Tabor Baptist Church

Introduction

• Do you have harvest memories?
• God has given the harvest
• Harvest seems to be a dying thing
• It is good to revive old practices
• Sowing and Reaping
• The Bible says a lot about sowing and reaping
• Promises - Psalm 126:5
• Warnings - Hosea 8:7
• Laws - 2 Cor 9:6
• Looking at v7-8
• The law of sowing and reaping
• Reading Gal 6:7-8
• A direct application to the Christian
  • Reading Gal 6:9-10
• Overview:
• God has fixed laws
• Two realms to sowing
• Only two results

God has fixed laws

• Many immutable laws of physics
• God has established laws in the physical world
• God has established laws in the moral world
• God has set up a law regarding sowing and reaping
• Sin - if you sow to sin, to self, to desire
• You will reap corruption
• God is not mocked (v7)
• God sees everything
• Do not be deceived
• We can be deceived
• Examples
• Consequences of sin
• Sow to the spirit of God

Two realms to sowing

• You either sow to the flesh or you sow to the Spirit
• This passage is directed to Christians
• Although they are born again, yet they still struggle with their old nature
• Gal 5:16-18
• The flesh wars against the Spirit
• This passage is also direct to all 
• Everyone can choose to serve God and honour Him to choose to serve themselves
• Sowing to the flesh - Sin
• Examples
• Corruption comes from this - God wants us to sow to the Spirit
• Character traits
• Sowing to the Spirit
• You need the Spirit of God to sow in you
• Convicted of sin
• Turning bad soil into good, to receive the Word of God
• Pointing you to Jesus Christ
• You must first believe in Jesus Christ
• Have you done this?
• You love God
• Obedient
• Holiness
• Pleasing God
• Seek first the Kingdom of God - what do we prioritise?

Only two results

• Sowing to the Flesh - Corruption:
• The believer is kept by a loving God - they cannot be lost
• They can miss out on so much
• Miss out on blessings
• Lose our joy in God
• Become useless to the church
• An unbeliever
• Reading Gal 5:19-21
• Will not inherit the Kingdom of God
• 1 Cor 5
• Sowing to the Spirit - Everlasting life:
• Quantity and quality
• Knowing God
• The characteristics of the fruit of the Spirit
• Reading Gal 5:22
• Doctrine should result in a truly glorious life

Closing Remarks

• Application:
• Which is the best life to live?
• Think of your soul as a garden
• Choose to sow to the Spirit