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Title: Sowing and Reaping

Author: Dwight Moody

Release Date: December 26, 2009 [EBook #30768]

Language: English

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SOWING AND REAPING

BY

D. L. MOODY.

_'Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.'_

Gal. vi: 7.

Chicago: New York: Toronto

Fleming H. Revell Company

Publishers of Evangelical Literature

_Copyright 1896 by_

_Fleming H. Revell Company._

CONTENTS

Chap.

I. Sowing and Reaping

II. Be Not Deceived: God Is Not Mocked

III. When a Man Sows, He Expects to Reap

IV. A Man Reaps the Same Kind as He Sows

V. A Man Reaps More than He Sows

VI. Ignorance of the Seed Makes No Difference

VII. Forgiveness and Retribution

VIII. Warning

SOWING AND REAPING

SOWING AND REAPING.

CHAPTER I.

"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of
the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of
the Spirit reap life everlasting." Galatians vi: 7, 8.

I think this passage contains truths that no infidel or sceptic will
dare to deny. There are some passages in the Word of God that need
no other proof than that which we can easily find in our daily
experience. This is one of them. If the Bible were to be blotted out
of existence, the words I have quoted would be abundantly verified
by what is constantly happening around us. We have only to take up
the daily papers to see them being fulfilled before our eyes.

I remember giving out this text once when a man stood right up in
the audience and said:

"I don't believe it."

I said, "My friend, that doesn't change the fact. Truth is truth
whether you believe it or not, and a lie is a lie whether you
believe it or not."

He didn't want to believe it. When the meeting broke up, an officer
was at the door to arrest him. He was tried and sent to the
penitentiary for twelve months for st