Topic: How to
understand Jesus' parable of the wheat and tares
Introduction:
Matthew
13:24-43
Weeds are an inescapable fact
of life.
Illustration: May uses
the story of a wasp sting to illustrate how some people cause pain without
provocation or warning.
Illustration: May cites two examples of
unprovoked "weeds" harassing Christians: an anti-Tony Compolo website and People Magazine's harsh criticism of
Bruce Wilkinson's book, The Prayer of
Jabez.
Your main responsibility is to
be responsible for yourself.
Your job is to keep growing as wheat until you bear
fruit.
Every time a religious group attempts to go into the
weed-pulling business, disaster ensues.
The more concerned I am with others sin, the less
concerned I become with my own sin.
Our true nature eventually becomes evident.
True believers will be identified by the fruit (or
grain) they produce.
The Christian life is not a matter of weeds trying to
pretend to be wheat, the Christian life is a matter of weeds being transformed
into wheat by Jesus' power.
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