We are still talking about the Ark...the other one this time!

Scriptures:

We read about Joshua marching around the walls of Jericho - with the Ark. (Joshua 6:1-20)

The definition of sowing, according to Dictionary.com, is "to scatter seed over (land, earth, etc.) for the purpose of growth.

Our actions and words are seeds that we sow that produces either good or bad fruit.

Several scriptures remind us of this:

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

Tonight we start a new series studying Idols in the Bible. We begin by reading Isaiah 44:6-28 which points out the illogicality of worshiping idols that we create with our own hands. Brilliant, humorous, and eye-opening.

We continue our theme of Reaping and Sowing with a study of "The Greatest Seed Sown" - Jesus Christ.

The Bible says we know a tree by its fruit. (Matthew 7:15-20)

In this Bible study, we read and discuss Matthew 13:1-43 about seeds being sown along the path, on rocky ground, among thorns and into good soil.

Our study this month is on Animals in the Bible and we're starting with the Donkey.

An honorable donkey mention is Genesis 22:3 when Abraham travels to the place he is going to sacrifice his son Isaac - before God stops him.