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The Law of Sowing & Reaping

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• V8 Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. 

• Gal 5, a Christian life is lived out in a battle field.

• Gal 6, a Christian life is lived out in two fields.

• You sow either to the flesh or to the Spirit.

• Gal 5, we walk by the Spirit• Gal 6, we sow to the Spirit.

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• Sowing & reaping is an immutable law of God.

• If we don’t sow to the field of the Spirit,

• We won’t reap the fruit of the Spirit.

• You decide where (Spirit or flesh)

• And what you are going to sow, and you will either reap eternal life or destruction.

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• V9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 

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• V10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.

• God directs you to care for those who are closer to home because they are there in front of you.

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• V1, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. 

• A spiritual Christian will gently (fruit) restore the sinners to God

• restore means “mending” or “setting the broken bone.”

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• The church is not a court house where someone is accused and judged;

• The church is a hospital where a brother is mended and restored.

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• V2 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. 

• We all have burdens and God doesn’t want us to carry them alone.

• Christian growth is not to become independent but interdependent.

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• Ps 55:22, cast your burden upon the Lord and he will sustain you.

• 1 Pet 5:7, God says, “cast all our anxiety on him because He cares for you.”

• One of the ways God cares for you is through the brothers and sisters in the church.

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• V3 If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves. 

• Some people see themselves as strong Christians and they look down on the weak Christians by condemning them.

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• But they need to realize that in life strength and burdens are not evenly distributed.

• Not all of us have equal strength.

• Not all of us have equal burdens.

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• V5 for each one should carry their own load. 

• The word burden in v 2 means heavy weight.

• The word load in v 5 means a small pack.

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• Life in the Spirit is a life of mutuality in the community.

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