Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP000093
|
01:00 (MUSIC) >>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
01:03 AMAZING FACTS MINIST >> COMING UP NEXT ON AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS: 01:11 >>THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL BELIEVED THAT WHEN THE MESSIAH CAME, ONE OF THE FIRST 01:16 THINGS HE WAS GOING TO DO WAS BURN UP ALL OF THE GENTILE >>FOR OVER FORTY YEARS AMAZING 01:24 FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 01:29 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION BROADCASTS. 01:34 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS 01:43 >>I'D INVITE YOU TO TURN TO A PARABLE THAT YOU ONLY FIND IN THE BOOK OF MATTHEW. 01:50 NOW THERE ARE A LOT OF PARABLES THAT ARE EXCLUSIVE TO THE GOSPEL OF LUKE, BUT YOU USUALLY FIND 01:57 THAT WHATEVER IS IN MATTHEW, YOU USUALLY FIND ALSO IN MARK OR LUKE OR SOMEWHERE ELSE. 02:01 BUT THIS IS ONE PARABLE THAT IS JUST IN THE BOOK OF MATTHEW, CHAPTER 13. MATTHEW 13. 02:09 AND IT'S A PARABLE THAT COMES FOLLOWING THE PARABLE DEALING WITH THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SOIL 02:16 AND THE SEED. SOMETIMES IT'S KNOWN AS THE PARABLE OF THE WHEAT AND THE 02:20 TARES, BUT WE DON'T REALLY USE THE WORD TARES VERY MUCH TODAY. TARES REALLY ARE THE 02:26 EQUIVALENT OF WEEDS. SO, I'VE TITLED THIS THE PARABLE OF THE WHEAT AND THE WEEDS. 02:34 MATTHEW 13, STARTING WITH VERSE 24. "ANOTHER PARABLE HE PUT FORTH 02:40 TO THEM. THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE A MAN WHO SOWED GOOD SEED IN HIS 02:46 FIELD; BUT WHILE MEN SLEPT, HIS ENEMY CAME AND HE SOWED TARES AMONG THE WHEAT AND 02:55 HE WENT HIS WAY." NOW IN BIBLE TIMES IT WAS NOT UNCOMMON IYOU WANTED TO GET 03:03 EVEN WITH OR TO BANKRUPT AN ENEMY THEN YOU WOULD GO AND YOU WOULD SCATTER THESE VERY 03:10 DEADLY AND DESTRUCTIVE WEEDS AMONG HIS GOOD CROP. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A MAJOR 03:18 INVESTMENT FOR PEOPLE. WHEN THEY SOWED THEIR FOOD IT WAS WHERE THEY GOT THEIR GRAIN 03:23 TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES. AND IT SAYS, "WHEN THE GRAIN HAD SPROUTED AND APPEARED" - THERE 03:28 WAS A CROP - "THEN THE TARES ALSO APPEARED. SO THE SERVANTS OF THE OWNER 03:34 CAME TO HIM AND SAID, 'SIR DID NOT YOU SOW GOOD SEED IN YOUR FIELD? 03:40 HOW THEN DOES IT HAVE TARES?' AND HE SAID, 'AN ENEMY HAS DONE THIS.' 03:47 THE SERVANTS SAID TO HIM, 'DO YOU WANT US TO GO AND TO GATHER THEM UP?' 03:51 BUT HE SAID, 'NO, LEST WHILE YOU GATHER UP THE TARES YOU ALSO UPROOT THE WHEAT WITH THEM. 03:57 LET THEM BOTH GROW TOGETHER UNTIL THE HARVEST AND ATHE TIME OF THE HARVEST I WILL SAY 04:03 TO THE REAPERS, 'FIRST GATHER THE TARES AND BIND THEM IN BUNDLES, BUT GATHER THE WHEAT 04:09 INTO MY BARN.''" NOW, HERE YOU'VE GOT THE PARABLE. 04:13 AND THEN, YOU FIND JESUS GOES ON TEACHING, BUT THE DISCIPLES COME TO HIM LATER AND THEY 04:18 SPECIFICALLY SAY, 'THIS PARABLE, IN PARTICULAR, WE NEED EXPLANATION.' 04:25 AND SO WE'VE NOT ONLY GOT THE PARABLE, WE'VE GOT JESUS INTERPRETING HIS OWN PARABLE 04:29 VERY CLEARLY. THE INTERPRETATION BEGINS IN VERSE 36. 04:34 "THEN JESUS SENT THE MULTITUDE AWAY AND HE WENT INTO THE HOUSE. AND HIS DISCIPLES CAME TO HIM 04:40 AND SAID, 'EXPLAIN TO US THE PARABLE OF THE TARES IN THE FIELD.' 04:44 THEY DON'T EVEN MENTION THE WHEAT. THEY WONDERED ABOUT THE TARES. 04:49 AND HE SAYS, 'HE WHO SOWED THE GOOD SEED IS THE SON OF MAN, THE FIELD IS THE WORLD. 