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SOWING AND REAPING

INTRODUCTION:

THERE WAS TIMES IN OUR LIVES WERE WE DID THINGS THAT WAS NOT PLEASING TO GOD. AND IN RETURN WE HAD TO REAP THOSE THINGS THAT WE HAD SOWN. ON THE OTHER HAND WE HAD DID THINGS THAT HAVE PLEASED THE LORD AND FROM IT GOD HAS REWARDED US OPENLY.

TODAY I LIKE TO SAY TO YOUR WHATEVER YOU SOW YOU REAP.

PAUL STATES THERE ARE THREE WAYS HOW PEOPLE SOW.

THEY SOW IN THE FLESH. GALATIANS 6:8

THEY SOW IN THE SPIRIT. GALATIANS 6:8

3. THEY SOW IN LOVE. GALATIANS 6: 9-10

A. SOW IN FLESH.

Galatians 6:8 “For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”

WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS IN THE FLESH. THE LUST OF THE FLESH, THE LUST OF THE EYES AND THE PRIDE OF LIFE. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE CONTRARY TO THE WILL OF GOD. WHEN WE SOW IN THE FLESH, WE ARE SOWING INTO OUR OWN SELFISH DESIRES.

WHEN YOU GIVE INTO THOSE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE FLESH, YOU ARE NOT CONCERN ABOUT WHAT GOD’S WANT. WHEN YOU SOW TO YOUR FLESH, IT MEANS I AM OPERATING IN MY OWN POWER FOR THE SAKE OF MY OWN GRATIFICATION.

WHAT CAUSES A PERSON TO SOW IN THE FLESH? GIVING IN TO TEMPTATION. James 1:14 “but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.”

ONCE A PERSON GIVES INTO TEMPTATION THAT PERSON JUST BIRTH SIN IN THERE LIVES, AND SIN BRINGETH FORTH DEATH.

Romans 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.”

B. SOW IN THE SPIRIT.

GALATIANS 6:8 HE THAT SOWETH TO THE SPIRIT SHALL OF THE SPIRIT REAP LIFE EVERLASTING.

ONCE YOU SOW IN THE SPIRIT, YOU’RE COMMITTING TO A LIFE THAT WILL SURRENDER TO THE WILL OF GOD. TO SOW IN THE SPIRIT MEANS THAT WE ARE WALKING IN THE SPIRIT, BUT ALSO BEING FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. WHEN YOU WALK IN THE SPIRIT YOU WON’T FULFILL THE LUST THEREOF.

WHEN YOU SOW IN THE SPIRIT YOU REAP THINGS OF THE SPIRIT. WHAT IS IT THAT WE REAP? WE REAP SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE, WHICH ENHANCE OUR SPIRITUAL GROWTH AND ETERNAL SECURITY.

WHEN A PERSON SOW IN THE SPIRIT, THEY SOW INTO THE THINGS OF GOD. THEY GIVE THERE RESOURCES FOR THE UPLIFTING OF THE KINGDOM GOD. GOD BECOMES THERE FIRST PRIORITY BEFORE ANYTHING THEY MAY OBTAIN IN THE WORLD.

WE CAN BUY CARS, HOUSES, CLOTHES, AND GO ON TRIPS, AND HAVE THE MONEY FOR THEM THINGS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE LORD WE HAVE EXCUSES FOR PAYING OUR TITHES TO GOD. SOME OF US GIVE TO OURSELVES BEFORE WE GIVE TO GOD, AND WE EXPECT GOD TO BLESS US.

WHAT YOU SOW INTO IS A INDICATION OF WHAT YOU VALUE MOST. THE REASON WE SOW INTO THE SPIRIT, SO THAT OUR MINDS, OUR WORDS, AND ACTIONS BE GUIDED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.

WHY YOU SOW INTO THE SPIRIT, SO THAT YOU CAN ENHANCE GOD’S WORK

.Ephesians 5:18 “And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;”

C. SOW IN LOVE

Galatians 6:9–10 “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.”

WHEN YOU’RE ARE WALKING IN OBEDIENCE, IT SHOWS YOUR LOVE FOR GOD AND GOD WILL NOT WITHHOLD ANYTHING FROM YOU THAT HE HAS IN HIS WILL FOR YOU.

HOW YOU LOVE GOD WILL DETERMINE WHERE YOU WILL BE LAYING YOUR HEAD ONCE YOU LEAVE THIS EARTH.

WHEN YOU SOW IN LOVE , YOU’RE ABLE TO LOVE OTHERS, ESPECIALLY UNTO THEM WHO ARE OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH. GOD SET A TIME FOR EACH OF US TO SHOW LOVE TOWARDS EACH OTHER, THAT’S WHEN WE ARE IN FELLOWSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER. JESUS SAID BY THIS EVERYONE WILL KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES, IF YOU HAVE LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER.

1 Thessalonians 5:15 “See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.”

BEFORE I TAKE MY SEAT BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU;RE SOWING, BECAUSE GOD HAS SET A TIME FOR YOU TO REAP RATHER GOOD OR BAD.