Karma is not a Chameleon

I number of years ago a pop group called the Culture Club lead by Boy George wrote these words. “I am a man without conviction; I’m a man who doesn’t know; how to sell a contradiction” Karma he sang “it comes and goes, it comes and goes”.

Karma is a concept associated with Hindu and Buddhists belief. It has been defined as “an action bringing upon oneself inevitable results for good or bad.” As it applies to this life Karma is very much like the Biblical concept of sowing and reaping. Galatians 6:7 says, “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.” Karma is not a chameleon but a sure and tested spiritual law. It is understood that way by Bible believers and many others who populated the earth.

When applied to human character a person who is a chameleon is “fickle or inconsistent” Those who are fickle and inconsistent, are those without conviction and who do not know. There are several reasons why someone would not know a thing. They are incapable of knowing, they are ignorant and need education, or they may choose not to know. Karma or sowing and reaping is not so much related to thinking or understanding but to doing. The Biblical admonishment is to
Set forth in Galatians 6:10 is “as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.”

The spiritual law associated with sowing and reaping is consistent. They are like math, 1+1=2 in any language and any culture. In Deuteronomy 30:15 the Lord says to his people. “See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction.” Each person on earth has been given this choice. Life and prosperity or death and destruction, what that means may be defined differently in different places and in different generations but God has always wanted to give people “Good Karma”

The scripture define doing evil as sowing to the flesh. It is like trying to make 1+1=3. It will not work. The consequences are serious, “Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction;” The flesh is a counterfeit. It offers happiness but brings about destruction in every area of life. May chose this path to their ultimate demise.

However, the opposite is also true, “whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.” The Lord knows that this is not easy. We are told to “not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Galatians 6.

Culture club did not know how to sell a contradiction. Fortunately we are called to sell truth. I pray you are buying seed from the right table and sowing in the right field.

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