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<div class="SSN_rnum">I. THE LAW OF SOWING AND REAPING.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. <a onClick="return mV('Gal',6,7);">Galatians 6:7</a> "Be not deceived, God is not mocked, whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. We reap in kind.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. If you are merciful, mercy will be extended to you.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. If you are forgiving, you will receive forgiveness.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. If you do not forgive, neither will you be forgiven.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. It is amazing how many people are deceived on this point.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. They think that they can sow their wild oats and never have to face the consequences.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. They do not stop to think that there is a time when they will have to harvest the fruit of their sowing.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. Paul said that if you sow to the flesh, of the flesh you will reap corruption.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">d. You will one day reap the consequences of the corrupt seed that has been sown.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. People think that they can mock the word of God and get by with it, but there is a day of reaping coming.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. The prophet is here declaring that the nation of Israel has sown the wind, and they are going to reap the whirlwind.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. They had turned their backs on God, who had given birth to their nation.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. They had turned away from that which was good. vs 3</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. They had ungodly rulers. "You have set up kings, but not by Me." vs4</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Worse, they began to worship and serve other gods. "With their silver have they made idols." vs 4</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. They had become a sex crazed society as they worshipped Molech, and Ashtoreth.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. They were lusting after more and more possessions as they worshipped Mammon.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. The calf became the symbol of their national god. vs 5</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. The time for reaping had come. They had forsaken God and now when they were going to really need Him, God would be forsaking them.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. A whirlwind will be coming out of the north parts, and carry them away as captives to Assyria.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. Job's friend Eliphaz said, "If you trust in emptiness, then emptiness shall be your reward.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. How many people are looking for empty things to fill the void in their lives.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. They pursue one pleasure after another.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. They fill their minds with fantasy, movies, videos, rock concerts, rap concerts.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. They move from one relationship to another.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">d. They pursue success or security.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">e. They strive to be famous.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">f. Hollywood has to be one of the emptiest places in the world, it is like a giant vacuum sucking up every new religious thought and idea.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. They find that as Jesus said to the woman of Samaria, "If you drink of this water, you will thirst again."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. They end up empty. They have sown emptiness and they reap emptiness.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">II. THE FRUIT OF SUCH SOWING.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. "It has no stalk."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. The prophet is describing in this similitude a blasted stalk of corn.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. The stalk is bent over and limp.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Nothing substantial can come from what they have sown.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. You hear the speeches of the New Age advocates and there is no real substance to it. All talk, no stalk.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. It is the great you.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Tapping into the hidden resources within.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. "The bud shall yield no meal."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. No real fruit can come from it.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. You embrace an empty philosophy, and the result will be emptiness in your life.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. You worship insensate gods, and you will become insensate.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. You will become blind to the true and living God. You will no longer see Him in the beauty of His creation. You will begin the irrational worship of the creation rather than the creator as all of these so-called earth people today.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. You will become deaf to His voice. You will no longer hear Him calling to you. Jesus said, "My sheep do hear My voice, and they do follow Me."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. I am amazed at the foolish things that people will embrace when they have once rejected the truth.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. They have sown folly, and they reap folly.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. They will put on weird clothing, sit in odd positions, cut their hair in peculiar styles, and chant unintelligible sounds, thinking that they are finding serenity and bliss. What they are finding is an empty mind, which is the closest thing that the world can get to serenity.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. If any meal or fruit may by chance grow on the wilted stalk, strangers will devour it.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. The only ones truly profiting from the New Age philosophies are the ones who are selling it to the gullible public.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. It doesn't profit the people who are buying into it.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. They may find some temporary satisfaction as they are deceived by the promises of power and wealth. But the thrill is in the pursuit, and once you have attained the goal, it turns to bitter disappointment.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. They sell you the crystals, and the pyramids telling of the mystic powers that you can gain, but what has really happened is that you have just helped them to become a little richer off of you. Others reap the benefits of your desire to find meaning and purpose in life.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. This is true of all of the false religious groups that seek to enslave your mind.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. They tell you that if you leave them, you are leaving the only true path.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. To leave them is tantamount to leaving God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. They seek to hold you by fear.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">d. Jesus will only hold you by love. Paul said, "The love of Christ constrains me."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. We don't say that we are the only way, Jesus is the only way He is the truth and the life, and no man can come to the Father but by Him.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. There are many good churches in the county, and you can find excellent Bible studies and fellowship.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">5. We are not the only church, we are just a part of the whole body of Christ, we fit our niche that God has called us to fill.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">6. We don't prescribe any special type of clothing or undergarments. Long hair, short hair, no hair, makes no difference. God loves us all.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">7. We have no crystals or pyramids for sale.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">8. We don't say read our books to understand the truth, we say read the Bible, we are not afraid of what you will come to believe by just reading the Bible.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">9. We are not searching for some new thought, or new revelation, or new truth. We are seeking new fresh experiences in the old truths.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">III. WHAT YOU SOW IS WHAT YOU WILL REAP.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. We have been sowing the word of God in your hearts for 26 years, and the fruit that we are reaping is phenomenal.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. Continue to sow to your spirit, and the fruit of the Spirit will come forth from your life.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. If you sow to your flesh, all you can hope to reap is corruption, but if you sow to the spirit, of the Spirit you will reap life everlasting. Jesus said, "The words that I speak unto you, they are Spirit and they are life." <a onClick="return mV('Jhn',6,63);">John 6:63</a> Read the gospels, read the words of Jesus, sow to the spirit, and reap the benefits.</div>
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