[Manna - October 8]
Be not deceived,...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. Galatians 6:7,8
WE sow to the flesh every time we allow the fleshly,
selfish, unjust, unrighteous desires of the flesh to have
sway in our hearts and lives, and each sowing makes
easier the additional sowing and makes more sure the
end of that way which is death—Second Death.
On
the contrary, each sowing to the Spirit, each resistance
to the desires of the flesh toward selfishness,
etc., and each exercise of the new mind, of the new
will, in spiritual directions toward the things that are
pure, the things that are noble, the things that are
good, the things that are true, is a sowing to the Spirit,
which will bring forth additional fruits of the
Spirit, graces of the Spirit, and which, if persevered
in, will ultimately bring us in accord with the Lord's
gracious promises and arrangements—everlasting life
and the Kingdom. Z.'04-57 R3323:5