Sowing Discord (Proverbs #22) - Bible Baptist Church

This phrase sowing discord appears twice in the Bible and both are here. Illustrate discord on the piano

Planting discord like a farmer

Discord is planted like a farmer seeding his field and waiting for a crop.
Discord is like a seed in that it is first small and insignificant. But it contains the genetics for the tree that grows in time.
Discord is planted with a froward mouth, perverted mouth.
Seeds on different soil. Some soil isn’t good to receive seeds of discord. It comes in one ear and out the other. But it’s not as scattered as the sower and the seed in Jesus’ parable. The sower of discord sows among the brethren in verse 19.
Some seeds take longer to sprout and grow.
A house divided cannot stand.

Identifying the seeds of discord

We’re not talking about Discord the app. Discord is to be divisive, to cause factions, and bring division among people for which there should be unity. To say or do things that cause distrust among one another.
1 Corinthians 1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Avoid the temptation to demean someone behind their back.

The person responsible for discord

Paul asked the Galatians, Who hath bewitched you? There is a person responsible for your distrust, for your anger towards your brother or sister.
His body language says there’s more going on than what’s at the surface.
He’s influential, he’ll show you how.
Winks with his eyes
Froward is difficult to deal with, contrary, argumentative.
Makes plans to do mischief – harm, hurt, injury, damage, and evil.

The strongest condemnation

This person is an abomination to the LORD. There isn’t a stronger word than to say someone is an abomination to God. An abomination is someone who causes hatred and disgust. Is God love? Yes. Does God hate some things? Yes. You might say that the LORD hates things in the list of six, but he that soweth discord is the person.
Thou hatest all workers of iniquity (Psalm 5:5).
Look at verse 15, quickly and without remedy.
Romans 16:17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
This is not someone who just misspoke or maybe said something out of turn. This is a person who plots and plans to divide a flock and gather sheep to himself like a wolf. He preys on weak sheep and plans his divisiveness.