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Galatians 6:7-10 What do you expect to reap? - Day 273

Good evening my friends,

Just keeping pace for today (June '21).  Still about 3 weeks behind on devotions.  But I am glad to be able to write as an encouragement to you as you read.  Every day in the Word is a blessing.

Blessings,

Jeff

Some observations:

Reaping is the theme.  We modern, technologically savvy people miss the agricultural context of the Bible.  Every farmer knows that what you sow determines what you reap.  The rest of us just go to the store and buy food without really thinking about how it got there.  Paul is using this analogy for spiritual purposes.  

The black and white of salvation.  Either dead or alive.  Not a little of each.  Either flesh or Spirit.  Not a little of each  Works or faith. One way or many ways.  The plan of salvation presented in the Bible is contrary to all other faiths.  Going all the way back to Genesis 3:15, God has promised one way for the  head of the serpent to be crushed.  Paul is not making up a doctrine, he is explaining what he has received by revelation.  

The gospel cannot be adapted to make it more acceptable.  We cannot mix other beliefs or ideologies with Christianity.  We proclaim the gospel revealed in scripture or we have no gospel at all.

Doing good is linked to sowing to the Spirit.  While there are many acts that sow to the Spirit, Paul is giving us one that we must not ignore.  If we think we are sowing to the Spirit and do not do good to everyone, we are deceiving ourselves. 

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