Galatians 6:7
7 Be [planao] not [me] deceived [planao]; God [theos] is [mukterizo] not [ou] mocked [mukterizo]: for [gar] whatsoever [hos] [ean] a man [anthropos] soweth [speiro], that [touto] shall he [therizo] also [kai] reap [therizo]. KJV-Interlinear
7 Do not be deceived, God is not
mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. NASB
The summary of your life is wrapped up in the
concept in this verse with this phrase, ‘what you sow.’ By not reading the studies, you miss the whole
point of life. The vast majority of
people pretend their way through life, and after a while they believe their own
pretense, and thus fail miserably, leaving them with embarrassment and great disappointment
and nothing much more.
And this results in the greatest deception in all
of human history, which is people deceiving themselves by pretense and then
making that pretense a truth, which it is not.
God has issued several mandates for us to follow,
in order for us to have the greatest possible life, both now in this world, and
especially in eternity.
We are mandated to study and learn doctrine. Most people do not pursue this. We are mandated to support the teaching of doctrine. Most people do not do this. We are mandated to live a life based on faith
and not works. Most people violate this
principle.
And the ultimate and final result of all of this,
is the result of your life.
If you sow nothing, meaning you disregard Gods
mandates, then should you expect to harvest anything? And yet people do just this and expect that
they will be quite successful in eternity, only that they will be greatly
disappointed when their reward is nothing, because they did nothing.
The sowing and reaping concept is one of the oldest
principles in all of human history. No
planting means no harvest, means no food, means you starve, means you die. It doesn't get any simpler than that.
If you plant, then you harvest and then you eat and
then you live. And when you plant a lot,
then you harvest more, and then you have more to sell and so you can have more
things in life. What part of that is not
clear?
It is the same with the spiritual life. Only our sowing comes in the form of studying
the bible, by means of instruction, thus planting doctrine inside of your soul,
which grows and generates a great harvest of spiritual production.
More doctrine, more learning, more growth
throughout your entire life, means that you will have a phenomenal spiritual
life and therefore when you face Christ, in heaven, your will receive
phenomenal blessings and rewards and so forth.
You can look around you in this world for examples
of blessings in great wealth as in billionaires, in talents as in the arts or
music or sports, in intellect as in innovators, in anything that you can think
of where there are examples of great blessings.
Likewise, ignore God and live in your pretended and
worthless world and get nothing and there are certainly many symbolic examples
of having nothing, such as in poverty, starvation, handicaps, disorders,
awkwardness and so forth.
So, which would you prefer, wealth or poverty? Which offers more advantages?
And in the spiritual life, you really are able to determine
your own future outcome. So why would you
fail intentionally?
Before you were born into this world, you had no
say as the many facets of your life.
That is the works of this world.
But in the spiritual life, you have every opportunity
to determine your future, simply by choosing to pursue your daily bible
study. Why would you choose against
that?
So I ask again.
Which is more desirable, wealth or poverty?
Pursue your spiritual life by adhering to Gods mandate
to engage in a daily study, and thus grow up and complete your life, and
therefore gain virtually everything you can imagine and more.
Or, do nothing and get nothing.
Such a difficult decision!
