Jesus presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away. But when the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the tares became evident also. The slaves of the landowner came…
Jesus presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away. But when the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the tares became evident also. The slaves of the landowner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’ And he said to them, ‘An enemy has done this!’ The slaves said to him, ‘Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?’ But he said, ‘No; for while you are gathering up the tares, you may uproot the wheat with them. Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather up the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
What complicates matters to quite an extent is that it's not always a child's play to tell tares from grain, and the enemy happens to be we ourselves 🤷🙂
🗨 Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous, no one who does what is right and never sins. ~~Ecclesiastes 7:20
🗨 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. ~~1 John 1:8
Jesus presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away. But when the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the tares became evident also. The slaves of the landowner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’ And he said to them, ‘An enemy has done this!’ The slaves said to him, ‘Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?’ But he said, ‘No; for while you are gathering up the tares, you may uproot the wheat with them. Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather up the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
— Matthew 13:24-30 NASB1995
What complicates matters to quite an extent is that it's not always a child's play to tell tares from grain, and the enemy happens to be we ourselves 🤷🙂
🗨 Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous, no one who does what is right and never sins. ~~Ecclesiastes 7:20
🗨 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. ~~1 John 1:8
Correct, no one is without sin. But some are without the Savior and that is the deciding factor.
AMEN - may it ever be thus! This also reminds me of Jesus' parable about the "goats amidst the sheep"!