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PRESENTS: >>THE CHILDREN OF
ISRAEL BELIEVED THAT WHEN THE
MESSIAH CAME, ONE OF THE FIRST
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FACTS PRESENTS >>I'D INVITE YOU
TO TURN TO A PARABLE THAT YOU
ONLY FIND IN THE BOOK OF
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MATTHEW. NOW THERE ARE A LOT OF
PARABLES THAT ARE EXCLUSIVE TO
THE GOSPEL OF LUKE, BUT YOU
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USUALLY FIND THAT WHATEVER IS IN
MATTHEW, YOU USUALLY FIND ALSO
IN MARK OR LUKE OR SOMEWHERE
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ELSE. BUT THIS IS ONE PARABLE
THAT IS JUST IN THE BOOK OF
MATTHEW, CHAPTER 13. MATTHEW 13.
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AND IT'S A PARABLE THAT COMES
FOLLOWING THE PARABLE DEALING
WITH THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SOIL
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AND THE SEED. SOMETIMES
IT'S KNOWN AS THE PARABLE OF THE
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WHEAT AND THE TARES, BUT WE
DON'T REALLY USE THE WORD TARES
VERY MUCH TODAY. TARES REALLY
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ARE THE EQUIVALENT OF WEEDS. SO,
I'VE TITLED THIS THE PARABLE OF
THE WHEAT AND THE WEEDS.
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MATTHEW 13, STARTING WITH VERSE
24. "ANOTHER PARABLE HE PUT
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FORTH TO THEM. THE KINGDOM OF
HEAVEN IS LIKE A MAN WHO SOWED
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GOOD SEED IN HIS FIELD; BUT
WHILE MEN SLEPT, HIS ENEMY CAME
AND HE SOWED TARES AMONG THE
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WHEAT AND HE WENT HIS WAY." NOW
IN BIBLE TIMES IT WAS NOT
UNCOMMON IYOU WANTED TO GET
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EVEN WITH OR TO BANKRUPT AN
ENEMY THEN YOU WOULD GO AND YOU
WOULD SCATTER THESE VERY
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DEADLY AND DESTRUCTIVE WEEDS
AMONG HIS GOOD CROP. AND, YOU
KNOW, THIS WAS A MAJOR
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INVESTMENT FOR PEOPLE. WHEN THEY
SOWED THEIR FOOD IT WAS WHERE
THEY GOT THEIR GRAIN
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TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES. AND IT
SAYS, "WHEN THE GRAIN HAD
SPROUTED AND APPEARED" - THERE
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WAS A CROP - "THEN THE TARES
ALSO APPEARED. SO THE SERVANTS
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OF THE OWNER CAME TO HIM AND
SAID, 'SIR DID NOT YOU SOW GOOD
SEED IN YOUR FIELD?
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HOW THEN DOES IT HAVE TARES?'
AND HE SAID, 'AN ENEMY HAS DONE
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THIS.' THE SERVANTS SAID TO HIM,
'DO YOU WANT US TO GO AND TO
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GATHER THEM UP?' BUT HE SAID,
'NO, LEST WHILE YOU GATHER UP
THE TARES YOU ALSO UPROOT THE
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WHEAT WITH THEM. LET THEM BOTH
GROW TOGETHER UNTIL THE HARVEST
AND ATHE TIME OF THE HARVEST I
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WILL SAY TO THE REAPERS, 'FIRST
GATHER THE TARES AND BIND THEM
IN BUNDLES, BUT GATHER THE WHEAT
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INTO MY BARN.''" NOW,
HERE YOU'VE GOT THE PARABLE.
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AND THEN, YOU FIND JESUS GOES ON
TEACHING, BUT THE DISCIPLES COME
TO HIM LATER AND THEY
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SPECIFICALLY SAY, 'THIS
PARABLE, IN PARTICULAR, WE NEED
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EXPLANATION.' AND SO WE'VE NOT
ONLY GOT THE PARABLE, WE'VE GOT
JESUS INTERPRETING HIS OWN
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PARABLE VERY CLEARLY. THE
INTERPRETATION BEGINS IN VERSE
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36. "THEN JESUS SENT THE
MULTITUDE AWAY AND HE WENT INTO
THE HOUSE. AND HIS DISCIPLES
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CAME TO HIM AND SAID, 'EXPLAIN
TO US THE PARABLE OF THE TARES
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IN THE FIELD.' THEY DON'T EVEN
MENTION THE WHEAT. THEY WONDERED
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ABOUT THE TARES. AND HE SAYS,
'HE WHO SOWED THE GOOD SEED IS
THE SON OF MAN, THE FIELD IS THE
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WORLD. THE GOOD SEEDS ARE THE
SON OF THE KINGDOM, THE TARES
ARE THE SON OF THE WICKED ONE.
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THE ENEMY WHO SOWED THEM IS THE
DEVIL, THE HARVEST IS THE END OF
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THE AGE. THE REAPERS ARE THE
ANGELS.'" BOY, YOU NEVER FIND
ANY PLACE IN THE BIBLE WHERE YOU
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HAVE JESUS SPEAKING SO
SUCCINCTLY ABOUT WHAT THE
SYMBOLS MEAN. HE GOES, 'BING,
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BING, BING, BING, BING, BING.
THIS IS WHAT THEY MEAN. THIS IS
WHAT THEY REPRESENT.
