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God Loves Math: Galatians 6:7

 God Loves Math:

In which I select a random Bible verse from a random Bible verse generator (this one) and ask God to show me a new way of understanding Him, honoring Him, and loving Him while using a mathematical mindset to approach the section of scripture. 

Today's Random Bible Verse

Galatians 6:7

Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 

Thought #1
Our lives are similar to functions. For a relation to be a function, one input can only go to one output. If I input the value x=4 and can get y=2 or y=5, I do not have a function because the input in a function must have only one output. We reap what we sow. If an input of x=4 maps to an output of y=2, then we could say that sowing a 4 will reap a 2. If we sow "tirelessly doing good" as we're instructed to in verse 9, then God promises our output will be a harvest. This idea is backed up in Matthew 7:18. "A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit." I still hear Pastor Tyler in the back of my brain saying, "A failure is an event, not a person," but the point remains that what we put in will produce a predictable output. 

Thought #2
We are told not to be deceived which must mean it's easy to be deceived! This photo comes to mind.

This was relevant because we had seen this happen over and over and over and over again in classrooms. If we had seen 1% of students make this mistake, we wouldn't have brought it up multiple times and tried to use humor to help students recognize this danger and avoid it. This verse probably tells us not to be deceived because it's happened, unfortunately, over and over and over again. 


So what should we sow? What function should we be using? How do we avoid being deceived?

Galatians also says we should carry each other's burdens and sow to please the spirit. So the function we apply to our lives should be the wisdom of the Holy Spirit and the instructions we've ben given in the Bible. "Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers." Galatians 6:9


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