04:55 THE GOOD SEEDS ARE THE SON OF THE KINGDOM, THE TARES ARE THE SON OF THE WICKED ONE. 05:01 THE ENEMY WHO SOWED THEM IS THE DEVIL, THE HARVEST IS THE END OF THE AGE. 05:05 THE REAPERS ARE THE ANGELS.'" BOY, YOU NEVER FIND ANY PLACE IN THE BIBLE WHERE YOU HAVE 05:10 JESUS SPEAKING SO SUCCINCTLY ABOUT WHAT THE SYMBOLS MEAN. HE GOES, 'BING, BING, BING, 05:16 BING, BING, BING. THIS IS WHAT THEY MEAN. THIS IS WHAT THEY REPRESENT. 05:20 "THEREFORE" - NOW LET'S TIE IT ALL TOGETHER - "AS THE TARES ARE GATHERED AND BURNED IN THE FIRE, 05:26 SO WILL IT BE AT THE END OF THE AGE. THE SON OF MAN WILL 05:29 SEND OUT HIS ANGELS. THEY WILL GATHER OUT OF HIS KINGDOM ALL THINGS THAT OFFEND 05:32 AND THOSE WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS, AND WILL CAST THEM INTO A FURNACE OF FIRE AND THERE 05:38 WILL BE WAILING AND GNASHING OF TEETH. THEN THE RIGHTEOUS WILL SHINE 05:42 FORTH AS THE SUN IN THE KINGDOM OF THEIR FATHER. HE WHO HAS EARS TO HEAR, 05:47 LET HIM HEAR!" AND HE CLOSES IT OFF BY SAYING, 'IF YOU'VE GOT THE EARS AND THE 05:51 HOLY SPIRIT OPENS THEM, YOU WILL HEAR AND UNDERSTAND HOW TO APPLY THIS.' 05:55 NOW, ONE OF THE VERY IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THIS PARABLE THAT JESUS IS TRYING TO ILLUSTRATE, 06:00 REALLY SHOOK THE DISCIPLES TO THE CORE. THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL BELIEVED 06:07 THAT WHEN THE MESSIAH CAME, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS HE WAS GOING TO DO WAS 06:11 BURN UP ALL OF THE GENTILES. HE WAS GOING TO JUDGE THEM. THEY WERE THE UNGODLY, 06:18 THE JEWS WERE THE GODLY. THEY WERE THE CHOSEN ONES. DO YOU REMEMBER EVEN WHEN JESUS 06:24 WAS ABOUT TO ASCEND TO HEAVEN. EVEN AFTER HE HAD RISEN FROM THE DEAD AND TAUGHT THE SCRIPTURES, 06:30 I THINK IT WAS PHILLIP WHO SAID TO HIM, 'LORD, WILL YOU AT THIS TIME, DESTROY THE KINGDOM? 06:35 ARE YOU GOING TO NOW BURN UP ALL THE WICKED? ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE US THE 06:38 KINGDOM AND CALL ALL OF THE JEWS FROM ALL THESE NATIONS TOGETHER?' 06:42 AND THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. HE SAID, 'NO, THERE'S GOING TO BE A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE 06:46 THEY'RE GOING TO GROW AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE MIXED UP TOGETHER.' 06:51 FIRST OF ALL, THE SEED THAT THE KING SOWED WAS GOOD SEED. GOD IS THE ONE WHO OWNED THE 07:00 FID AND HE OWNS THE SEED. AND THE SEED THAT HE FIRST PLANTED WAS GOOD SEED. 07:04 'EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT COMES FROM GOD.' GENESIS 1, VERSE 12. 07:09 "AND THE EARTH BROUGHT FORTH GRASS AND HERB YIELDING SEED AFTER ITS KIND, AND THE TREE 07:15 YIELDING FRUIT WAS IN ITSELF AFTER ITS KIND, AND GOD SAW IT WAS GOOD. 07:20 JUST IN THE FIRST CHAPTER OF GENESIS IT SAYS 'GOOD' SEVEN TIMES. 07:24 THAT'S A NICE BIBLICAL NUMBER. GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD. EVERYTHING WAS GOOD. 07:29 GOD SOWED GOOD SEED IN HIS VINEYARD. AND HE TELLS US WHAT 07:34 THE FIELD REPRESENTS. THAT'S THE NEXT THING. IT SAYS, 'THE FIELD IS 07:38 THE WORLD.' NOW I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MOMENT. 07:42 PROBABLY 80% OF THE PASTORS I HEAR PREACH ON THIS SAY THE FIELD IS THE CHURCH. 07:49 DOES JESUS KNOW HOW TO SAY THE WORD CHURCH? AND WHEN JESUS WAS INTERPRETING 07:54 IT HE DIDN'T SAY, 'THE FIELD IS THE WORLD CHURCH.' SAID WORLD. 08:01 AND SO HE MEANS WHAT HE SAID. THE WORLD IS THE LORD'S. PSALM 24, VERSE 1. 