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"THEREFORE" - NOW LET'S TIE IT
ALL TOGETHER - "AS THE TARES ARE
GATHERED AND BURNED IN THE FIRE,
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SO WILL IT BE AT THE END OF
THE AGE. THE SON OF MAN WILL
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SEND OUT HIS ANGELS. THEY WILL
GATHER OUT OF HIS KINGDOM ALL
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THINGS THAT OFFEND AND THOSE WHO
PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS, AND WILL
CAST THEM INTO A FURNACE OF FIRE
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AND THERE WILL BE WAILING AND
GNASHING OF TEETH. THEN THE
RIGHTEOUS WILL SHINE
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FORTH AS THE SUN IN THE KINGDOM
OF THEIR FATHER. HE WHO HAS EARS
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TO HEAR, LET HIM HEAR!" AND HE
CLOSES IT OFF BY SAYING, 'IF
YOU'VE GOT THE EARS AND THE
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HOLY SPIRIT OPENS THEM, YOU WILL
HEAR AND UNDERSTAND HOW TO APPLY
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THIS.' NOW, ONE OF THE VERY
IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THIS
PARABLE THAT JESUS IS TRYING TO
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ILLUSTRATE, REALLY SHOOK THE
DISCIPLES TO THE CORE. THE
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL BELIEVED
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THAT WHEN THE MESSIAH CAME, ONE
OF THE FIRST THINGS HE WAS GOING
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TO DO WAS BURN UP ALL OF THE
GENTILES. HE WAS GOING TO JUDGE
THEM. THEY WERE THE UNGODLY,
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THE JEWS WERE THE GODLY. THEY
WERE THE CHOSEN ONES. DO YOU
REMEMBER EVEN WHEN JESUS
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WAS ABOUT TO ASCEND TO HEAVEN.
EVEN AFTER HE HAD RISEN FROM THE
DEAD AND TAUGHT THE SCRIPTURES,
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I THINK IT WAS PHILLIP WHO SAID
TO HIM, 'LORD, WILL YOU AT THIS
TIME, DESTROY THE KINGDOM?
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ARE YOU GOING TO NOW BURN UP
ALL THE WICKED? ARE YOU GOING TO
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GIVE US THE KINGDOM AND CALL
ALL OF THE JEWS FROM ALL THESE
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NATIONS TOGETHER?' AND THEY
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. HE SAID, 'NO,
THERE'S GOING TO BE A PERIOD OF
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TIME WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GROW
AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE MIXED UP
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TOGETHER.' FIRST OF ALL, THE
SEED THAT THE KING SOWED WAS
GOOD SEED. GOD IS THE ONE WHO
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OWNED THE FID AND HE OWNS THE
SEED. AND THE SEED THAT HE FIRST
PLANTED WAS GOOD SEED.
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'EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT
GIFT COMES FROM GOD.' GENESIS 1,
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VERSE 12. "AND THE EARTH BROUGHT
FORTH GRASS AND HERB YIELDING
SEED AFTER ITS KIND, AND THE
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TREE YIELDING FRUIT WAS IN
ITSELF AFTER ITS KIND, AND GOD
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SAW IT WAS GOOD. JUST IN THE
FIRST CHAPTER OF GENESIS IT SAYS
'GOOD' SEVEN TIMES.
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THAT'S A NICE BIBLICAL NUMBER.
GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD.
EVERYTHING WAS GOOD.
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GOD SOWED GOOD SEED IN HIS
VINEYARD. AND HE TELLS US WHAT
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THE FIELD REPRESENTS. THAT'S THE
NEXT THING. IT SAYS, 'THE FIELD
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IS THE WORLD.' NOW I WANT YOU TO
THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MOMENT.
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PROBABLY 80% OF THE PASTORS I
HEAR PREACH ON THIS SAY THE
FIELD IS THE CHURCH.
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DOES JESUS KNOW HOW TO SAY THE
WORD CHURCH? AND WHEN JESUS WAS
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INTERPRETING IT HE DIDN'T SAY,
'THE FIELD IS THE WORLD CHURCH.'
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SAID WORLD. AND SO HE MEANS WHAT
HE SAID. THE WORLD IS THE
LORD'S. PSALM 24, VERSE 1.
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"THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S IN ALL
IT'S FULLNESS." IT'S NOT JUST
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THAT THE CHURCH IS THE LORD'S,
THE WHOLE WORLD IS THE LORD'S.
ALL OVER THIS WORLD THE LORD HAS
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HIS WHEAT. IT'S NOT JUST IN ONE
PLACE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THIS
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WAS A PROBLEM THE JEWS HAD. THEY
THOUGHT, 'WE'RE THE ONLY ONES'
AND GOD SAID, 'NO, THERE
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ARE MANY THAT WILL COME FROM THE
EAST AND THE WEST.' ELIJAH WAS
SENT TO LIVE WITH A
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GENTILE WOMAN. GOD EVEN HAD
HIS PEOPLE SCATTERED AMONG THE
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NON-JEWS AND THERE ARE PEOPLE
WHO CLAIM TO BE BELIEVERS AND
THEY'RE SCATTERED, MIXED IN
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- AND THEY'RE COUNTERFEIT. SO,
ALL OVER THE WORLD - THE WORLD
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IS THE FIELD - YOU'VE GOT
GENUINE CHILDREN OF GOD AND
YOU'VE GOT COUNTERFEIT
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THAT ARE SCATTERED THERE. AND
IT WAS A GOOD FIELD. PSALM 50,
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VERSE 12. "IF I WAS HUNGRY I
WOULD NOT TELL YOU; FOR THE
WORLD  MINE AND ALL THE
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FULLNESS." SO YOU'VE GOT A GOOD
LAND OWNER WHO'S SOWING GOOD
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SEED IN HIS WORLD. WHEN THIS
WORLD WAS MADE AND IT CAME FROM
THE HANDS OF GOD IT WAS GOOD.
