Sowing & Reaping

Concerning Paul’s teaching in Galatians 6:7-9, repentance interrupts the destructive cycle of sowing and reaping by changing the "seed" from sin to righteousness. While repentance brings forgiveness and stops eternal consequences, natural or disciplinary consequences (reaping) often remain to teach obedience. Repentance shifts the focus from sowing to the flesh to sowing to the Spirit, changing the future harvest! In summary, repentance does not always eliminate the earthly, natural consequences of past sowing, but it breaks the power of the sin and changes the future crop from death to life. Be encouraged!

~Dr. Robert L. Taylor, Th.D., Bible teacher & expositor