08:08 "THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S IN ALL IT'S FULLNESS." IT'S NOT JUST THAT THE CHURCH IS 08:12 THE LORD'S, THE WHOLE WORLD IS THE LORD'S. ALL OVER THIS WORLD THE LORD HAS 08:17 HIS WHEAT. IT'S NOT JUST IN ONE PLACE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THIS WAS A 08:21 PROBLEM THE JEWS HAD. THEY THOUGHT, 'WE'RE THE ONLY ONES' AND GOD SAID, 'NO, THERE 08:27 ARE MANY THAT WILL COME FROM THE EAST AND THE WEST.' ELIJAH WAS SENT TO LIVE WITH A 08:32 GENTILE WOMAN. GOD EVEN HAD HIS PEOPLE SCATTERED AMONG THE NON-JEWS 08:37 AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO BE BELIEVERS AND THEY'RE SCATTERED, MIXED IN 08:41 - AND THEY'RE COUNTERFEIT. SO, ALL OVER THE WORLD - THE WORLD IS THE FIELD 08:46 - YOU'VE GOT GENUINE CHILDREN OF GOD AND YOU'VE GOT COUNTERFEIT 08:51 THAT ARE SCATTERED THERE. AND IT WAS A GOOD FIELD. PSALM 50, VERSE 12. 08:58 "IF I WAS HUNGRY I WOULD NOT TELL YOU; FOR THE WORLD MINE AND ALL THE FULLNESS." 09:03 SO YOU'VE GOT A GOOD LAND OWNER WHO'S SOWING GOOD SEED IN HIS WORLD. 09:09 WHEN THIS WORLD WAS MADE AND IT CAME FROM THE HANDS OF GOD IT WAS GOOD. 09:13 IT WAS PERFECT. BUT ALONG COMES AN ENEMY. AND WHEN DOES IT HAPPEN? 09:21 WHILE MEN SLEPT. AND SO, FROM THE FIRST PART HE'S JUST SAYING, IN THE TIME WHEN 09:28 PEOPLE ARE RESTING AND THEY'RE RELAXING, THAT'S WHEN THE ENEMY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT. 09:33 AND WHILE MEN SLEPT HE COMES AND IN THE DARKNESS HE SOWS TARES AMONG THE WHEAT. 09:43 NOW, THE WORD HERE THAT'S IN THE GREEK FOR AMONG IS A VERY STRONG WORD AND IT BASICALLY IS SAYING 09:50 SCATTERED THOROUGHLY EVERYWHERE. THUS SATAN SOWS FALSE DOCTRINES IN THE DARKNESS IN THE VERY 09:58 PLACE WHERE TRUTH IS TO BE PRACTICED AND PROCLAIMED 1 PETER CHAPTER 5, VERSE 8. 10:05 "BE SOBER, BE VIGILANT; BECAUSE YOUR ADVERSARY THE DEVIL IS LIKE A ROARING LION GOING ABOUT 10:10 SEEKING WHOM HE MIGHT DEVOUR" AND HE'S SOWING BAD SEED ALL THE TIME. 10:15 I ADDED THAT LAST PART. NOW, I'VE GOT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND TALK ABOUT THESE WEEDS AND 10:19 WHAT THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. THE GREEK WORD IS AZANON AND 10:25 IT'S CALLED ALSO, IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL, DARNEL. IT INJURES THE WHEAT. 10:34 IT LOOKS LIKE WHEAT, ESPECIALLY IN ITS INFANCY. IT EVEN HAS A HEAD WITH GRAIN ON 10:38 IT AND WHEN IT'S SOWN THERE, FOR AWHILE ALL OF THEIR COLOR IS THE SAME. 10:44 BUT AS THE SEASON PROGRESSES THEY TAKE ON A LITTLE MORE OF A GRAY COLOR AND THAT'S WHEN THE 10:50 SERVANTS OF THE KINGS SAID, 'DIDN'T YOU SOW GOOD SEED? WE'RE NOTICING A COLOR CHANGE IN 10:57 THE FIELD AND IT APPEARS THAT YOU'VE GOT TARES. YOU'VE GOT THESE DARNEL 11:02 - THIS WHEAT. NOW THIS STUFF REALLY EXISTS, THE DARNEL WHEAT OR 'THE CHEAT' 11:07 THEY CALL IT. THIS TARE ABOUNDS ALL OVER THE EAST AND IS A GREAT NUISANCE 11:13 TO THE FARMER. IN SHORT, IT IS A STRONG SPORIFIC POISON AND IT MUST BE 11:19 CAREFULLY WINNOWED AND PICKED OUT OF THE WHEAT GRAIN BY GRAIN BEFORE GRINDING OF THE FLOUR 11:24 IS ALLOWED, OTHERWISE IT'S NOT HEALTHY. EVEN FARMERS IN THIS COUNTRY, 11:28 WHO GENERALLY WEED THEIR FIELDS, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SEPARATE ONE FROM THE OTHER. 11:33 THEY WOULD ONLY MISTAKE THE GOOD GRAIN FOR THEM. BUT VERY COMMONLY THE ROOTS OF 11:37 THE TWO ARE SO INTERTWINED THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SEPARATE THEM WITHOUT PLUCKING UP BOTH. 11:43 BOTH, THEREFORE, MUST BE LEFT TO GROW TOGETHER UNTIL THE TIME OF THE HARVEST. 11:48 SO, THIS WEED, THESE TARES, THIS DARNEL GRASS THAT HAS BEEN SOWN AMONG THE WHEAT, THE ROOTS ARE 11:56 TIGHT - AND YOU KNOW, WHEAT IS SOWN VERY THICK, AND THE HEADS START GETTING MIXED UP AND YOU 12:01 CAN'T JUST GO THROUGH WITH A SCYTHE AND CUT IT OFF BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE ALL MIXED UP. 12:06 THE WHEAT ULTIMATELY WILL GROW TALLER. SO, IF YOU WAIT UNTIL THE 12:10 HARVEST, IT BECOMES VERY EVIDENT AND IT'S EASIER TO SEPARATE THE TWO AT THAT POINT. 