Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap..Galatians 6:7 Be not deceived. . . . Here Paul warns that we should not be misled. Usually we think of others leading us astray, but the idea here is that we may delude ourselves. The most convincing lie may not be the one the false teacher tells us but, rather, the one we tell ourselves. Unless we are careful, we can be trapped by our own wrong thinking. . . . God is not mocked. . . . According to Vines Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words, the meaning is . . . to turn up the nose at, sneer at, treat with contempt. . . . Our Creator will not be treated with contempt. Man will not be able to trick or deceive God concerning the kind of life he leads. I will not be able to hide the pattern of my life from His all-seeing eye. . . . for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. . . . The fruit which I reap will be consistent with the seed I have sown. I cannot live my life one way and expect to receive a different kind of reward. I cannot walk this earth the way I please and expect God to be pleased in the end. If I imagine that I can, then I dupe myself and scoff at Jehovah in the process!
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 02:40:15 +0000
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