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Galatians 6:6–10 (ESV)
6 Let the one who is taught the word share all good things with the one who teaches.
7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.
8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
Opening Prayer
Recap
Paul has been teaching that the community of Christ, that is the church...
Is to suffer with/along side one another.
We are to care for one another through thick and thin.
We are to restore one another when one gets caught up in transgressions.
We are to share with one another.
We are to bear each other’s burdens.
We are to take care of the pastors, who have stepped away from opportunity to make a living in the world...
And dedicated themselves to the:
Purity of the church.
Doctrinal purity.
Congregational unity.
Proper conduct.
Paul says, make sure you’re investing in the right things.
Paul Explains Further
Now, Paul adds to what he is saying...
Galatians 6:8 (ESV)
8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
Now, Paul breaks this principle down into parts.
Paul introduces the general principle in…
Galatians 6:7 (ESV)
Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.
In v.8 Paul gives more detail…
If one sows to the flesh, then it shows that our hope is in this present life.
Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die
And we become nothing…says worldly philosophy.
When we sow to the flesh, we prove that our hope is in the comforts of this present world.
So you reap the fruit of the seed you sow.
A life characterized by sowing to the flesh can have no assurance...
Because there is no expression of love for Christ...
Only love for the cares of the world.
In contrast, if one sows to the Spirit ...that path leads to eternal life.
So, if one lives a life that shows a love for Christ...
It will manifest in spiritual fruit...
And spiritual fruit is leading us on a path of assurance...
A path that leads to eternal life.
Sowing to the Spirit is not what obtains for us eternal life...
Sowing to the Spirit expresses that we are on the right path to eternal life...
Mainly, a person who has put their faith in Christ...
Is resting in Christ...
And, resting in Christ is hoping in Christ...
And, the reward that awaits us in Christ.
Sowing to the Spirit expresses our hope is in Christ...
And, the eternal life and heavenly world that He promises His Bride.
We are willing to endure delayed gratification...
Because what awaits us by our present investments into the Kingdom...
Is a reward infinitely greater than all the treasures and comforts this world can give.
Now, Paul gives us a much needed warning...
Galatians 6:9–10 (ESV)
9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
Doing good…3 Questions:
Why is it so hard?
Why do we grow weary doing it?
Why must we not stop doing good?
Why is doing good so hard?
Because as non-Christians we are under the bondage to sin...
And, as Christians, we are under the re-training of all of our faculties to do different than we used to do...
When we were in bondage to sin.
Listen to the Apostle Paul in...
Romans 3:9–18 (ESV)
9 What then?
Are we Jews any better off?
No, not at all.
For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin, 10 as it is written:
“None is righteous, no, not one; 11 no one understands; no one seeks for God.
12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”
13 “Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.”
“The venom of asps is under their lips.”
14 “Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood; 16 in their paths are ruin and misery, 17 and the way of peace they have not known.”
18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
After exclaiming the universal condition of mankind in Romans 1...
Paul continues in Chapter 2 to prove why it is also the condition of Jews, as well.
And, so what we see here in Romans 3. is the universal judgment of all mankind, both Jew & non-Jew.
Outside of the the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit...
And, His work within us we, cannot do good to others in the way that God prescribes.
Doing good, according to God’s will, goes against our fallen nature.
So, to just do good, biblically, takes faith.
It takes us waking up every morning and dying to self.
Throughout our day, resting in Christ.
Leaning on the Spirit of God.
Proverbs 3:5–6 (ESV)
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
This is gospel.
We need to rest in Christ, His gospel, His promises, His righteousness.
If we want to do good, we must rest in Christ, first and foremost.
Why do we grow weary doing good?
Fallenness constrains us to find our value in self...
And, in order to find value in self...
We must find our self more valuable than others.
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