12:16 WHERE DID WEEDS COME FROM? GENESIS 3:17 AND 18. "AND GOD SAID TO ADAM, 'BECAUSE 12:22 YOU'VE HEARKENED TO THE VOICE OF YOUR WIFE AND HAVE EATEN OF THE TREE WHICH I'VE COMMANDED YOU 12:26 SAYING, 'YOU SHALL NOT EAT IT,' CURSED IS THE GROUND FOR YOUR SAKE. 12:31 IN SORROW YOU WILL EAT OF IT ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE. THORNS AND THISTLES SHALL IT 12:36 BRING FORTH TO THEE AND THOU SHALL EAT THE HERB OF THE FIELD." 12:40 THERE WOULD BE UNUSEFUL, UNWANTED, PAINFUL PLANTS THAT WOULD BE GROWING WHERE BEFORE 12:46 THERE WAS ALL GOOD. WHAT IS A WEED? I'VE LOOKED UP A DEFINITION 12:52 HERE FOR YOU. A WEED IS "A VALUELESS PLANT GROWING WILD, ESPECIALLY ONE 12:58 THAT GROWS IN CULTIVATED GROUND TO THE EXCLUSION OR INJURY OF THE DESIRED CROP. 13:04 ANY UNDESIRABLE OR TROUBLESOME PLANT, ESPECIALLY ONE THAT GROWS PROFUSELY 13:09 WHERE IT'S NOT WANTED." YOU DON'T WANT THIS GROWING AMONG YOUR WHEAT. 13:16 AND, SO, CHRIST THEN SAYS, WHEN THE ANGELS SAY, 'WHAT HAPPENED, DIDN'T YOU SOW GOOD SEED 13:21 IN YOUR FIELD?' HE SAID, 'YES.' HE SAYS, 'AN ENEMY 13:25 HAS DONE THIS.' THIS PARABLE IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU 13:28 KNOW THAT THEY LOOK AT THE SIN IN THE WORLD, THEY LOOK AT THE WICKEDNESS IN THE WORLD AND THEY 13:33 SAY, 'IF GOD IS GOOD, WHERE DID SIN COME FROM? HOW CAN YOU HAVE SO MUCH EVIL IN 13:40 A WORLD MADE BY A GOOD GOD?' AND SO, CHRIST SAYS, 'THERE IS AN ENEMY.' 13:47 AND YES, YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, 'WELL, GOD IS ALL-POWERFUL, WHY DOESN'T HE JUST 13:50 DESTROY THIS ENEMY?' WELL, YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND THE GREAT CONTROVERSY - THAT 13:55 HE'S FALSELY ACCUSED GOD. AND SO, THE ENEMY IS OUT THERE ON A RAMPAGE, TRYING TO 13:59 CAUSE AS MUCH SICKNESS AND SUFFERING AS HE CAN. AND SO, HE HAS SOWN THIS 14:04 BEAUTIFUL WORLD THAT GOD MADE, WITH WEEDS. AND THEN JESUS GOES ON TO SAY 14:10 THAT THE REAPERS ARE THE ANGELS. ANGELS ARE INVOLVED IN WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN THE WORLD. 14:19 YOU NOTICE THE ANGELS ARE JEALOUS FOR THE CROP. THEY'RE EXAMINING THE WHEAT. 14:22 THEY'RE WATCHING IT. THEY SAY, 'WAIT. SOMETHING'S HERE THAT 14:24 DOESN'T BELONG HERE.' DOES GOD HAVE HIS ANGELS WATCHING OVER HIS CHILDREN? 14:29 ARE HIS ANGELS GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN THE GREAT HARVEST AT THE END OF THE WORLD? 14:34 AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOU CAN READ MATTHEW 24. "HE'LL SEND HIS ANGELS WITH THE 14:37 SOUND OF A GREAT TRUMPET AND THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER HIS ELECT FROM THE FOUR WINDS, FROM 14:42 ONE END OF HEAVEN TO THE OTHER." SO, THE FIELD IS THE WORLD. AND HE SAID, 14:47 'LET THEM GROW TOGETHER.' NOW, WAIT A SECOND JESUS, WE THOUGHT THAT WHEN THE MESSIAH 14:52 CAME THAT YOU'D SEPARATE RIGHT THEN. HE SAID, 'NO, THERE'S A PERIOD 14:55 WHERE THEY GROW TOGETHER.' HAVE YOU WONDERED, 'WHY DID JESUS HAVE TO COME TWO TIMES? 15:01 WHY, AFTER HE ASCENDED FROM THE GRAVE, COULDN'T HE HAVE SAID, 'ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'RE ALL GOING 15:07 TO GO TO HEAVEN. I'M GOING TO HAVE MY RESURRECTION.' 