So that we May learn...

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So that we May learn...
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The Wheat and the Tares
Parable 2
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an earthly story with a heavenly meaning
We learned that not all people react to the Word
of the kingdom in the same way
Some with hard hearts and dull ears would not
even allow the Word time to germinate in their
hearts.
Others would receive the Word, but either
persecution or things in this life would render
them fruitless.
Only those with good and noble hearts, who
receive the Word with patience, and keep it, will
bear the intended fruit in their lives
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Matthew 1324-30
Another parable He put forth to them, saying
"The kingdom of heaven is like a man who 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 grain had sprouted and
produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. So
the servants of the owner came and said to him,
'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field?
How then does it have tares?' He said to them,
'An enemy has done this.' The servants said to
him, 'Do you want us then to go and gather them
up?' But he said, 'No, lest while you gather up
the tares you also uproot the wheat with them.
Let both grow together until the harvest, and at
the time of harvest I will say to the reapers,
"First gather together the tares and bind them in
bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into
my barn."
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Clearly, Jesus purpose is to teach principles
related to the kingdom of heaven
The kingdom of heaven is like...
Mathew 1336Then Jesus sent the multitude away
and went into the house. And His disciples came
to Him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the
tares of the field."
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Jesus Explained!
Matthew 1337-43
He answered and said to them "He who sows the
good seed is the Son of Man. The field is the
world, the good seeds are the sons of the
kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked
one. The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the
harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers
are the angels. Therefore as the tares are
gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at
the end of this age. The Son of Man will send out
His angels, and they will gather out of His
kingdom all things that offend, and those who
practice lawlessness, And will cast them into the
furnace of fire. There will be wailing and
gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine
forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father.
He who has ears to hear, let him hear!
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THE PARABLE EXPLAINED
THE SOWER
He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man
Verse 37
Matthew 423And Jesus went about all Galilee,
teaching in their synagogues, preaching the
gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of
sickness and all kinds of disease among the
people.
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The Field
The field is the world verse 38
Matthew 2818
1 Peter 322
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The Good Seed (The Wheat)
The good seeds are the sons of the kingdom
Verse 38
Matthew 2819-20 And Jesus came and spoke to
them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me
in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make
disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in
the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, Teaching them to observe all things
that I have commanded you and lo, I am with you
always even to the end of the age. Amen.
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The Tares.
The tares are the sons of the wicked one Verse
38.
Matthew 1341 The Son of Man will send out His
angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom
all things that offend, and those who practice
lawlessness,
They are among us, but they wont deceive us!
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THE ENEMY
The enemy who sowed them is the devil Verse 39
Mathew 41-3 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit
into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
And when He had fasted forty days and forty
nights, afterward He was hungry. Now when the
tempter came to Him, he said, "If You are the Son
of God, command that these stones become bread."
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THE HARVEST ...
The harvest is the end of the age verse 39.
Colossians 113 He has delivered us from the
power of darkness and conveyed us into the
kingdom of the Son of His love,
Revelations 19 I, John, both your brother and
companion in the tribulation and kingdom and
patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that
is called Patmos for the word of God and for the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
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An age that will end with a great harvest,
identified elsewhere as the glorious coming and
appearance of our Lord.
Matthew 2531,32 31"When the Son of Man comes
in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him,
then He will sit on the throne of His glory.
32All the nations will be gathered before Him,
and He will separate them one from another, as a
shepherd divides his sheep from the goats.
1 Timothy 614-15 That you keep this
commandment without spot, blameless until our
Lord Jesus Christ's appearing, Which He will
manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed
and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of
lords,
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The reapers are the angels verse 39.
THE REAPERS?
2 Thess. 17-9
Matthew 1349
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JESUS STRESSES THE MAIN POINTS OF THE PARABLE...
In verse 40... Therefore as the tares are
gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at
the end of this age.
The problem of the tares will not be fully
addressed until the harvest
This is done out of consideration for the good
seed.
Matthew 1329But he said, No, lest while you
gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat
with them.
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JESUS STRESSES THE MAIN POINTS OF THE PARABLE...
In verse 41... The Son of Man will send out His
angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom
all things that offend, and those who practice
lawlessness,
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JESUS STRESSES THE MAIN POINTS OF THE PARABLE...
In verse 42... And will cast them into the
furnace of fire. There will be wailing and
gnashing of teeth.
My brothers, we are not talking about tares
anymore but about PEOPLE. People will be thrown
into the furnace of fire. Tares are only symbols.
Dont forget what a parable is An earthly
comparison, with a heavenly meaning
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JESUS STRESSES THE MAIN POINTS OF THE PARABLE...
In verse 43... Then the righteous will shine
forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father.
He who has ears to hear, let him hear!
Can we hear?
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TRUTHS GLEANED FROM THE PARABLE
CHRIST IS LONG-SUFFERING, SO YOU CAN GROW!
Matthew 1329
2 Peter 39The Lord is not slack concerning His
promise, as some count slackness, but is
longsuffering toward us, not willing that any
should perish but that all should come to
repentance.
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TRUTHS GLEANED FROM THE PARABLE
THIS PARABLE DOES NOT PRECLUDE CHURCH
DISCIPLINE...
Matthew 1815-17
1 Corin.51-13
2 Th 36-15
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TRUTHS GLEANED FROM THE PARABLE
THE KINGDOM IS BOTH
PRESENT AND FUTURE!
In verse 41, the Son of Man will gather out of
His kingdom, so the kingdom is in existence
prior to the end of the age when the Son of Man
comes with His angels
In verse 43, it is after the harvest that the
righteous will shine forth in the kingdom of
their Father
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TRUTHS GLEANED FROM THE PARABLE
ONE MAY BE IN THE KINGDOM NOW, BUT NOT IN THE
FUTURE!
Matthew 1341
Matthew 721-23
Matthew 1342
2 John 9
Matthew 186-7
Col 317
Romans 1617-18
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TRUTHS GLEANED FROM THE PARABLE
A PLACE OF PUNISHMENT IS THE REWARD OF THE WICKED!
From the church!
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Are you good soil?
Are you the seed?
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