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I. An End Of Sowing

I. An End Of Sowing. “ The harvest is past , The summer is ended, And we are not saved” –Jeremiah 8:20. When harvest time comes…. It’s too late to sow the crop When Judgment time comes… It’s too late to sow the life The lost must blame themselves, not God (Lk.16). 2 Co.5:10. Gal.6:7-8.

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I. An End Of Sowing

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  1. I. An End Of Sowing “The harvest is past, The summer is ended, And we are not saved” –Jeremiah 8:20

  2. When harvest time comes… • It’s too late to sow the crop When Judgment time comes… • It’s too late to sow the life • The lost must blame themselves, not God (Lk.16) 2 Co.5:10 Gal.6:7-8

  3. I. An End Of Sowing II. An End Of Growing “The harvest is past, The summer is ended, And we are not saved” –Jeremiah 8:20

  4. Israel’s problem • Neglected God, fell deeper into sin; sealed their fate Christian’s problem • Neglect . . . Spiritual growth Service Teaching Encouragement

  5. I. An End Of Sowing II. An End Of Growing III. An End Of Glowing “The harvest is past, The summer is ended, And we are not saved” –Jeremiah 8:20

  6. Israel: light in the world (Ac.13:47) • They became cause of blasphemy • 2 Sm.12:14 • Is.52:5 • Pagan positions: God is notpowerful God is notgood

  7. Mt.5, light shines; gets attention Unlimited, 14a Unavoidable, 14b Unashamed, 15 Untainted, 16

  8. Principles of enlightenment • Ro.12:1-2, conformity that condemns • Ro.12:2, change that consecrates • Ro.14:22-23, doubt that destroys • 1 Co.8:9, example that encourages • 1 Co.10:23, action that aids • 1 Co.10:27-30, sacrifice that saves • 1 Co.10:31, preference that praises

  9. We get only one opportunityto make a good first impression • Conduct. Ep.4:28 • Conversation. Ep.4:29 • Clothes. Ep.5:8…27 Even men notice Gn.38 Mt.5:28 – holdstwo accountable

  10. 1Women accountable for garb • Mt.18:6-7 2Men accountable for gaze • Mt.6:13 Hypocritical to profess holinessbut dress homicidal Hypocritical to pray for help but ignore the way out (1 Co.10:13)

  11. Comparison of versions: 1 Tim.2:9 ASV NASB ESV Adorn Adorn Adorn Modest apparel Proper clothing Respectable apparel With shamefastness Modestly With modesty Sobriety Discreetly Self-control

  12. 1 Tim.2:9-10 Put in order,arrange, Mt.12: 43-45 9in like manner also, that the womenadorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, 10but which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works. In good taste, appropriate “the word connotes fem. reserve in mat-ters of sex. In the word is involved an innate moral repugnance to the doing of the dishonorable. It is ‘shamefastness’ which shrinks from transgressing the limits of womanly reserve and modesty” (Jer.8:12)

  13. 1 Tim.2:9-10 9in like manner also, that the womenadorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, 10but which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works. “As applied to women it too had a definitely sexual nuance. It is that habitual inner self-government w. its constant reign on all the passions and desires” (Kelly). Tit.2:4-5

  14. 1 Tim.2:9-10 9in like manner also, that the womenadorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, 10but which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works. “Mini-clothes are symbolic of those girls who want to seduce a man...” Right hearts will choose right clothes

  15. 1 Pt.2:11 . . . 3:3-4 • Holy women . . . adorning Pro.7:10 . . . 31:25 ‘“Put oneself in order’–here refers tothe correctness of a well-fitted garment, in no way outlandish or provocative: Christian women should dress them-selves in good taste, ‘appropriately’”– Spicq II, 332

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