15:10 WHY HAVE 2000 YEARS GONE BY? FROM THE FIRST COMING TO THE SECOND COMING THERE'S THIS 15:14 PERIOD WHERE THE WEEDS AND THE WHEAT ARE GROWING TOGETHER. WHY? 15:20 BECAUSE THE PLAN OF SALVATION HAS NOT FULLY BEEN DEMONSTRATED. BECAUSE THE CHARACTER OF THE 15:25 DEVIL WAS NOT FULLY DEMONSTRATED. BECAUSE OF THE RESULTS OF THE 15:30 DEVIL'S GOVERNMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT OR KINGDOM OF GOD - THESE TWO GOVERNMENTS ARE AT WAR 15:36 AND THE FRUIT OF THOSE GOVERNMENTS NEEDS TO BE SEEN BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY GOING TO BE 15:40 ONE KINGDOM THAT WILL LAST ETERNALLY. THAT'S WHAT THE BOOK OF DANIEL 15:43 IS ALL ABOUT. AND SO, THE LORD NEEDED TO REVEAL THE RESULTS OF THE 15:48 DEVIL'S ADMINISTRATION. IT'S NOT EVIDENT RIGHT AWAY. IT TAKES TIME FOR THE CROP TO 15:54 MATURE AND TO BECOME EVIDENT. AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR WORLD RIGHT NOW, IS THE 16:00 POLICIES OF JESUS AND THE POLICIES OF SATAN ARE BEARING A HARVEST. 16:07 MATTHEW CHAPTER 13, VERSE 30. HE SAYS, "ALLOW BOTH TO GROW TOGETHER UNTIL THE HARVEST, AND 16:14 IN THE TIME OF THE HARVEST I'LL SAY TO THE REAPERS, 'FIRST GATHER THE TARES, BIND THEM IN 16:19 BUNDLES AND BURN THEM, BUT GATHER THE WHEAT INTO MY BARN." SO THAT MEANS THAT THERE ARE 16:23 SOME COUNTERFEIT IN THE WORLD - THAT ARE NOT GENUINE. THERE ARE SOME COUNTERFEIT 16:29 IN THE CHURCH TOO. ARE THERE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE AROUND THE PLANET, FROM 16:33 MANY DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS BACKGROUNDS THAT LOVE THE LORD, BUT THEY HAVEN'T FOUND OUT 16:39 ABOUT JESUS YET? DOESN'T JESUS SAY, 'OTHER SHEEP I HAVE THAT ARE NOT OF THIS FOLD 16:45 AND THEY'RE GOING TO HEAR MY VOICE' AND THEY HAVEN'T HEARD IT YET? 16:48 'THEY'RE GOING TO HEAR MY VOICE AND THEY'LL COME OUT OF BABYLON AND THERE'LL BE ONE FOLD AND 16:52 THERE'LL BE ONE SHEPHERD.' RIGHT NOW THERE'S PEOPLE SCATTERED ALL OVER THE WORLD, 16:56 BUT JUST BEFORE THE END THERE'S GOING TO BE A GREAT WINNOWING. THERE'S GOING TO BE A GREAT 17:01 SHAKING THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE AND IT'S GOING TO END UP SEPARATING. 17:05 THIS IS KNOWN AS THE HARVEST. NOW, WE GET INTO THE HEART OF THIS. 17:12 JEREMIAH 8:20. ONCE THE HARVEST COMES, THE SAVED ARE SAVED AND 17:16 THE LOST ARE LOST. YOU KNOW THAT VERSE "THE HARVEST IS PAST. 17:22 THE SUMMER IS ENDED. AND WE ARE NOT SAVED." NOW IS THE TIME FOR US TO GROW 17:27 INTO WHEAT AS OPPOSED TO WEEDS. NOW, I'VE GOT A LOT OF VERSES HERE FOR YOU. 17:32 JOHN 4, VERSE 35 THROUGH 38. JESUS SAID, "DO YOU NOT SAY, 'THERE ARE STILL FOUR MONTHS AND 17:39 THEN THE HARVEST COMES?'" THIS IS WHEN HE HAD THAT EXPERIENCE WITH THE WOMAN AT THE 17:43 WELL, AND THE DISCIPLES WERE WONDERING, 'WHY ARE YOU TALKING TO A SAMARITAN WOMAN. 17:49 SAMARITANS, THEY'RE ALL LOST. WHY, THEY'RE SAMARITANS.' - BACK IN JESUS' TIME, IF YOU 17:56 WANTED TO INSULT A PERSON, YOU SAID THAT THEY WERE DEMON POSSESSED OR AAMARITAN. 18:03 AND THE DISCIPLES CAME BACK FROM GETTING FOOD AND THEY SAW JESUS TALKING TO A SAMARITAN 18:08 - A WOMAN NO LESS - THAT WAS THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL AS FAR AS 18:12 THEY WERE CONCERNED. THEY WERE LOST. AND JESUS THEN USED HER TO TELL 18:19 EVERYBODY IN THAT TOWN ABOUT HIM, AND THEY ALL CAME FLOWING OUT OF THE TOWN BECAUSE THEY 18:23 BELIEVED HER WORD AND THERE'S THIS GREAT HARVEST OF SOULS, AND RIGHT WHEN JESUS SAYS THIS TO 18:30 THEM, HE SAYS, 'THE HARVEST IS RIPE,' THEY SAW THESE PEOPLE COMING FROM THE SAMARITAN 18:34 VILLAGE TO MEET JESUS. AND HE'S LOOKING RIGHT AT THEM. HE'S TALKING ABOUT THIS HARVEST. 