Colheita
A colheita é princípio bíblico universal: colhemos o que semeamos. Quem semeia na fé e obediência colherá bênçãos abundantes do Senhor.
Semear e colher
Quem semeia no Espírito, do Espírito colherá vida eterna. Não nos cansemos de fazer o bem — ao tempo certo colheremos.
For he that soweth in his flesh, of the flesh he shall reap corruption; but he that soweth in the Spirit, of the Spirit he shall reap everlasting life.
Do not ye err, God is not scorned; for those things that a man soweth, those things he shall reap.
And doing good fail we not; for in his time we shall reap, not failing.
And he that ministereth seed to the sower, shall give also bread to eat, and he shall multiply your seed, and make much the increasings of fruits of your rightwiseness;
And the fruit of rightwiseness is sown in peace, to men that make peace.
And each chastising in [this] present time seemeth to be not of joy, but of sorrow; but afterward it shall yield fruit of rightwiseness most peaceable to men exercised by it.
Fidelidade na semeadura
Honra ao Senhor com as tuas primícias. O Senhor abrirá as janelas do céu e derramará bênção sem medida.
Honour thou the Lord of thy chattel [or substance], and of the best of all thy fruits give thou to poor men;
Bring ye each tithe into my barn, that meat be in mine house, and prove ye me on this thing, saith the Lord, if I shall not open to you the gutters of heaven, and shall shed out to you blessing, till to abundance.
If ye go in my behests, and keep my commandments, and do those [or them],
I shall give to you rain in their times, and the earth shall bring forth his fruit, and [the] trees shall be filled with apples;
Behold ye the fowls of the air, for they sow not, neither reap, neither gather into barns; and your Father of heaven feedeth them. Whether ye be not more worthy than they?
The vinery is shamed [or the vine-yard is confounded]; and the fig tree was sick. The pomegranate tree, and the palm tree, and the fir tree, and all the trees of the field dried up; for joy is shamed from the sons of men.
For the fig tree shall not flower, and burgeoning shall not be in vineyards; the work of [the] olive tree shall lie down, and fields shall not bring forth meat; a sheep shall be cut away from the fold, a drove shall not be in cratches.
Forsooth I shall have joy in the Lord, and I shall make joy without-forth in God my Jesus or my salvation.