“These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.” (Proverbs 6: 16-19)
“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” (Galatians 6:7) When a farmer plants corn, when harvest time comes, he doesn’t expect to reap watermelon. Even Job’s friend Eliphaz (who definitely wasn’t the smartest guy in the world), had enough sense to know that “they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.” (Job 4:8) If we complain, gossip, speak negatively and sow discord, shouldn’t we expect the equivalent heaped on our heads? Satan is “the accuser of the brethren, which accused them before our God day and night.” (Revelation 12:10) When we sow discord among our brethren, we become collaborators with Satan in his quest to destroy the witness of the church. Sowing discord is the exact opposite of what men of God should be doing in the church. We should be discipling men, encouraging, edifying, loving, laying down our lives and embracing the brethren. Satan has enough tares among the wheat without men of God helping the Adversary do his work. “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice! And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.” (Ephesians 4:29-32)
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