WHEAT AND THE TARES JUL. 25, 99
TEXT: MT. 13:24 - 30..... 36 - 43
INTRO:
IF YOU WAS WITH US A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, I HAD PREACHED A MESSAGE OUT OF MARK 4 ON THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER. IT IS AT THIS SAME POINT IN THE SCRIPTURE HERE IN MATTHEW 13. JESUS IS SITTING IN THE SHIP SPEAKING TO THE MULTITUDES THESE DIF-FERENT PARABLES.
IN THE PRE-TEXT JESUS SPOKE OF THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER - HOW THAT THE SOWER HAD WENT FORTH TO SOW HIS SEED. SOME WENT BY THE WAY SIDE, SOME AMONGST THE STONY GROUND, SOME FELL AMONG THORNS, BUT THERE WAS SOME THAT FELL ON THE GOOD GROUND AND THOSE SEEDS THAT FELL ON THE GOOD GROUND ARE THOSE WHICH PRODUCE FRUIT UNTO SALVATION.
NOW AS WE COME TO V. 24 OF CH. 13 WE FIND THE LORD JESUS TEACHING ON THE PARABLE OF THE WHEAT AND TARES.
READ 24 - 30
NOW AS WE GET INTO THE MESSAGE, I WANT YOU TO PICTURE INTO YOUR MIND, A MAN AS HE PREPARES TO PLANT HIS SEEDS.
THIS MAN, OBSERVES THE GROUND, LOOKING FOR THE MOST FERTILE PLACE FOR HIS SEED TO GROW. HE TAKES HIS PLOW AND BREAKS UP THE GROUND UNTIL IT IS WORTHY TO RECEIVE THE SEEDS HE HAS TO PLANT. THE GROUND IS THEN FERTILIZED AND WATERED AND TENDED TO AS HE WAITS FOR THE SEEDS TO SPROUT. NOT LONG AFTER, WITH SUNSHINE AND RAIN HIS CROPS BEGIN TO GROW, BUT RIGHT ALONG WITH HIS CROPS COMES THE WEEDS. NOW HE DID NOT PLANT WEEDS, BUT THEY ARE THERE.
AND THIS IS HOW IT IS HERE IN OUR PARABLE. THE SOWER HAS PLANTED HIS SEEDS, BUT WHEN THE BLADE CAME FORTH ALONG WITH IT CAME THE TARES.
NOW BEFORE WE GET INTO THE MESSAGE, LET ME GIVE YOU SOME THINGS OF OUR TEXT SO I DO NOT LOSE YOU.
NOTICE.....
A. SOWER - JESUS CHRIST V.24
AND LET ME JUST SAY, HIS MINISTRY IS STILL THE SAME TODAY, SOWING THE SEEDS OF THE PRECIOUS WORD OF GOD INTO THE HEARTS OF MANKIND. HOWEVER, JESUS CHRIST HAS COMMISSIONED YOU AND I PREACHERS FOR THIS TASK TODAY, HE HAS PROMISED POWER FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT, HE HAS TOLD US TO OCCUPY TILL I COME, HE IS GOING TO ASK US TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT, AND YET THERE ARE SO MANY SO CALLED PREACHERS TODAY WHO HAVE NO DESIRE TO SOUL-WIN, THEY HAVE NO DESIRE TO GET REALLY INVOLVED INTO THE MINISTRY, THERE IS NO DESIRE TO PREACH, THERE IS NO FIRE IN THEIR BONES AND ALL THE WHILE THE WORLD IS DYING AND GOING TO HELL. SO NOT ONLY IS JESUS CHRIST IS THE SOWER OF THE SEED.
B. SEED V.24
IN THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER, THE SEED REPRESENTED THE PRECIOUS WORD OF GOD, BUT HERE IN OUR TEXT TODAY, THE GOOD SEED REPRESENTS THAT INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS RECEIVED THE WORD OF GOD WITH AN OPEN HEART AND NOW HE HAS BEEN BORN AGAIN.
