Reap Eternal Life
I am reading the book, Boundaries , by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend. On pages 110-112, the authors write about the principle of The Law of Sowing and Reaping. In the Bible, Galatians 6:7-8 discuss this principle in this way, "Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life." Cloud and Townsend discuss the idea, in this way, on page 111, "Rescuing a person from the natural consequences of his behavior enables him to continue in irresponsible behavior...Boundaries force the person who is doing the sowing to also do the reaping...Confronting an irresponsible person is not painful to him; only consequences are." They mention how people will tell them that they have talked to the person about their behavior, but talking to an irresponsible person is futile. The ...