Cast Your Bread Upon the Water ( Part Two) by Dr. Rod Mattoon

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Ecclesiastes 11:1-Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Another application that is made with this verse is the principle of giving to others and God and the blessing of reaping. When you are generous, when you give help to others, casting your bread or your bounty upon the waters, God will bless your investment in their lives and also your investment in God’s work. You will find or reap blessings in the future. You will find the bread that was cast after many days. That’s what God says! I have seen this over and over again in my own life and in the lives of my wife and children. You reap what you sow. Sow blessing and you will reap it. Sow generosity and you’ll reap it. * 2 Corinthians 9:6-But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. * 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. * Galatians 6:7- Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. Less known than his Aunt Corrie, Peter was part of the ten Boom family that provided a safe house in Haarlem, the Netherlands, to which Jewish people escaped during the Nazi occupation during WW II. Peter and others extricated hundreds of Jewish children from orphanages ahead of the Nazi S.S. troops, who were collecting them to ship to concentration camps. Peter also played the organ in a country church. Though it was forbidden by German decree, one Sunday Peter pulled out the stops and played the Dutch national anthem in church. Shocked but proud churchgoers stood and sang the words of their anthem. For this act of defiance, Peter, then 16, was sent to prison. After the war, Peter went around the world with the same message as his famous aunt which was “Forgiveness is the only answer to hatred.” In Israel on one of his tours, he had a serious heart attack. Prompt surgery was essential to save his life. The cardiologist spoke with his patient before the operation. "I see your name is ten Boom. Are you by any chance related to the ten Booms of Haarlem?" "Yes," replied Peter. "That's my family." The doctor replied, "I'm one of the babies your family saved!" Peter was reaping what his family had sown. He had cast his bread upon the waters and found it again after many days. Part two of this 34-minute message was preached on Wednesday, November 9,2022, at Lincoln Land Baptist Church.