I recently hit a nerve with a couple users discussing Galatians 6:6-10, so I thought it would be a good idea to open a thread on the passage.
Galatians 6
6The one who is taught the word is to share all good things with the one who teaches him. 7Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. 8For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. 9Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary. 10So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith.
Would you, the reader, agree with this passage--eternal life is a "harvest" that is "reaped" from the Spirit only by those who persist in "sowing" to the Spirit (who do not grow weary in doing good to all men)--no matter if it takes some study and prayer to understand how to make it fit in with your tradition, or would you reject such an idea as "heresy"?
Galatians 6
6The one who is taught the word is to share all good things with the one who teaches him. 7Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. 8For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. 9Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary. 10So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith.
Would you, the reader, agree with this passage--eternal life is a "harvest" that is "reaped" from the Spirit only by those who persist in "sowing" to the Spirit (who do not grow weary in doing good to all men)--no matter if it takes some study and prayer to understand how to make it fit in with your tradition, or would you reject such an idea as "heresy"?