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Grow Good Corn

Text: Luke 6:38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

2 Cor. 9:6 & 7 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. 7Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

Gal. 6:7-10 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 9And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. 10As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

Introduction: I know what you are thinking. This morning I’m going to be preaching on tithing. Wrong! I am preaching this morning on how to grow better corn!

There was a farmer that grew award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon.

One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors.

"How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year," the reporter asked.

"Why sir," said the farmer, "don't you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbors grow inferior corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn."

He is very much aware of the correctness of life. His corn cannot improve unless his neighbor's corn also improves.

So it is in other dimensions. Those who choose to be at peace must help their neighbors to be at peace. Those who choose to live well must help others to live well, for the value of a life is measured by the lives it
touches. And those who choose to be happy must help others to find happiness, for the welfare of each is bound up with the welfare of all.

The lesson for each of us is this: if we are to grow good corn, we must help our neighbors grow good corn.

I. Our Attitude Toward Giving or Helping Others
A. Like the Ph of the soil
B. Too Sour – Acidic – Too High – Lime is added
C. Too Sweet – Alkaline – Too Low – Sulfur is added
 
II. Our Actions Toward our Neighbors
A. Like Fertilizer
B. Too Much will burn
C. Too little won’t help
 
III. Our Love for our Neighbors
James 2:8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well. Matt. 22:39, Mark 12:31, Romans 13:9, Galatians 5:14
A. Like the Water or Rain
B. Too much will cause rot
C. Too Little will cause them to dry up
 
IV. The Harvest
A. God’s Job
B. You can Pray for it
C. You will have a great part in it
 
Conclusion: Just showing that you care for them and their eternal soul makes all the difference in the world. What are you going to do now?

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