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You Reap What You Sow
Do your daily choices really matter?
Yes. In Galatians 6:7-18, the Apostle Paul closes his letter with a farmer’s truth: you reap what you sow. In this final study, Dr. Toby Holt explains what we are planting with our lives — and the harvest it brings.
Just as a seed decides the crop, the way we live produces a harvest. Paul says those who “sow to the flesh” reap decay, while those who “sow to the Spirit” reap everlasting life. He urges believers not to grow tired of doing good, because the harvest comes in time. At the very end, Paul refuses to boast in anything except the cross of Jesus. Holt pictures the danger with a simple image: planting gummy bears in a garden grows nothing — a life spent on what does not last produces no lasting fruit.
Questions this study answers:
1. What does “you reap what you sow” mean? It means our choices have results, like seeds that grow into a harvest. What we invest our lives in — God’s ways or our own desires — decides what we will gather later.
2. What does it mean to “sow to the Spirit”? It means living God’s way: doing good, loving others, and trusting Christ. Paul says this kind of life reaps everlasting life rather than decay.
3. What did the cross mean to Paul? Everything. Paul refused to boast in his own achievements; his only confidence was in the cross of Jesus, where real salvation is found.
“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.” — Galatians 6:7 (NKJV)
Speaker: Dr. Toby Holt is the President of New Geneva Theological Seminary, a Reformed seminary in Colorado Springs. He is known for clear, down-to-earth Bible teaching, and his sermons have been downloaded more than 1.9 million times on SermonAudio.
Listen and go deeper: This is Part 10 of the ten-part Galatians study. Find the whole series, along with verse-by-verse studies of other books of the Bible, at newgeneva.org. To support this teaching ministry, visit newgeneva.org/give.
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By Dr. Toby Holt | New Geneva Theological SeminaryDo your daily choices really matter?
Yes. In Galatians 6:7-18, the Apostle Paul closes his letter with a farmer’s truth: you reap what you sow. In this final study, Dr. Toby Holt explains what we are planting with our lives — and the harvest it brings.
Just as a seed decides the crop, the way we live produces a harvest. Paul says those who “sow to the flesh” reap decay, while those who “sow to the Spirit” reap everlasting life. He urges believers not to grow tired of doing good, because the harvest comes in time. At the very end, Paul refuses to boast in anything except the cross of Jesus. Holt pictures the danger with a simple image: planting gummy bears in a garden grows nothing — a life spent on what does not last produces no lasting fruit.
Questions this study answers:
1. What does “you reap what you sow” mean? It means our choices have results, like seeds that grow into a harvest. What we invest our lives in — God’s ways or our own desires — decides what we will gather later.
2. What does it mean to “sow to the Spirit”? It means living God’s way: doing good, loving others, and trusting Christ. Paul says this kind of life reaps everlasting life rather than decay.
3. What did the cross mean to Paul? Everything. Paul refused to boast in his own achievements; his only confidence was in the cross of Jesus, where real salvation is found.
“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.” — Galatians 6:7 (NKJV)
Speaker: Dr. Toby Holt is the President of New Geneva Theological Seminary, a Reformed seminary in Colorado Springs. He is known for clear, down-to-earth Bible teaching, and his sermons have been downloaded more than 1.9 million times on SermonAudio.
Listen and go deeper: This is Part 10 of the ten-part Galatians study. Find the whole series, along with verse-by-verse studies of other books of the Bible, at newgeneva.org. To support this teaching ministry, visit newgeneva.org/give.