The Folly of Sowing to the Flesh
William Dawson. Galatians 6:7-8 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap.… If you saw a man with a seed basket on his shoulder, who had a field which by proper cultivation would yield a plentiful crop and profit, and there he was with his basket filled with thistles and nettles, and all noxious weeds that he could lay his hand on, and he was sowing that field with these from morning to night and on Sunday too — you would say, "I doubt yon man is spoiling that field, sowing it with that stuff;" and if you saw him sowing still all day long, and on Sunday more than any day, you would say, "I think it is time yon man was stopped, he must be a madman," and suppose you talked with a person that saw it too, and he said to you, "Do you know what the end will be?" "Why," you would say, "he is ruining his field, it must be all undone before any crop can be got from it again." "Ah! but (says the other) do you know these seeds that he is sowing will rise and prove to be a plentiful harvest, and they will touch the clouds, and then afterwards the field is to be cleared of them, and there is to be a fire made of them in which the man himself will be consumed?" "Do you say so?" "That is the truth." "Why then, surely he must be undeceived; let us try to undeceive him." Ah, friends, I am afraid that there are many such madmen here to night. (William Dawson.) Parallel Verses KJV: Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. WEB: Don't be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.