05-19-2019 – Keith Cozort – God Is Not Mocked – (PM Sermon)
Open your Bibles with me, if you will, to Galatians chapter six, Galatians chapter six, the book of Galatians, the apostle Paul is the writer of course, writing to the churches in the region of glacier. Glacier was not a city. It was a region and it was a region in Asia, minor or Asia there in what we know of as Turkey today, much like the seven churches of Asia and Paul, as he is closing out his epistle here in chapter six in verses seven and eight, he says, be not deceived. God is not mocked for whatsoever a man. So with that, shall he also reap for he that? So with, to his flesh, shall of the obvious of the flesh reap corruption, but he even sew it to the spirit shall of the spirit reap life. Everlasting. Paul says it is possible to be deseed. In fact, it’s possible for us to deceive ourselves, but he calls upon these Galatians brethren be not deceived. Why? Because God is not mocked. The word is translated. Mocked here carries with it. The idea of be to treat with contempt. God will not be treated with contempt. And especially by those that are his children. Paul is writing to the church, to the churches in the region of glacier. He is writing to the Christians in this area and he tells them be not deceived. God is not mocked for whatsoever. A man soweth that shall he also reap …