“Galatians 6:7”

Monday, April 24, 2017

GALATIANS 6:7

“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.”

IMMEDIATE CONTEXT: Galatians 6:6-10.
EXTENDED CONTEXT: Galatians 5:1-6:15.

BREAKDOWN OF CONTEXT:

1. Do not become entangled or estranged from Christ (Gal. 5:1-6). The danger of practicing things religiously which are not of the covenant of Christ (circumcision, Law of Moses).
2. Our liberty from the Law of Moses is not liberty to live according to the flesh but in love (Gal. 5:7-15).
3. The contrast of walking in the Spirit versus walking in the flesh amplified (Gal. 5:16-26).
4. Individual duties and applications of walking in the Spirit (Gal. 6:1-15).
   1. Reach out to reclaim those overtaken in sin (Gal. 6:1, 2).
   2. Review our own work and standing with God (Gal. 6:3-5).
   3. Recompense the teacher of the word (Gal. 6:6).
   4. Remember what you sow is what you reap (Gal. 6:7-9).
   5. Recognize opportunities to do good (Gal. 6:10).
   6. Rejoice in the cross (Gal. 6:11-15).

--Steven J. Wallace

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