Thursday, March 29, 2012

The Wheat and the Tares(The Seeds of Christ)

Take a look at Matthew 13:24-30 with me. It says: "Another parable put He forth unto them, saying, The Kingdom of Heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the household came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From whence then hath it tares? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this, The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But he said; Nay; lest while ye go and gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn."




A tare is a weed that looks exactly like wheat in its young stages. Once the tare is almost fully grown you can't pull it up without seriously damaging the wheat. Farmers hate tares mainly because they have a fungus that infect the seeds that is a serious poison if eaten by an animal or person.

Later on in the chapter Jesus explains what the parable of The Wheat and Tares actually means. Lets take this apart.
Matthew 13:37-38 says: "He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;" The Sower is Jesus, Christians are the wheat, and the tares are the unbelievers. Verse 39 says: "The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels." Satan is obviously the enemy. The harvest represents when Jesus is coming again to receive the believers, and to condemn the unbelievers. The reapers are the angels of God, helpers. Verses 40-43 say: "As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of the world; The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear." So at the end of the world, when Jesus returns, all unbelievers will be cast into Hell. They will be set apart from the believers and cast into eternal damnation. After this has been accomplished believers will shine like the sun and will forever be with Jesus!
We are seeds. God is the Planter. Let Him plant you where He wants to plant you. There is such a bigger plan in place for all of us than we could ever imagine. Let Him use you. Be ready to step into action when He calls you. As the seeds sown by Jesus Christ we have a choice; We can either grow up and bring forth fruit for Him, or we can allow the wicked(tares) to overtake us, poison us, and stop us from serving God. It all comes down to one thing, are you willing to be used for God, or not? Ask yourself this, Am I willing to be fruitful? Am I willing to be put where the Lord wants me? Am I willing to serve Him, and give Him all that I am? The real question is, Who am I living for?

Acts 27:23- For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve.
Joshua 24:15- Choose you this day whom you will serve; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.



God Bless!

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