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Paul's message to the Galatians can be summed up broadly as "Jesus plus nothing equals everything!" and "When you receive the gospel, you are truly free!" Now Paul says there are two critical questions that can help us take an inventory of where we are at: "What are you sowing?" and "What are you boasting in?" Paul is first calling us to think like farmers. Every day we plant seeds. So, what seeds will you choose to plant today in your everyday life? Paul is also saying we each have seeds of the gospel to sow. The church needs more workers and givers, not just consumers. God has given us countless resources to be sown like seed to further his love and grace in the world. If you only sow your seed for yourself, you're going to reap destruction. Then Paul says, "what are you boasting in?" Everyone boasts in something. So what should you boast about? Paul says, "May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world." In Christ, your s