Auca ended there, because it didn't. In less than two years Elisabeth Elliot, her daughter Valerie, and Rachel Saint (Nate's sister) were able to move to the Auca village. Many Aucas became Christians. They are now a friendly tribe. Missionaries, including Nate Saint's son and his family, still live among the Aucas today.

Elisabeth Elliot even helped make a movie about Operation Auca called Through Gates of Splendor. It showed real life scenes of the five missionaries on the beach with the friendly Aucas. It also included footage of the two years she and her daughter spent living in an Auca village.

Con)

Today, there are 3 things that are fading away from church, which are word of truth, power of prayer, and fruit of good deed. But, if we pray harder, conduct many good works, change in life, bring changes in family and neighbors, and become children of God who bring good changes to the world.