Wheat & Tares

Good Morning: 

Today, we return to our study on Matthew.  Our text for today is: 

Matthew 13:24 “Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 26 When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared. 27 ”The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’ 28 ”‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. “The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’ 29 ”‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’ 

Today in our parable, Jesus gives us insight as to what the kingdom of heaven is like and he does it in parable form.   Actually, later on that day, the disciples come and ask him to explain the parable to them and below is the explanation. 

Matthew 13:36 Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.” 37 He answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, 39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. 40 ”As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. 41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. 42 They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear. 

It is clear in the interpretation that Jesus gives that the saved and the unsaved are to exist together in this world and God will do the separating at the end.   Jesus goes on to say that when we try to fight against the unsaved or heretics of the faith then we could possibly be damaging the weed or a potential candidate for the kingdom of God because who knows when one will enter into the truth of the gospel.  Look at us, our tomorrow does not always look like our today and people change so we have to be careful when trying to condemn and root up people that don’t think like us and believe like us.    Jesus teaches to let the good and evil grow together and at the end of the world, God will separate the wheat from the tares.  We stand up for truth, we witness and share our testimony but we don’t have to go on witch hunts to try to weed out the evil ones that we don’t think belong in the kingdom or are opponents of the faith.   God will fight his cause and do the separation himself. So, let us all calm down and love our enemies, do good to those that despitefully use us and be a walking epistle to be read of this world. Stay encouraged!!!! 

All is well, everything is safe, and everything is as it should be.   Don’t forget to pray and read God’s word daily. 

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