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. . .continued from yesterday
The same principles that operate in nature also operate in the moral and spiritual sphere. You reap what you sow! Listen to what some
of the other authors in the Bible have to say:
James 3:18 Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.
Hosea 10:12 Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love,
Romans 6:22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God,
the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.
But, on the contrary, "those who plough iniquity and sow trouble reap the same"
(Job 4:8). Hosea warned his contemporaries that if "they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind" (Hosea 8:7). These principles are immutable laws of
God. We are not the helpless victims of our nature, temperament and circumstances. On the contrary, what we become depends largely on how we behave. Our character is
shaped by our conduct!
There are only 2 options: please your sinful nature, or please the Spirit. . . Which nature are you trying to please?
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