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IT WAS PERFECT. BUT ALONG
COMES AN ENEMY. AND WHEN DOES IT
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HAPPEN? WHILE MEN SLEPT. AND SO,
FROM THE FIRST PART HE'S JUST
SAYING, IN THE TIME WHEN
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PEOPLE ARE RESTING AND THEY'RE
RELAXING, THAT'S WHEN THE ENEMY
TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
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AND WHILE MEN SLEPT HE COMES AND
IN THE DARKNESS HE SOWS TARES
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AMONG THE WHEAT. NOW, THE WORD
HERE THAT'S IN THE GREEK FOR
AMONG IS A VERY STRONG WORD AND
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IT BASICALLY IS SAYING SCATTERED
THOROUGHLY EVERYWHERE. THUS
SATAN SOWS FALSE DOCTRINES IN
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THE DARKNESS IN THE VERY PLACE
WHERE TRUTH IS TO BE PRACTICED
AND PROCLAIMED 1 PETER CHAPTER
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5, VERSE 8. "BE SOBER, BE
VIGILANT; BECAUSE YOUR ADVERSARY
THE DEVIL IS LIKE A ROARING LION
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GOING ABOUT SEEKING WHOM HE
MIGHT DEVOUR" AND HE'S SOWING
BAD SEED ALL THE TIME.
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I ADDED THAT LAST PART. NOW,
I'VE GOT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND
TALK ABOUT THESE WEEDS AND
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WHAT THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY LOOK
LIKE. THE GREEK WORD IS AZANON
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AND IT'S CALLED ALSO, IN
THE LAND OF ISRAEL, DARNEL. IT
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INJURES THE WHEAT. IT LOOKS LIKE
WHEAT, ESPECIALLY IN ITS
INFANCY. IT EVEN HAS A HEAD WITH
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GRAIN ON IT AND WHEN IT'S SOWN
THERE, FOR AWHILE ALL OF THEIR
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COLOR IS THE SAME. BUT AS THE
SEASON PROGRESSES THEY TAKE ON A
LITTLE MORE OF A GRAY COLOR AND
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THAT'S WHEN THE SERVANTS OF THE
KINGS SAID, 'DIDN'T YOU SOW GOOD
SEED? WE'RE NOTICING A COLOR
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CHANGE IN THE FIELD AND IT
APPEARS THAT YOU'VE GOT TARES.
YOU'VE GOT THESE DARNEL
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- THIS WHEAT. NOW THIS STUFF
REALLY EXISTS, THE DARNEL WHEAT
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OR 'THE CHEAT' THEY CALL IT.
THIS TARE ABOUNDS ALL OVER THE
EAST AND IS A GREAT NUISANCE
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TO THE FARMER. IN SHORT, IT IS
A STRONG SPORIFIC POISON AND IT
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MUST BE CAREFULLY WINNOWED AND
PICKED OUT OF THE WHEAT GRAIN BY
GRAIN BEFORE GRINDING OF THE
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FLOUR IS ALLOWED, OTHERWISE IT'S
NOT HEALTHY. EVEN FARMERS IN
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THIS COUNTRY, WHO GENERALLY WEED
THEIR FIELDS, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
SEPARATE ONE FROM THE OTHER.
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THEY WOULD ONLY MISTAKE THE GOOD
GRAIN FOR THEM. BUT VERY
COMMONLY THE ROOTS OF
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THE TWO ARE SO INTERTWINED THAT
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SEPARATE THEM
WITHOUT PLUCKING UP BOTH.
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BOTH, THEREFORE, MUST BE LEFT TO
GROW TOGETHER UNTIL THE TIME OF
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THE HARVEST. SO, THIS WEED,
THESE TARES, THIS DARNEL GRASS
THAT HAS BEEN SOWN AMONG THE
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WHEAT, THE ROOTS ARE TIGHT - AND
YOU KNOW, WHEAT IS SOWN VERY
THICK, AND THE HEADS START
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GETTING MIXED UP AND YOU CAN'T
JUST GO THROUGH WITH A SCYTHE
AND CUT IT OFF BECAUSE IT'S
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GOING TO BE ALL MIXED UP. THE
WHEAT ULTIMATELY WILL GROW
TALLER. SO, IF YOU WAIT UNTIL
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THE HARVEST, IT BECOMES VERY
EVIDENT AND IT'S EASIER TO
SEPARATE THE TWO AT THAT POINT.
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WHERE DID WEEDS COME FROM?
GENESIS 3:17 AND 18. "AND GOD
SAID TO ADAM, 'BECAUSE
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YOU'VE HEARKENED TO THE VOICE OF
YOUR WIFE AND HAVE EATEN OF THE
TREE WHICH I'VE COMMANDED YOU
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SAYING, 'YOU SHALL NOT EAT IT,'
CURSED IS THE GROUND FOR YOUR
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SAKE. IN SORROW YOU WILL EAT OF
IT ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE.
