Cause and effect
Nothing happens by chance or outside the Universal Law of cause and effect.
Every Action has a reaction or consequence and every event is the result of a previous cause.
The scriptures
The scriptures speak of cause and effect:
- “He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.” Ecclesiastes 10:8. [1]
- "Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days." Ecclesiastes 11:1
- "Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for [it is] time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you." Hosea 10:12
- "That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures." Proverbs 8:21
- "And honour not his father or his mother, [he shall be free]. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition." Matthew 15:6 [2]
- "Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:" Luke 6:37
- "But this [I say], He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully." 2 Corinthians 9:6
- "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." Galations 6: 7)
Human conduct
This law of Cause and Effect is found as fundamental in the Law of Nature.
Ralph Waldo Emerson saw the Law of Cause and Effect is the "law of laws".
Human conduct, actions, and interaction is a manifestation of the Cosmic Law of Cause and Effect.
- "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction".
Human thought
Every human thought, word, and deed whether desirable or undesirable, good or evil, sets in motion waves of energy that flow throughout the universe which will in turn create effects.
- "And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart." Zechariah 7:10
Just thinking thoughts of coveting,[3] anger,[4] and lust[5] have an effect in nature.
Consequences
This flow of energy vibrates from and through planes of existence maintaining its energy in a multitude of forms in the membrane of the universe. Resonating from the original source through the swinging pendulum of time through space it touches the infinite creation from beginning to end.
Without the law of cause and effect, there would be no universe nor order and without the universe there would be no cause and effect.
- "The increase of his house shall depart, [and his goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath." Job 20:28
The spirit of the effect is set in motion at the moment of its cause but the realization is often a delayed consequence built into the Law of Nature by nature's God which we may call the Wrath of God or the fruit of righteousness.[6]
Psalms 147:18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, [and] the waters flow.
he causeth
Revelation 13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. 16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
- ↑ Ecclesiastes 10:1... "Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: [so doth] a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom [and] honour."
- "By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through." Ecclesiastes 10:18
- ↑ Mark 7:11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, [It is] Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; [he shall be free]. 12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; 13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
- ↑ 2 Peter 2:14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
- ↑ Matthew 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
- ↑ Matthew 5:28 "But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart."
- ↑ James 3:18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.