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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther: everlasting life.
This simile of sowing and reaping also refers to the proper support of
ministers. "He that soweth to the Spirit," i.e., he that honors the ministers
of God is doing a spiritual thing and will reap everlasting life. "He that
soweth to the flesh," i.e., he that has nothing left for the ministers of God,
but only thinks of himself, that person will reap of the flesh corruption,
not only in this life but also in the life to come. The Apostle wants to stir
up his readers to be generous to their pastors.
That the ministers of the Church need support any man with common
sense can see. Though this support is something physical the Apostle does
not hesitate to call it sowing to the Spirit. When people scrape up
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