18:40 A HARVEST WHERE THEY DIDN'T EXPECT IT. AND SO, WHEN CHRIST IS TALKING 18:44 ABOUT THE WHEAT AND THE TARES, HE'S SAYING, THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE, DISCIPLES, APOSTLES, 18:49 THAT YOU DON'T KNOW ARE MY PEOPLE AND THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT YOU THINK ARE MINE 18:53 THAT ARE NOT. MATTHEW 25, VERSES 31 AND 32. "WHEN THE SON OF MAN COMES IN 19:01 HIS GLORY AND ALL THE HOLY ANGELS" - THOSE ARE THE REAPERS - "WITH HIM, HE WILL SIT ON THE 19:07 THRONE OF HIS GLORY. AND ALL THE NATIONS WILL BE GATHERED BEFORE HIM AND HE'LL 19:11 SEPARATE THEM ONE FROM ANOTHER AS A SHEPHERD DIVIDES HIS SHEEP FROM THE GOATS." 19:18 THEY'RE GOING TO BE SEPARATED. NOW, ARE GOATS AND SHEEP DIFFERENT? 19:23 ARE THEY BOTH DOMESTIC? I MEAN, THERE'S BENEFITS IN GOATS, YOU CAN DRINK THE GOAT'S 19:27 MILK AND YOU CAN USE THE SHEEP'S WOOL. I'VE TAKEN CARE OF BOTH AND I 19:31 CAN TELL YOU, THEY ARE VERY DIFFERENT. NOW, THEY MIGHT FORAGE TOGETHER, 19:39 BUT THEY'RE DIFFERENT. AND IN THE SAME WAY, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WHEAT 19:44 AND THE TARES. EZEKIEL 9. NOW THIS TIES IN WITH REVELATION 19:50 13 AND THE SEAL OF GOD AND THE MARK OF THE BEAST SO LISTEN CAREFULLY. 19:54 IT TALKS ABOUT THIS GREAT SEPARATION. "AND THE LORD SAID TO HIM, 'GO 19:59 THROUGH THE MIDSOF THE CITY AND THE MIDST OF JERUSALEM, AND SET A MARK ON THE FOREHEADS OF 20:05 THE MEN THAT SIGH AND CRY FOR ALL THE ABOMINATIONS THAT BE DONE IN THE MIDST THEREOF." 20:09 - THOSE THAT HATE SIN. - "AND TO THE OTHERS HE SAID IN MY HEARING, 'GO AFTER HIM 20:13 THROUGH THE CITY, AND SMITE. LET NOT YOUR EYE SPARE, NEITHER HAVE PITY. 20:19 SLAY UTTERLY OLD AND YOUNG, BOTH MAIDS AND LITTLE CHILDREN AND WOMEN, BUT COME NOT NEAR ANY MAN 20:26 UPON WHOM IS THE MARK; AND BEGIN AT MY SANCTUARY." AND THEY BEGAN AT THE ANCIENT 20:32 MEN THAT WERE BEFORE THE HOUSE OF GOD. THERE IS THIS JUDGMENT, BUT 20:36 BEFORE THIS JUDGMENT TAKES PLACE, THERE IS A MARK OF SEPARATION. 20:40 DOES THE BIBLE TELL US IN THE LAST DAYS EVERYBODY IS MARKED EITHER WITH THE SEAL OF GOD OR 20:44 THE MARK OF THE BEAST? THERE'S A GREAT SEPARATION THAT TAKES PLACE BEFORE THE HARVEST. 20:50 MATTHEW 13, VERSES 47 TO 50. "THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE A DRAGNET THAT WAS CAST INTO THE 20:56 SEA" - A BIG OLD NET - "AND IT GATHERS SOME OF EVERY KIND, WHICH, WHEN IT WAS FULL, THEY 21:04 DREW IT TO SHORE AND THEY SAT DOWN AND" - THEY'D GO BETWEEN THEM - "THEY GATHERED THE GOOD 21:10 INTO VESSELS, BUT THE BAD ARE THROWN AWAY. SO WILL IT BE AT 21:14 THE END OF THE AGE. THE ANGELS WILL COME FORTH AND SEPARATE THE WICKED FROM AMONG 21:19 THE JUST AND CAST THEM INTO A FURNACE OF FIRE. AND THERE WILL BE WAILING AND 21:25 GNASHING OF TEETH." WHAT DO YOU DO WITH WEEDS IF YOU'VE GOT A FARM AND YOU GATHER 21:28 THEM TOGETHER? DO YOU FRAME THEM AND PUT THEM ON YOUR WALL? 21:32 OR DO YOU BURN THEM? THEY'RE GOOD FOR NOTHING. YOU PULL THEM UP - MATTER OF 21:36 FACT, I WAS WEEDING YESTERDAY, WEEDING THE FLOWERS, AND I WAS PULLING UP THESE WEEDS AND I 21:41 DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO COLLECT THEM ALL. I PUT THEM OUT AND I SAID, 21:43 'IT WILL BE A HUNDRED DEGREES TOMORROW, THEY'LL BE DEAD." JUST PUT THEM OUT THERE 21:47 WHERE THEY'RE DRY. THEY'LL BE DEAD AND YOU CAN GATHER THEM TOGETHER AND 21:49 DISPOSE OF THEM LATER. BUT, THIS IS WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS IS GOING TO HAPPEN. 