THE LAW OF SOWING AND REAPING

Introduction

I want to share with you today some

biblical principles of sowing and

reaping so that we will faithfully steward

the resources that God has entrusted into

our care and enjoy the rewards of His

blessing.

God wants you to be a good steward and

manage what He has given to

you out of your love for Him. But He has

also promised to respond to your

honoring of Him with that which is called

a reward. Paul writes clearly concerning

rewards in his letter to the church at

Corinth, in 1 Corinthians 3:12- 14 Now if

any man build upon this foundation gold,

silver, precious stones, wood, hay,

stubble;

13 Every man's work shall be made

manifest: for the day shall declare it,

because it shall be revealed by fire; and

the fire shall try every man's work of what

sort it is.

14 If any man's work abide which he hath

built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.

God wants us to live in the now but with a

future mindset. A future that is spent with

him in eternity.

1 - Gal. 6:7  Be not deceived;

Don’t be fooled by Satan’s smooth words.

Gen 3:3  But of the fruit of the tree which

is in the midst of the garden, God hath

said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye

touch it, lest ye die. 

Gen 3:4  And the serpent said unto the

woman, Ye shall not surely die: 

Gen 3:5  For God doth know that in the

day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be

opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing

good and evil. *

There are also people in the world who

have the spirit of the deceiver.

2 John 1:7  For many deceivers are

entered into the world, who confess not

that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This

is a deceiver and an antichrist. *

2 - Don’t play God.

Vs 7 God is not mocked. Mocked means

To outwit or to outfox. To disobey God’s

commands and then escape divine

punishment would be to outwit God, thus

making a mockery of him and His Word.

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3 - What are you planting?

Vs 7c - 8a for whatsoever a man soweth,

that shall he also reap. 

Gal 6:8  For he that soweth to his flesh

shall of the flesh reap corruption;

Soweth means what you do or practice.

Reap mean to be requited or

recompensed. In this text the Galatians

could not disregard the command to

support their instructors in righteousness

and escape divine discipline.

Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians & Colossians (B. Freedom to Share Financial Resources (vv. 6–10))

Each of us by our thoughts, attitudes,

and actions is constantly planting for a

future reaping. Time may pass before

the crop ripens, but the harvest is

inevitable.

For he that now soweth to the flesh, that

is to follow the desires of our corrupt

nature. Shall hereafter reap of the flesh.

Out of this very seed you will reap

corruption - Death everlasting.

But he that soweth to the Spirit - That

follows God’s guidance in all of ones

attitudes and life style. Shall of the Spirit -

By the free grace and power of God, reap

life everlasting.

Eph 2:8  For by grace are ye saved through

faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the

gift of God: 

4 - What you plant determines what you harvest

You can’t plant corn and expect to harvest

beans. If you want to be loved then sow

love in the right field. I f you want the fruit

of the Spirit found in Galatians 5:22 - 23,

then you must sow to the Spirit. That is

the Holy Spirit if he is in you.

Job 4:8  Even as I have seen, they that

plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap

the same. 

2Co 9:6  But this I say, He which soweth

sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he

which soweth bountifully shall reap also

bountifully. 

Rom 8:13  For if ye live after the flesh, ye

shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do

mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall

live. 

Gal 5:16  This I say then, Walk in the Spirit,

and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 

Hos 10:12  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. 

And ye shall reap in mercy. Fallow ground

- Our hearts can be as the ground over -

run with weeds, which need to be plowed

and broken up, that good seed may be

sowed in them. And rain - The rain is God

pouring out the fruits of his goodness and

mercy.

Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians & Colossians (B. Freedom to Share Financial Resources (vv. 6–10))

Galatians 6:9  And let us not be weary in

well doing: for in due season we shall

reap, if we faint not.