“And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.”
— Judges 1:7
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The principle of reaping and sowing is universal, found in all cultures throughout all ages. Some call it “karma” or natural law. It is written on the hearts of all men, “their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another.”[1] It is foundational to the covenant of works given to Adam and all of his descendants.
Here in Judges we see that out of the abundance of his heart[2] Adoni-bezek a Canaanite king confirms the justice God delivered unto him through Israel’s conquest of the land. What he himself had inflected on seventy different tribes in his pride and bloodlust was now being returned to him measure for measure[3].
This is what every lost soul will say when they appear before the judgement seat of Christ by the way: “As I have done, so hath God requited to me.”
“The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works[4].”
Beware, because the scripture has concluded us all under sin.[5]God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.[6]” So if we have tasted and seen that the Lord is good[7] then we must be careful to maintain good works[8], so that we can all rejoice on the last day. To quote the prince of preachers: “The child of God works not for life, but from life; he does not work to be saved, he works because he is saved.” — C.H. Spurgeon.
“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap.” — Galatians 6:7
[5]Gal 3:22
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