Galatians 6:7-8
The natural Christian life has its foundation in the world,
and the things of the world, the flesh and the devil have tainted it. The natural Christian has rights and
freedom with a strong desire to become strong so they can help those whom they
judge need help. What a contrast
to the Spirit-filled Christian, who understands that his flesh is and always
will be in a battle with the Spirit of Truth that lives in them. The Spirit-filled Christian understands
that to live you must die, to be free you must give-up your rights to freedom,
and the more you give the more you will receive. As the Spirit-filled Christian matures they understand that
independent living is of the flesh, and centered in a gospel of the world, and
they must be totally dependant on the Father for everything.
Today, the church is full of the natural man, the one who is
contaminated by a love for the world, and that person has a gospel built on the
world’s system and the goal is to improve and get better without dying to self,
or being lead by the Spirit. This
is not a new thing for the Church; it has battled the natural Christian life
from its earliest days, and that is why the apostle Paul states, “Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one
sows, that will he also reap. For
the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the
one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. (Galatians
6:7-8)
Should we not hold to this admonishment that Paul made to
Timothy, “O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to
you. Avoid the irreverent babble
and contradictions of what is falsely called “knowledge” for by it some have
swerved from the faith.” So
we were warned, live this life as dead men, dead to your flesh and it desires. Always go to the Father for all
your needs, never forgetting, a person reaps what they sow.
From the Back Porch,
Bob Rice
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