THORNS AND THISTLES SHALL IT
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BRING FORTH TO THEE AND
THOU SHALL EAT THE HERB OF THE
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FIELD." THERE WOULD BE UNUSEFUL,
UNWANTED, PAINFUL PLANTS THAT
WOULD BE GROWING WHERE BEFORE
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THERE WAS ALL GOOD. WHAT
IS A WEED? I'VE LOOKED UP A
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DEFINITION HERE FOR YOU. A WEED
IS "A VALUELESS PLANT GROWING
WILD, ESPECIALLY ONE
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THAT GROWS IN CULTIVATED GROUND
TO THE EXCLUSION OR INJURY OF
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THE DESIRED CROP. ANY
UNDESIRABLE OR TROUBLESOME
PLANT, ESPECIALLY ONE THAT GROWS
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PROFUSELY WHERE IT'S NOT
WANTED." YOU DON'T WANT THIS
GROWING AMONG YOUR WHEAT.
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AND, SO, CHRIST THEN SAYS, WHEN
THE ANGELS SAY, 'WHAT HAPPENED,
DIDN'T YOU SOW GOOD SEED
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IN YOUR FIELD?' HE SAID,
'YES.' HE SAYS, 'AN ENEMY
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HAS DONE THIS.' THIS PARABLE IS
VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE, HOW MANY
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PEOPLE DO YOU KNOW THAT THEY
LOOK AT THE SIN IN THE WORLD,
THEY LOOK AT THE WICKEDNESS IN
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THE WORLD AND THEY SAY, 'IF GOD
IS GOOD, WHERE DID SIN COME
FROM? HOW CAN YOU HAVE SO MUCH
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EVIL IN A WORLD MADE BY A GOOD
GOD?' AND SO, CHRIST SAYS,
'THERE IS AN ENEMY.'
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AND YES, YOU MIGHT BE THINKING,
'WELL, GOD IS ALL-POWERFUL, WHY
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DOESN'T HE JUST DESTROY THIS
ENEMY?' WELL, YOU'VE GOT TO
UNDERSTAND THE GREAT CONTROVERSY
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- THAT HE'S FALSELY ACCUSED GOD.
AND SO, THE ENEMY IS OUT THERE
ON A RAMPAGE, TRYING TO
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CAUSE AS MUCH SICKNESS AND
SUFFERING AS HE CAN. AND SO, HE
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HAS SOWN THIS BEAUTIFUL WORLD
THAT GOD MADE, WITH WEEDS. AND
THEN JESUS GOES ON TO SAY
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THAT THE REAPERS ARE THE ANGELS.
ANGELS ARE INVOLVED IN WHAT'S
HAPPENING HERE IN THE WORLD.
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YOU NOTICE THE ANGELS ARE
JEALOUS FOR THE CROP. THEY'RE
EXAMINING THE WHEAT.
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THEY'RE WATCHING IT. THEY SAY,
'WAIT. SOMETHING'S HERE THAT
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DOESN'T BELONG HERE.' DOES GOD
HAVE HIS ANGELS WATCHING OVER
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HIS CHILDREN? ARE HIS ANGELS
GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN THE
GREAT HARVEST AT THE END OF THE
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WORLD? AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOU
CAN READ MATTHEW 24. "HE'LL SEND
HIS ANGELS WITH THE
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SOUND OF A GREAT TRUMPET AND
THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER HIS
ELECT FROM THE FOUR WINDS, FROM
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ONE END OF HEAVEN TO THE OTHER."
SO, THE FIELD IS THE WORLD. AND
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HE SAID, 'LET THEM GROW
TOGETHER.' NOW, WAIT A SECOND
JESUS, WE THOUGHT THAT WHEN THE
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MESSIAH CAME THAT YOU'D SEPARATE
RIGHT THEN. HE SAID, 'NO,
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THERE'S A PERIOD WHERE THEY GROW
TOGETHER.' HAVE YOU WONDERED,
'WHY DID JESUS HAVE TO COME TWO
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TIMES? WHY, AFTER HE ASCENDED
FROM THE GRAVE, COULDN'T HE HAVE
SAID, 'ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'RE ALL
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GOING TO GO TO HEAVEN. I'M
GOING TO HAVE MY RESURRECTION.'
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WHY HAVE 2000 YEARS GONE BY?
FROM THE FIRST COMING TO THE
SECOND COMING THERE'S THIS
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PERIOD WHERE THE WEEDS AND THE
WHEAT ARE GROWING TOGETHER. WHY?
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BECAUSE THE PLAN OF SALVATION
HAS NOT FULLY BEEN DEMONSTRATED.
BECAUSE THE CHARACTER OF THE
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DEVIL WAS NOT FULLY
DEMONSTRATED. BECAUSE OF THE
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RESULTS OF THE DEVIL'S
GOVERNMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT OR
KINGDOM OF GOD - THESE TWO
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GOVERNMENTS ARE AT WAR AND THE
FRUIT OF THOSE GOVERNMENTS NEEDS
TO BE SEEN BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY
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GOING TO BE ONE KINGDOM THAT
WILL LAST ETERNALLY. THAT'S WHAT
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THE BOOK OF DANIEL IS ALL ABOUT.
