Reaping and Sowing - August 20 2017 - a podcast by VOX Community Podcast

"Reaping and Sowing" is the title of this message brought by Ronny Roa, member of the newly formed VOX teaching team. Referencing Galatians 6: 6-10, Ronny contrasts and compares living in legalism to living in freedom through the Holy Spirit. The legalistic life tends to be rooted in self, often in hopes of earning blessings and approval, whereas the spirit-filled life is immersed in the unconditional approval and love of Jesus, resulting in freedom, sacrifice, and generosity. Ronny, however, explains how laws and freedom actually work together. He introduces the concept that "our behavior informs our understanding, and our understanding informs our behavior". So, we must, by faith, follow God's commands in order to better understand the purpose of them, and likewise this new understanding helps us to better behave. Ideally, we need to recognize our acceptance and freedom in the Lord, which should carry us towards good deeds. He also intensifies how sowing in the flesh and sowing in the spirit both require a cost (i.e., to not be generous results in a cost. To be generous requires a cost). He challenges us to focus on the fertile soil of our hearts and uproot destructive seeds, such as anger, frustration, and greed, and be renewed/transformed by sowing seeds of love, sacrifice and generosity.

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