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The Gift of Eternal Life Berean Bible Study Course

Part II--The Process Of Reconciliation With God

F. Lesson 12--We Must Be Faithful In Serving The Lord

17. READ: GALATIANS 6:7-10

b. Who will reap destruction?

Answer: The people who sow to please their sinful natures will from that sinful nature reap destruction, (verse 8).

MORE INFORMATION AND/OR OTHER SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:

• A man reaps what he sows. There are two choices--destruction or eternal life:

Proverbs 22:8a: "He who sows wickedness reaps trouble..."

2 Corinthians 9:6: "Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously."

Job 4:8: "As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it."

Hosea 8:7: "They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind."

Romans 6:23: "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Galatians 5:24: "Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires."

• Galatians 5:19-21 lists some of the acts of the sinful nature and the fact that these people cannot inherit the kingdom of God. Therefore, they are IN destruction:

"The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God."