AND SO, THE LORD NEEDED TO
REVEAL THE RESULTS OF THE
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DEVIL'S ADMINISTRATION. IT'S NOT
EVIDENT RIGHT AWAY. IT TAKES
TIME FOR THE CROP TO
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MATURE AND TO BECOME EVIDENT.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN
OUR WORLD RIGHT NOW, IS THE
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POLICIES OF JESUS AND THE
POLICIES OF SATAN ARE BEARING A
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HARVEST. MATTHEW CHAPTER 13,
VERSE 30. HE SAYS, "ALLOW BOTH
TO GROW TOGETHER UNTIL THE
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HARVEST, AND IN THE TIME OF THE
HARVEST I'LL SAY TO THE REAPERS,
'FIRST GATHER THE TARES, BIND
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THEM IN BUNDLES AND BURN THEM,
BUT GATHER THE WHEAT INTO MY
BARN." SO THAT MEANS THAT THERE
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ARE SOME COUNTERFEIT IN THE
WORLD - THAT ARE NOT GENUINE.
THERE ARE SOME COUNTERFEIT
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IN THE CHURCH TOO. ARE THERE
PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE AROUND
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THE PLANET, FROM MANY DIFFERENT
RELIGIOUS BACKGROUNDS THAT LOVE
THE LORD, BUT THEY HAVEN'T FOUND
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OUT ABOUT JESUS YET? DOESN'T
JESUS SAY, 'OTHER SHEEP I HAVE
THAT ARE NOT OF THIS FOLD
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AND THEY'RE GOING TO HEAR MY
VOICE' AND THEY HAVEN'T HEARD IT
00:16:45.33\00:16:48.37
YET? 'THEY'RE GOING TO HEAR MY
VOICE AND THEY'LL COME OUT OF
BABYLON AND THERE'LL BE ONE FOLD
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AND THERE'LL BE ONE SHEPHERD.'
RIGHT NOW THERE'S PEOPLE
SCATTERED ALL OVER THE WORLD,
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BUT JUST BEFORE THE END THERE'S
GOING TO BE A GREAT WINNOWING.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A GREAT
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SHAKING THAT'S GOING TO TAKE
PLACE AND IT'S GOING TO END UP
00:17:01.92\00:17:05.92
SEPARATING. THIS IS KNOWN AS THE
HARVEST. NOW, WE GET INTO THE
00:17:05.92\00:17:12.53
HEART OF THIS. JEREMIAH 8:20.
ONCE THE HARVEST COMES, THE
SAVED ARE SAVED AND
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THE LOST ARE LOST. YOU KNOW
THAT VERSE "THE HARVEST IS PAST.
00:17:16.93\00:17:22.37
THE SUMMER IS ENDED. AND WE ARE
NOT SAVED." NOW IS THE TIME FOR
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US TO GROW INTO WHEAT AS OPPOSED
TO WEEDS. NOW, I'VE GOT A LOT OF
VERSES HERE FOR YOU.
00:17:27.41\00:17:32.35
JOHN 4, VERSE 35 THROUGH 38.
JESUS SAID, "DO YOU NOT SAY,
'THERE ARE STILL FOUR MONTHS AND
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THEN THE HARVEST COMES?'" THIS
IS WHEN HE HAD THAT EXPERIENCE
WITH THE WOMAN AT THE
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WELL, AND THE DISCIPLES WERE
WONDERING, 'WHY ARE YOU TALKING
TO A SAMARITAN WOMAN.
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SAMARITANS, THEY'RE ALL LOST.
WHY, THEY'RE SAMARITANS.' - BACK
IN JESUS' TIME, IF YOU
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WANTED TO INSULT A PERSON, YOU
SAID THAT THEY WERE DEMON
POSSESSED OR AAMARITAN.
00:17:56.40\00:18:03.65
AND THE DISCIPLES CAME BACK FROM
GETTING FOOD AND THEY SAW JESUS
TALKING TO A SAMARITAN
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- A WOMAN NO LESS - THAT WAS THE
BOTTOM OF THE BARREL AS FAR AS
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THEY WERE CONCERNED. THEY WERE
LOST. AND JESUS THEN USED HER TO
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TELL EVERYBODY IN THAT TOWN
ABOUT HIM, AND THEY ALL CAME
FLOWING OUT OF THE TOWN BECAUSE
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THEY BELIEVED HER WORD AND
THERE'S THIS GREAT HARVEST OF
SOULS, AND RIGHT WHEN JESUS SAYS
00:18:23.87\00:18:30.54
THIS TO THEM, HE SAYS, 'THE
HARVEST IS RIPE,' THEY SAW THESE
PEOPLE COMING FROM THE SAMARITAN
00:18:30.54\00:18:34.78
VILLAGE TO MEET JESUS. AND HE'S
LOOKING RIGHT AT THEM. HE'S
TALKING ABOUT THIS HARVEST.
00:18:34.78\00:18:40.52
A HARVEST WHERE THEY DIDN'T
EXPECT IT. AND SO, WHEN CHRIST
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IS TALKING ABOUT THE WHEAT AND
THE TARES, HE'S SAYING, THERE
ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE, DISCIPLES,
00:18:44.35\00:18:49.76
APOSTLES, THAT YOU DON'T KNOW
ARE MY PEOPLE AND THERE ARE SOME
PEOPLE THAT YOU THINK ARE MINE
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THAT ARE NOT. MATTHEW 25, VERSES
31 AND 32. "WHEN THE SON OF MAN
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COMES IN HIS GLORY AND ALL THE
HOLY ANGELS" - THOSE ARE THE
REAPERS - "WITH HIM, HE WILL SIT
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ON THE THRONE OF HIS GLORY. AND
ALL THE NATIONS WILL BE GATHERED
BEFORE HIM AND HE'LL
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SEPARATE THEM ONE FROM ANOTHER
AS A SHEPHERD DIVIDES HIS SHEEP
00:19:11.91\00:19:18.29
FROM THE GOATS." THEY'RE GOING
TO BE SEPARATED. NOW, ARE GOATS
AND SHEEP DIFFERENT?
