As a result of revelation, Saul of Tarsus experienced a tremendous upheaval in his personal life

The book of Galat= ians is a very significant book in the Bible. Without it it would be hard for us the see the two realms in which a Christian can live: the realm of the Spirit or the realm of the flesh.=

Satan’s strategy is to carry the believers of Christ away from Him by seducing them= to live by the flesh. No believer would purposely desire to live by the flesh. Therefore, Satan came up with some= thing of the flesh that would appeal to the believers desire to follow after God. What Satan came up= with is religion. Religion is an a= ttempt to please God apart from God Himself. Religion is a so-called “good” way to cause man to live = by the flesh and mock God without him even being aware of it.

Galatians 6:7 st= arts out by warning the recipients of this letter to not be deceived. In Greek, the word deceived means = to be led astray, to wonder or roam. Paul was telling the Galatian believers, “Don’t wonder or roam in the realm of the law (religion). = This is just your flesh! Don’t you know that this is a mockery? And believe me God will not be moc= ked but will rather cause something to grow according to what you are sowing in your religi= ous flesh!”

This matter of s= owing and reaping is very sobering. Whatever we do in our life is a sowing that will eventually result i= n a harvest. In verse 9 Paul tells us that sowing to the (religious) flesh will reap corruption. Corruption primarily means destruc= tion and ruin, but also has the sense of deterioration or decay. The result to sowing with a view t= o our (religious) flesh will result in our Christian life deteriorating into inevitable destruction. (Please refer to the chart on the back of this flyer.)

On the contrary,= if we are those who sow with a view to the Spirit we will have an abundant har= vest of eternal life. Eternal life= is the ever-existing and everlasting life of God. The harvest we enjoy as = those who sow unto the Spirit is God’s eternal life which is nothing less t= han God Himself! Wow! What a harvest! Who wants anything to do with the religious flesh and its corruption when you can have God and all that He is= ?&nbs= p; (Again, see the chart on the back of this flyer.)<= /p>

In verse 9, Paul brings up the matter of losing heart. To lose heart is to become exhausted or worn out. We may ask, “Paul, are you t= elling me that to sow according to the Spirit can cause us to lose heart? Why are you saying this?” Paul is saying this because sowing= unto the Spirit produces a slow growing crop. Sometimes it doesn̵= 7;t appear anything is happening at all. We may say, “I labor and struggle to enjoy the Lord and pray so much for my friend to be saved, but nothing seems to be happening.” Be assured that as we sow unto the Spirit, something IS happening. However, the harve= st will only come in due season or at its appointed time. You can not have a McDonald’s mentality when it comes to sowing unto the Spirit. So don’t faint (relax or be = weary) because the rich harvest will come in = the proper season. Remember that God Him= self is the One who gives the growth and He knows the best time for the harvest = to come.

Verse 10 is a wonderful verse. It says, = 220;So then, as we have opportunity, let us do what is good toward all, but especi= ally toward those of the household of the faith.” As we have opportunity means, “in the seasonable time; the appropriate time.” The phrase bears the thought that = we should seek opportunities to do good toward all. Again, we should not be = passive, but active to= seek opportunity. We should especially seek opportun= ities to do good toward those of the household of the faith. Why did Paul add this phrase? I believe he did so because it is = easy to neglect those who are closest to us.&nb= sp; It seems that we are more willing to care for others, not yet with u= s, then our own household. Once = the one we so much cared for is among us, we have a tendency to neglect them and move on to others.

In conclusion, o= ur life is a sowing. As believer= s, our sowing is unto the Spirit, which will give us an abundant harvest of eternal life by which we do good toward all, and especially those of our own household—the household of the faith.