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he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit

reap life everlasting.” When God indwells a

believer in the Person of His Holy Spirit, He

does not take over that person’s will. He still

allows us to choose to either "sow to the

Spirit” or “sow to the flesh.” “The flesh”

represents our sinful nature that continues

to war against a Christian’s new, Christ-like

nature until the day of our physical

redemption. So obedience to God by God’s

born-again children is a deliberate choice a

Christian makes, and if we choose to obey

God, the power of the Holy Spirit is

appropriated to our will to empower us to

do what we’ve already willed to do; but if we

choose to disobey God, He will allow us to

suffer the consequences of that

disobedience as a means of loving discipline

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