00:19:18.29\00:19:23.26
ARE THEY BOTH DOMESTIC? I MEAN,
THERE'S BENEFITS IN GOATS, YOU
CAN DRINK THE GOAT'S
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MILK AND YOU CAN USE THE SHEEP'S
WOOL. I'VE TAKEN CARE OF BOTH
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AND I CAN TELL YOU, THEY ARE
VERY DIFFERENT. NOW, THEY MIGHT
00:19:31.10\00:19:39.27
FORAGE TOGETHER, BUT THEY'RE
DIFFERENT. AND IN THE SAME WAY,
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
00:19:39.27\00:19:44.71
WHEAT AND THE TARES. EZEKIEL 9.
NOW THIS TIES IN WITH REVELATION
00:19:44.71\00:19:50.49
13 AND THE SEAL OF GOD AND
THE MARK OF THE BEAST SO LISTEN
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CAREFULLY. IT TALKS ABOUT THIS
GREAT SEPARATION. "AND THE LORD
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SAID TO HIM, 'GO THROUGH THE
MIDSOF THE CITY AND THE MIDST OF
JERUSALEM, AND SET A MARK ON THE
00:19:59.79\00:20:05.00
FOREHEADS OF THE MEN THAT SIGH
AND CRY FOR ALL THE ABOMINATIONS
THAT BE DONE IN THE MIDST
00:20:05.00\00:20:09.54
THEREOF." - THOSE THAT HATE SIN.
- "AND TO THE OTHERS HE SAID IN
MY HEARING, 'GO AFTER HIM
00:20:09.54\00:20:13.61
THROUGH THE CITY, AND SMITE. LET
NOT YOUR EYE SPARE, NEITHER HAVE
00:20:13.61\00:20:19.45
PITY. SLAY UTTERLY OLD AND
YOUNG, BOTH MAIDS AND LITTLE
CHILDREN AND WOMEN, BUT COME NOT
00:20:19.45\00:20:26.05
NEAR ANY MAN UPON WHOM IS THE
MARK; AND BEGIN AT MY
SANCTUARY." AND THEY BEGAN AT
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THE ANCIENT MEN THAT WERE BEFORE
THE HOUSE OF GOD. THERE IS THIS
00:20:32.16\00:20:36.30
JUDGMENT, BUT BEFORE THIS
JUDGMENT TAKES PLACE, THERE IS A
MARK OF SEPARATION.
00:20:36.30\00:20:40.37
DOES THE BIBLE TELL US IN THE
LAST DAYS EVERYBODY IS MARKED
EITHER WITH THE SEAL OF GOD OR
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THE MARK OF THE BEAST? THERE'S A
GREAT SEPARATION THAT TAKES
PLACE BEFORE THE HARVEST.
00:20:44.07\00:20:50.08
MATTHEW 13, VERSES 47 TO 50.
"THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE A
DRAGNET THAT WAS CAST INTO THE
00:20:50.08\00:20:56.92
SEA" - A BIG OLD NET - "AND IT
GATHERS SOME OF EVERY KIND,
WHICH, WHEN IT WAS FULL, THEY
00:20:56.92\00:21:04.43
DREW IT TO SHORE AND THEY SAT
DOWN AND" - THEY'D GO BETWEEN
THEM - "THEY GATHERED THE GOOD
00:21:04.43\00:21:10.20
INTO VESSELS, BUT THE BAD ARE
THROWN AWAY. SO WILL IT BE AT
00:21:10.20\00:21:14.64
THE END OF THE AGE. THE ANGELS
WILL COME FORTH AND SEPARATE THE
00:21:14.64\00:21:19.81
WICKED FROM AMONG THE JUST AND
CAST THEM INTO A FURNACE OF
FIRE. AND THERE WILL BE WAILING
00:21:19.81\00:21:25.15
AND GNASHING OF TEETH." WHAT DO
YOU DO WITH WEEDS IF YOU'VE GOT
A FARM AND YOU GATHER
00:21:25.15\00:21:28.82
THEM TOGETHER? DO YOU FRAME
THEM AND PUT THEM ON YOUR WALL?
00:21:28.82\00:21:32.95
OR DO YOU BURN THEM? THEY'RE
GOOD FOR NOTHING. YOU PULL THEM
00:21:32.95\00:21:36.93
UP - MATTER OF FACT, I WAS
WEEDING YESTERDAY, WEEDING THE
FLOWERS, AND I WAS PULLING UP
00:21:36.93\00:21:41.73
THESE WEEDS AND I DIDN'T HAVE
TIME TO COLLECT THEM ALL. I PUT
THEM OUT AND I SAID,
00:21:41.73\00:21:43.87
'IT WILL BE A HUNDRED DEGREES
TOMORROW, THEY'LL BE DEAD." JUST
00:21:43.87\00:21:47.00
PUT THEM OUT THERE WHERE THEY'RE
DRY. THEY'LL BE DEAD AND YOU CAN
GATHER THEM TOGETHER AND
00:21:47.00\00:21:49.80
DISPOSE OF THEM LATER. BUT, THIS
IS WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS IS GOING
00:21:49.80\00:21:54.18
TO HAPPEN. MATTHEW 7, VERSES 16
TO 20. JESUS SAID, "YOU'LL KNOW
THEM BY THEIR FRUITS."