21:54 MATTHEW 7, VERSES 16 TO 20. JESUS SAID, "YOU'LL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS." 21:58 AND WE OPENED WITH THIS. "DO MEN GATHER GRAPES FROM THORN BUSHES OR 22:02 FIGS FROM THISTLES? EVEN SO, EVERY GOOD TREE BEARS GOOD FRUIT, 22:06 A BAD TREE BAD FRUIT. A GOOD TREE CANNOT BEAR BAD FRUIT, NOR CAN A BAD TREE 22:10 BEAR GOOD FRUIT. EVERY TREE THAT DOES NOT BEAR GOOD FRUIT IS CUT DOWN AND 22:16 THROWN INTO THE FIRE." AND SO THE LORD IS TELLING US VERY CLEARLY THAT HE WANTS US TO 22:22 HAVE THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT. WHAT ARE THOSE FRUITS? YOU LOOK AT THAT LIST THERE IN 22:28 GALATIANS CHAPTER 5, VERSE 22. LOVE, LOVE FOR GOD, LOVE FOR YOUR FELLOW MAN, JOY, PEACE, 22:36 LONGSUFFERING, GOODNESS, MEEKNESS, PATIENCE, TEMPERANCE. GOD WANTS US TO HAVE THE HOLY 22:41 SPIRIT IN OUR LIVES. HE WANTS US TO BE GENUINE. SO, THERE ARE TWO KINDS 22:46 OF CHILDREN. JESUS, IN ILLUSTRATING THE MEANING OF THIS PARABLE, HE 22:51 SAYS, 'YOU'VE GOT THE CHILDREN OF THE KINGDOM AND YOU'VE GOT THE CHILDREN OF THE WICKED ONE. 22:59 NOW, I OFTEN HEAR IT SAID, AND IT'S POLITICALLY CORRECT TO SAY, 'WE'RE ALL CHILDREN OF GOD.' 23:05 THE BIBLE DOESN'T TEACH THAT. JESUS, EVEN WHEN HE WAS PREACHING, HE SAID TO THE 23:10 RELIGIOUS LEADERS, 'YOU ARE OF YOUR FATHER THE DEVIL. AND THE DESIRES OF YOUR FATHER 23:15 YOU WILL DO.' TO THE SAVED, 'BEHOLD WHAT MANNER OF LOVE GOD HAS BESTOWED 23:20 ON US THAT WE SHOULD BE CALLED SONS OF GOD.' AND SO, THERE ARE CHILDREN OF 23:25 THE LORD IN THE WORLD AND THERE ARE CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL. LET'S JUST FACE IT. 23:29 THOSE THAT LIVE FOR THEMSELVES THAT ARE MOTIVATED BY SELF, THAT ARE WICKED - THEY'RE 23:33 CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL. YOU CAN CALL THEM CHILDREN OF GOD, BUT AS LONG AS THE HEART IS 23:37 UNREGENERATE AND THEY'VE REJECTED GOD, JESUS MADE IT VERY CLEAR THROUGH SEVERAL PARABLES 23:43 THAT THERE'S TWO KINDS OF CHILDREN. AND THEN, I LIKE THE LAST PART, 23:46 IT SAYS HERE IN MATTHEW 13:43, IT TELLS US ABOUT THE GREAT SEPARATION, AND HE SAYS, "THEN 23:53 THE RIGHTEOUS WILL SHINE FORTH LIKE THE SUN." BY THE WAY, JESUS IS QUOTING 24:00 DANIEL, ISN'T HE? HE'S QUOTING DANIEL CHAPTER 12 WHEN HE SAYS, "THEY THAT BE 24:04 WISE" - VERSE 3 - "THEY THAT BE WISE WILL BE LIKE THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE FIRMAMENT. 24:10 AND THEY THAT TURN MANY TO RIGHTEOUSNESS AS THE STARS FOREVER AND EVER. 24:17 YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE PARABLE. IT TAKES US FROM THE VERY 24:21 BEGINNING WHEN THE DEVIL SOWED WEEDS IN GOD'S GOOD WORLD, AND IT BRINGS US ALL THE WAY TO THE 24:28 END WHERE THE HARVEST IS COME, AND THE TWO GROUPS ARE SEPARATED. 24:33 AND THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT THIS IS SOMETIMES THINGS START OUT LOOKING LIKE WEEDS OR TARES 24:41 BUT YOU WATCH THEM AND YOU SAY, 'OH, IT'S NOT WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, MIXED IN 24:46 WITH THE TARES AND SO I CONFUSED IT. IT'S ACTUALLY GOOD.' 24:50 HAVE ANY OF YOU EVER BEEN WEEDING BEFORE? AND YOU PULLED UP WHAT YOU THINK 24:54 IS A WEED AND YOU PULLED UP A FLOWER. YOU SAY, 'OH!' 24:58 AND THE ONE REASON THE LORD TELLS US TO WAIT IS BECAUS SOMETIMES THINGS AREN'T WHAT 25:02 THEY APPEAR TO BE. ONE AREA WHERE I STRUGGLE WITH THIS PARABLE IS, SOME OF YOU 25:08 MIGHT BE THINKING, 'WELL, I'M EITHER A WEED OR I'M WHEAT, AND I HAVE NO CHOICE.' 25:14 AND THAT'S THE PART I DON'T WANT YOU TO MISUNDERSTAND. YOU DO HAVE A CHOICE. 25:19 THE LORD CAN BIOENGINEER YOU. YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS BIOENGINEERED WHEAT AND 25:25 BIOENGINEERED CORN, WHERE THEY MIX UP THE DNA AND THEY GET THE HEALTHIEST STRAINS AND I DON'T 25:30 KNOW HOW THEY DO IT ALL, BUT THE LORD, HE CAN TAKE THAT DARNEL AND HE CAN TURN IT INTO WHEAT. 25:37 IF YOU COME TO HIM JUST LIKE YOU ARE, HE CAN TRANSFORM YOU. HE CAN GIVE YOU A NEW HEART. 