Sowing and Reaping (Galatians 6:6-10 NLT)

Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Galatians 6:6-10 NLT 

6 Those who are taught the word of God should provide for their teachers, sharing all good things with them. 7 Don't be misled--you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. 8 Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit. 9 So let's not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't give up. 10 Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone--especially to those in the family of faith.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What should those who are taught the word of God do for their teachers? (v.6)
2) What will those who live to please their sinful nature reap? What about those who seek to please the Spirit? (v.7-8)
3) What does the Apostle Paul tell believers not to do? Why? (v.9-10)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) What motivates you to do good (bless) others?

LIFE LESSONS
5) Whatever we do in obedience to the Holy Spirit's leading will be blessed.

Walking in the Spirit (Galatians 5:16-26 NLT)

16 So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won't be doing what your sinful nature craves. 17 The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions. 18 But when you are directed by the Spirit, you are not under obligation to the law of Moses. 19 When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, 21 envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God. 22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. 25 Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit's leading in every part of our lives. 26 Let us not become conceited, or provoke one another, or be jealous of one another.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What did the Apostle Paul encourage believers to do and why? (v.16)
2) What dual natures exist within every believer and what are the desires/fruit of each nature? (v.17-23)
3) What are Holy Spirit led believers to do with the sinful nature and when are we to follow the Holy Spirit's lead? (v.24-26)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) Are you Holy Spirit led? If so, how do you know.

LIFE LESSONS
5) Those who are Holy Spirit led will manifest the fruit of the Holy Spirit.