00:21:54.18\00:21:58.65
AND WE OPENED WITH THIS. "DO MEN
GATHER GRAPES FROM THORN BUSHES
00:21:58.65\00:22:02.18
OR FIGS FROM THISTLES? EVEN
SO, EVERY GOOD TREE BEARS GOOD
00:22:02.18\00:22:06.15
FRUIT, A BAD TREE BAD FRUIT. A
GOOD TREE CANNOT BEAR BAD FRUIT,
00:22:06.15\00:22:10.63
NOR CAN A BAD TREE BEAR GOOD
FRUIT. EVERY TREE THAT DOES NOT
BEAR GOOD FRUIT IS CUT DOWN AND
00:22:10.63\00:22:16.36
THROWN INTO THE FIRE." AND SO
THE LORD IS TELLING US VERY
CLEARLY THAT HE WANTS US TO
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HAVE THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT.
WHAT ARE THOSE FRUITS? YOU LOOK
AT THAT LIST THERE IN
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GALATIANS CHAPTER 5, VERSE 22.
LOVE, LOVE FOR GOD, LOVE FOR
YOUR FELLOW MAN, JOY, PEACE,
00:22:28.91\00:22:36.92
LONGSUFFERING, GOODNESS,
MEEKNESS, PATIENCE, TEMPERANCE.
GOD WANTS US TO HAVE THE HOLY
00:22:36.92\00:22:41.92
SPIRIT IN OUR LIVES. HE WANTS US
TO BE GENUINE. SO, THERE ARE TWO
00:22:41.92\00:22:46.76
KINDS OF CHILDREN. JESUS, IN
ILLUSTRATING THE MEANING OF THIS
00:22:46.76\00:22:51.43
PARABLE, HE SAYS, 'YOU'VE GOT
THE CHILDREN OF THE KINGDOM AND
YOU'VE GOT THE CHILDREN OF THE
00:22:51.43\00:22:59.24
WICKED ONE. NOW, I OFTEN HEAR IT
SAID, AND IT'S POLITICALLY
CORRECT TO SAY, 'WE'RE ALL
00:22:59.24\00:23:05.21
CHILDREN OF GOD.' THE BIBLE
DOESN'T TEACH THAT. JESUS, EVEN
WHEN HE WAS PREACHING, HE SAID
00:23:05.21\00:23:10.19
TO THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS, 'YOU
ARE OF YOUR FATHER THE DEVIL.
AND THE DESIRES OF YOUR FATHER
00:23:10.19\00:23:15.36
YOU WILL DO.' TO THE SAVED,
'BEHOLD WHAT MANNER OF LOVE GOD
00:23:15.36\00:23:20.76
HAS BESTOWED ON US THAT WE
SHOULD BE CALLED SONS OF GOD.'
AND SO, THERE ARE CHILDREN OF
00:23:20.76\00:23:25.43
THE LORD IN THE WORLD AND THERE
ARE CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL. LET'S
00:23:25.43\00:23:29.20
JUST FACE IT. THOSE THAT LIVE
FOR THEMSELVES THAT ARE
MOTIVATED BY SELF, THAT ARE
00:23:29.20\00:23:33.27
WICKED - THEY'RE CHILDREN OF THE
DEVIL. YOU CAN CALL THEM
CHILDREN OF GOD, BUT AS LONG AS
00:23:33.27\00:23:37.05
THE HEART IS UNREGENERATE AND
THEY'VE REJECTED GOD, JESUS MADE
IT VERY CLEAR THROUGH SEVERAL
00:23:37.05\00:23:43.25
PARABLES THAT THERE'S TWO KINDS
OF CHILDREN. AND THEN, I LIKE
00:23:43.25\00:23:46.99
THE LAST PART, IT SAYS HERE IN
MATTHEW 13:43, IT TELLS US ABOUT
THE GREAT SEPARATION, AND HE
00:23:46.99\00:23:53.60
SAYS, "THEN THE RIGHTEOUS WILL
SHINE FORTH LIKE THE SUN." BY
THE WAY, JESUS IS QUOTING
00:23:53.60\00:24:00.20
DANIEL, ISN'T HE? HE'S QUOTING
DANIEL CHAPTER 12 WHEN HE SAYS,
00:24:00.20\00:24:04.41
"THEY THAT BE WISE" - VERSE 3 -
"THEY THAT BE WISE WILL BE LIKE
THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE FIRMAMENT.
00:24:04.41\00:24:10.65
AND THEY THAT TURN MANY
TO RIGHTEOUSNESS AS THE STARS
00:24:10.65\00:24:17.39
FOREVER AND EVER. YOU KNOW, THIS
IS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE PARABLE.
