Wheat vs. Tares

Jesus told a very important parable about the Kingdom of Heaven in Matthew 13 (13:24-30).

While servants slept an enemy came and sowed bad seeds in a man's crop and it came to be noticed as they sprouted. The servants asked if they should remove these tares, as they are poisoness to peopole; the master said "‘No; for while you are gathering up the tares, you may uproot the wheat with them;" (vs. 29) the two are near identical until the FRUIT appears!

He told them instead "Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, 'First gather up the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn.'" (vs. 30)


Jesus was not talking about Christians. Not sinners and Christians, but the legit disciples from those who do their "Sunday duty." We're soon coming to a close on this earth; whether it's 10 days or 10,000 years is something on my Abba knows, but it's coming quickly. We're already seeing signs of the harvest! The line that was so long unapparent is becoming clearer and clearer.

Church, dear church.... sweet and precious Body of Christ, when will we respond to our Bridegroom's voice? Do we not hear that He is soon coming? Let us not sleep! ARISE!! It is time to wake up.

"And at midnight a cry was heard: 'Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!'"
Matthew 25:6 (NKJV)


Let us not be so prideful to think we're not the tares. We must humble ourselves enough to cry out and ask Abba to expose anything in us that would suggest that. We are not called to be 50/50 or even 25/75... we're called to be 100% for Him, and if any part of us is not for God, than we are against Him. The death of flesh is painful and costly, but to let it thrive is much worse off.

Seven times we are warned.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
Revelation 2:7, 2:11, 2:17, 2:29, 3:6, 3:16, 3:22 (NASB)

Know Jesus.

Imagine a husband and wife just committed themselves to one another. On their honeymoon though, the wife doesn't give herself to her new husband.

Not on purpose of course, she's just trying to set everything else up:
Making sure all his lunch is ready for the next day.
The reservations are in place for dinner tuesday night are still intact.
Keeping the house orderly so he doesn't have to stress out...

She does everything she can to make him happy. There's only one problem, she's neglecting the relationship itself. This happens so often with Christians... we lose the intimacy with our Bridegroom and then neglect it while trying to fix everything else that touches the topic.


Let us not be so prideful to think that we are above Jesus saying "I never knew you" to us on that day (Matthew 7:23).