Parable of the Wheat and Tares Matthew 13.2430 and 3643

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Parable of the Wheat and TaresMatthew 13.24-30
and 36-43

• Tares - bearded darnel (Lolium
  temulentum)
• Tares - used as a form of revenge
• Tares - difficult to separate from the wheat

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Explaining the Parable 36-43

• The good sower Son of Man, Jesus
• The good seed Children of God
• The evil sower The Devil
• The bad seed Sons of the evil one
• The harvest End of the age
• The reapers The angels
• The evil ones Will be judged
• The righteous Will shine like the sun

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1. Vital importance of sowing good seed

• No seed sown - No harvest reaped
• Example of set aside fields
• 2. Evil intentions of Satans strategy
• Physical violence - outside the church
• Moral corruption - inside the church
• Spiritual distraction - among leaders

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Final judgment of God

• The wheat will be separated from the tares
• Why is judgment necessary?
• Gods justice demands it
• Heavens purity requires it
• Our stubbornness insists on in it
• God is not wanting anyone to perish, but
  everyone to come to repentance.
• 2 Peter 3. 9.