IT TAKES US FROM THE VERY
00:24:17.39\00:24:21.62
BEGINNING WHEN THE DEVIL SOWED
WEEDS IN GOD'S GOOD WORLD, AND
IT BRINGS US ALL THE WAY TO THE
00:24:21.62\00:24:28.03
END WHERE THE HARVEST IS
COME, AND THE TWO GROUPS ARE
00:24:28.03\00:24:33.67
SEPARATED. AND THE WONDERFUL
THING ABOUT THIS IS SOMETIMES
THINGS START OUT LOOKING LIKE
00:24:33.67\00:24:41.48
WEEDS OR TARES BUT YOU WATCH
THEM AND YOU SAY, 'OH, IT'S NOT
WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS, IT WAS,
00:24:41.48\00:24:46.48
YOU KNOW, MIXED IN WITH THE
TARES AND SO I CONFUSED IT. IT'S
00:24:46.48\00:24:50.62
ACTUALLY GOOD.' HAVE ANY OF YOU
EVER BEEN WEEDING BEFORE? AND
YOU PULLED UP WHAT YOU THINK
00:24:50.62\00:24:54.52
IS A WEED AND YOU PULLED
UP A FLOWER. YOU SAY, 'OH!'
00:24:54.52\00:24:58.96
AND THE ONE REASON THE LORD
TELLS US TO WAIT IS BECAUS
SOMETIMES THINGS AREN'T WHAT
00:24:58.96\00:25:02.40
THEY APPEAR TO BE. ONE AREA
WHERE I STRUGGLE WITH THIS
PARABLE IS, SOME OF YOU
00:25:02.40\00:25:08.97
MIGHT BE THINKING, 'WELL, I'M
EITHER A WEED OR I'M WHEAT, AND
00:25:08.97\00:25:14.01
I HAVE NO CHOICE.' AND THAT'S
THE PART I DON'T WANT YOU TO
MISUNDERSTAND. YOU DO HAVE A
00:25:14.01\00:25:19.08
CHOICE. THE LORD CAN BIOENGINEER
YOU. YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS
BIOENGINEERED WHEAT AND
00:25:19.08\00:25:25.75
BIOENGINEERED CORN, WHERE THEY
MIX UP THE DNA AND THEY GET THE
HEALTHIEST STRAINS AND I DON'T
00:25:25.75\00:25:30.56
KNOW HOW THEY DO IT ALL, BUT THE
LORD, HE CAN TAKE THAT DARNEL
AND HE CAN TURN IT INTO WHEAT.
00:25:30.56\00:25:37.80
IF YOU COME TO HIM JUST LIKE YOU
ARE, HE CAN TRANSFORM YOU. HE
CAN GIVE YOU A NEW HEART.
00:25:37.80\00:25:43.97
ISN'T THAT RIGHT? ALL OF US ARE
CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL UNTIL HE
00:25:43.97\00:25:47.11
GIVES US A NEW HEART. HE CAN
GIVE YOU THAT NEW HEART WHEN YOU
00:25:47.11\00:25:51.58
COME AND YOU'LL BE READY FOR
THAT HARVE (M >> THERE ARE OVER
00:25:51.58\00:25:59.02
300 MILLION PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN
THE U.S. TODAY. OUT OF THOSE 300
00:25:59.02\00:26:03.73
MILLION ONLY 20.4% REGULARLY
ATTEND CHURCH. EVERY YEAR 7.9
MILLION PEOPLE DISCARD THEIR
00:26:03.73\00:26:11.40
FAITH IN CHRIST AND WALK AWAY
FROM THE CHURCH. THIS EQUATES TO
150,000 PEOPLE DISAPPEARING
00:26:11.40\00:26:17.94
EVERY WEEK. NO CHURCH IS IMMUNE.
ON AVERAGE, 1 PERSON WILL LEAVE
YOUR CHURCH EVERY 2 WEEKS.
00:26:17.94\00:26:24.05
STUDIES SUGGEST THAT 85% PERCENT
WILL ACTUALLY NEVER BE REPORTED
AS MISSING AND NO ATTEMPT WILL
00:26:24.05\00:26:29.18
BE MADE TO LOCATE THEM. THEY
SIMPLY DISAPPEAR. 25% OF THIS
GROUP SAY THEY HAVE
00:26:29.18\00:26:35.32
STOPPED BELIEVING IN ORGANIZED
RELIGION ALTOGETHER. 2.7 MILLION
00:26:35.32\00:26:40.76
STOP ATTENDING CHURCH BECAUSE
LIFE GOT TOO BUSY, BUT
SURPRISINGLY 59% WHO LEFT THE
00:26:40.76\00:26:47.37
CHURCH DID SO DUE TO OTHER
FACTORS. AT THIS RATE, THE
NUMBER OF PROPHESYING CHRISTIANS
00:26:47.37\00:26:51.97
WILL DROP TO 15% BY 2025 AND
TO 11% TO 12% IN 2050. IN OTHER
00:26:51.97\00:26:58.95
WORDS, AMERICA IS BECOMING AN
EVER-INCREASING MISSION FIELD.
CHRISTIAN CHURCHES ARE IN
00:26:58.95\00:27:03.59
DECLINE. THE HEARTS OF
THE PEOPLE HAVE GROWN COLD.
00:27:03.59\00:27:07.26
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CHURCH, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO
00:27:07.26\00:27:12.99
BE. "WHAT MAN OF YOU HAVING 100
SHEEP IF HE LOSES ONE OF THEM
DOES NOT LEAVE THE 99 IN THE
00:27:12.99\00:27:18.27
WILDERNESS AND GO AFTER THE
ONE WHICH IS LOST UNTIL HE FINDS
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