25:43 ISN'T THAT RIGHT? ALL OF US ARE CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL UNTIL HE GIVES US 25:47 A NEW HEART. HE CAN GIVE YOU THAT NEW HEART WHEN YOU COME AND YOU'LL BE 25:51 READY FOR THAT HARVE (M >> THERE ARE OVER 300 MILLION 25:59 PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE U.S. TODAY. OUT OF THOSE 300 MILLION ONLY 26:03 20.4% REGULARLY ATTEND CHURCH. EVERY YEAR 7.9 MILLION PEOPLE DISCARD THEIR FAITH IN CHRIST 26:11 AND WALK AWAY FROM THE CHURCH. THIS EQUATES TO 150,000 PEOPLE DISAPPEARING EVERY WEEK. 26:17 NO CHURCH IS IMMUNE. ON AVERAGE, 1 PERSON WILL LEAVE YOUR CHURCH EVERY 2 WEEKS. 26:24 STUDIES SUGGEST THAT 85% PERCENT WILL ACTUALLY NEVER BE REPORTED AS MISSING AND NO ATTEMPT WILL 26:29 BE MADE TO LOCATE THEM. THEY SIMPLY DISAPPEAR. 25% OF THIS GROUP SAY THEY HAVE 26:35 STOPPED BELIEVING IN ORGANIZED RELIGION ALTOGETHER. 2.7 MILLION STOP ATTENDING 26:40 CHURCH BECAUSE LIFE GOT TOO BUSY, BUT SURPRISINGLY 59% WHO LEFT THE CHURCH DID SO DUE TO 26:47 OTHER FACTORS. AT THIS RATE, THE NUMBER OF PROPHESYING CHRISTIANS WILL DROP 26:51 TO 15% BY 2025 AND TO 11% TO 12% IN 2050. IN OTHER WORDS, AMERICA IS 26:58 BECOMING AN EVER-INCREASING MISSION FIELD. CHRISTIAN CHURCHES ARE IN 27:03 DECLINE. THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE HAVE GROWN COLD. 27:07 THIS IS THE FUTURE OF THE CHURCH, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE. 27:12 "WHAT MAN OF YOU HAVING 100 SHEEP IF HE LOSES ONE OF THEM DOES NOT LEAVE THE 99 IN THE 27:18 WILDERNESS AND GO AFTER THE ONE WHICH IS LOST UNTIL HE FINDS IT." 27:23 RECLAIM YOUR FAITH >> DID YOU KNOW THAT NOAH WAS PRESENT AT THE BIRTH OF ABRAHAM? 27:32 OKAY, MAYBE HE WASN'T IN THE ROOM BUT HE WAS ALIVE AND PROBABLY TELLING STORIES ABOUT 27:38 HIS FLOATING ZOO. FROM THE CREATION OF THE WORLD TO THE LAST DAY EVENTS OF 27:42 REVELATION, BIBLEHISTORY.COM IS A FREE RESOURCE WHERE YOU CAN EXPLORE MAJOR BIBLE EVENTS AND 27:48 CHARACTERS. ENHANCE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE BIBLE AND DRAW CLOSER TO GOD'S 27:53 WORD. GO DEEPER, VISIT THE AMAZING BIBLE TIMELINE AT 27:57 BIBLEHISTORY.C >> YOU KNOW, WE ALL BELIEVE THAT WE'RE SAVED UNDER THE PROMISE OF 28:06 THE NEW COVENANT. BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT GOD ONLY MAKES THAT COVENANT WITH THE 28:11 HOUSE OF ISRAEL? SO, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? ONLY JEWS CAN BE SAVED? 28:15 OR IS THERE A WAY THAT EVERY PERSON CAN BECOME A SPIRITUAL JEW AND ENJOY THE PROMISES THAT 28:21 GOD MADE TO ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB? WOULD YOU LIKE TO UNDERSTAND 28:24 THAT SUBJECT AND WHERE ISRAEL FITS IN FINAL DAY PROPHESY? WE HAVE A SPECIAL OFFER FOR YOU 28:29 AND IT'S CALLED "SPIRITUAL ISRAEL." IT'S A BEAUTIFUL STUDY ANSWERING 28:33 THESE QUESTIONS AND WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU FOR FREE. TO GET YOUR FREE COPY, GO TO 28:37 AMAZINGFACTS.ORG OR CALL 877-232-2871 AND ASK FOR OFFER NUMBER 174. 28:48 AND WHEN YOU GET YOUR FREE RESOURCE, MAKE SURE AND READ IT AND THEN SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE 28:52 ELSE BECAUSE GOD'S MESSAGE IS OUR MI >>THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO 28:58 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL FREE OFFER. THERE IS NO COST OR OBLIGATION. 29:02 JUST CALL THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN AND BE SURE TO NOTE THE OFFER NUMBER 29:07 WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR REQUEST. (MUSIC) >> THIS PRESENTATION WAS BROUGHT |
Revised 2015-07-16