<\/a> 24\u00a0<\/b>Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/a> 25\u00a0<\/b>But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In the agricultural society of Christ\u2019s time, many farmers depended on the quality of their crops. An enemy sowing weeds would have sabotaged a business. The tares in the parable were likely darnel because that weed, until mature, appears as wheat.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/a> 26\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span>But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Just as a true wheat plant produces wheat, so will a true believer produce spiritual fruit consistent with the life of faith. The day will come when each person will be known for what he or she truly is.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em> <\/b><\/p>\n <\/a> 27\u00a0<\/b>So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/a> 28\u00a0<\/b>He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/a> 29\u00a0<\/b>But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/a> 30\u00a0<\/b>Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. Trying to prove yourself before the time will only destroy the fruit you would have had if you had just endured instead. <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Only when we wait for the appointed time can we begin to see what separates a Christian walking by faith and a non-believer acting as they do but with no fruit bearing.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Seed if sown and cared for will bloom and prove itself. Faith if kept by prayer, fasting and obedience will prove itself by the signs and wonders that follow.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Do not be alarmed at the presence of tares. Weeds want to thrive most where there is life most.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Matthew 13:36-43<\/b><\/p>\n <\/a> 36\u00a0<\/b>Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/a> 37\u00a0<\/b>He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/a> 38\u00a0<\/b>The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/a> 39\u00a0<\/b>The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/a> 40\u00a0<\/b>As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/a> 41\u00a0<\/b>The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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\nTrying to perform an action to vindicate your life from an enemy before it’s time may prove that you uproot in the wrong place and may offend someone without your intention. <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n