"Consequences!", Galations 6:8

"Consequences!", Galatians 6:8"

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Galatians 6:8

King James Version (KJV)

⁸ For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

So what does this mean? Does it really matter? Who cares? I just do not have time for this! 
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• Define Soweth:      
  Strong's G4687 - speirō
  σπείρω
                           1) to sow, scatter, seed
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• Define Flesh:
  Strong's G4561 - sarx
  σάρξ
  1) flesh (the soft substance of the living body, which covers the bones and is permeated with blood) of both man and beasts
  2) the body
  a) the body of a man
  b) used of natural or physical origin, generation or relationship
  1) born of natural generation
  c) the sensuous nature of man, "the animal nature"
  1) without any suggestion of depravity
  2) the animal nature with cravings which incite to sin
  3) the physical nature of man as subject to suffering
  3) a living creature (because possessed of a body of flesh) whether man or beast
  4) the flesh, denotes mere human nature, the earthly nature of man apart from divine influence, and therefore prone to sin and opposed to God.
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• Define Reap:
  Strong's G2325 - therizō
  θερίζω
  1) to reap, harvest
  2) proverbial expression for sowing and reaping
  3) cut off, destroy
  a) as crops are cut down with a sickle
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• Define Corruption:
  Strong's G5356 - phthora
  φθορά
  1) corruption, destruction, perishing
  a) that which is subject to corruption, what is perishable
  b) in the Christian sense, eternal misery in hell
  2) in the NT, in an ethical sense, corruption i.e. moral decay
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• Define Spirit:
  Strong's G4151 - pneuma
  πνεῦμα
  1) the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son
  a) sometimes referred to in a way which emphasises his personality and character (the "Holy" Spirit)
  b) sometimes referred to in a way which emphasises his work and power (the Spirit of "Truth")
  c) never referred to as a depersonalised force
  2) the spirit, i.e. the vital principal by which the body is animated
  a) the rational spirit, the power by which the human being feels, thinks, decides
  b) the soul
  3) a spirit, i.e. a simple essence, devoid of all or at least all grosser matter, and possessed of the power of knowing, desiring, deciding, and acting
  a) a life giving spirit
  b) a human soul that has left the body
  c) a spirit higher than man but lower than God, i.e. an angel
  1) used of demons, or evil spirits, who were conceived as inhabiting the bodies of men
  2) the spiritual nature of Christ, higher than the highest angels and equal to God, the divine nature of Christ
  4) the disposition or influence which fills and governs the soul of any one
  a) the efficient source of any power, affection, emotion, desire, etc.
  5) a movement of air (a gentle blast)
  a) of the wind, hence the wind itself
  b) breath of nostrils or mouth
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• Define Life Everlasting:
  Strong's G2222 - zōē
  ζωή
  1) life
  a) the state of one who is possessed of vitality or is animate
  b) every living soul
  2) life
  a) of the absolute fulness of life, both essential and ethical, which belongs to God, and through him both to the hypostatic "logos" and to Christ in whom the "logos" put on human nature
  b) life real and genuine, a life active and vigorous, devoted to God, blessed, in the portion even in this world of those who put their trust in Christ, but after the resurrection to be consummated by new accessions (among them a more perfect body), and to last for ever.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Strong's G166 - aiōnios
  αἰώνιος
  1) without beginning and end, that which always has been and always will be
  2) without beginning
  3) without end, never to cease, everlasting
  
  
  Yes it matters...:)
  
  
  
  

  Galatians 6:8

  King James Version (KJV)
  ⁸ For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
  
  
  
  
  For he that scatters seeds to his flesh (the soft substance of the living body, which covers the bones and is permeated with blood) of both man and beasts, shall reap, harvest, corruption, destruction, perishing; but he that scatters seeds to the "Spirit of Truth.": the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son
  a) sometimes referred to in a way which emphasises his personality and character (the "Holy" Spirit)
  b) sometimes referred to in a way which emphasises his work and power (the Spirit of "Truth") Shall of the Spirit,"Truth!", reap - harvest Life-everlasting: without end, never to cease, everlasting.
  
  
  I want this life, do you?
  
  
  Rev. Ed Sarnella