C. ENEMY OF THE SEED - SATAN V. 25
AND LET ME SAY THIS MORNING, JUST HOW MUCH OF AN ENEMY THE DEVIL IS TODAY. THE BIBLE SAYS HE APPEARS AS AN ANGEL OF LIGHT. HE IS KNOWN TO US AS THE GREAT DECEIVER AND IT IS SATAN’S DESIRE THIS MORNING TO DECIEVE YOU WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN SAVED, INTO THINKING THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE A...
A. MEMBER OF TRINITY - HELL IS FULL OF BAPTIST’S
JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN...
B. BAPTIZED - WHEN YOU STAND BEFORE GOD, HE IS NOT LOOKING
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN WASHED IN THE BAPTISRY
HE IS LOOKING FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN WASHED
IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB.
IF YOU ARE HERE TODAY, YOUR SINS HAVE NEVER BEEN WASHED AWAY - YOU ARE LOST, DOOMED AND DAMNED FOR ETERNITY.
AND IF SATAN CAN, HE WILL DECEIVE YOU RIGHT INTO HELL.
SO AS WE GET INTO THE MESSAGE TODAY, EXAMINE YOURSELF AS THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID THERE IN 2 COR. 13:5 AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE IN THE FAITH.
NOTICE WITH ME FIRST OF ALL THE
I. RECOGNITION OF THE TARES V. 26
" THEN APPEARED THE TARES ALSO...."
UP OUT FROM NO WHERE COMES THE TARES, THESE TARES WERE NOT PLANTED BY THE SAVIOR, MY FRIEND, THEY WERE PLANTED BY THE DEVIL.
YOU AND I LIVE IN A DAY AND TIME WHEN EVERY ONE YOU COME ACROSS CLAIMS TO BE A CHRISTIAN. PEOPLE HAVE MORE RELIGION TODAY THAN EVER BEFORE, YET WITH ALL THIS, THEY HAVE NEVER MET THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
LET ME GIVE YOU A ...
A. DESCRIPTION OF THE TARE V. 25
THE WORD FOR TARE HERE IN V. 25 IS THE GREEK WORD ZIZANION
IT SPEAKS OF A WEED CALLED THE DARNEL. IT IS A WEED THAT LOOKS LIKE THE REAL THING, IT HAS SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE REAL THING, BUT IT IS NOT THE REAL THING.
THIS DARNEL, THIS TARE LIKE THE WHEAT HAS BEEN PLANTED BY A SOWER. IT GROWS IN THE SAME FIELD AS THE WHEAT DOES, IT RECEIVESTHE SAME WATER , IT RECEIVES THE SAME SUNSHINE, BUT IT NEVER PRODUCES ANY FRUIT, THEREFORE IT IS GOOD FOR NOT-HING.
THE TARE BEING SOWN BY SATAN MANY TIMES WILL BE THE CAUSE OF MUCH OF THE TROUBLE IN THE CHURCH. THE TARE MANY TIMES IS THE ONE GOING AROUND SPREADING GOSSIP, CAUSING TROUBLE AMONGST THE BRETHREN.
THE TARE IS ONE THAT CAN GO WITHOUT READING THE WORD OF GOD FOR HE DOES NOT NEED SPIRITUAL NURISHMENT. THE TARE IS ONE THAT CAN MISS CHURCH AND SOULWINNING AND IT REALLY DOESN’T BOTHER THEM. THE TARE DOES NOT HAVE MUCH OF A PRAYER LIFE EXCEPT WHEN SEEN OF MEN. THE TARE IS ONE THAT HAS NO HUNGER FOR THE THINGS OF GOD. MY FRIEND IF THIS EXEMPLIFIES YOU, YOU ARE LOST AND IN YOUR SINS !
SO NOT ONLY IS THERE THE DESCRIPTION OF THE TARE....
B. DECEPTION OF THE TARE V. 25
THIS TARE SPEAKS OF THE PERSON WHO .........
1. GOES TO CHURCH ALL THE TIME V. 25 "AMONG THE WHEAT"
THIS I BELIEVE SPEAKS OF THE PERSON WHO DOES ALL THE THINGS A CHRISTIAN IS SUPPOSED TO DO, BUT THEY HAVE NEVER ESTABLISHED A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST. IF YOU WILL, THE TARE IS AMONG THE WHEAT, BUT NOT OF THE WHEAT.
JUDAS WAS AMONG THEM BUT NOT OF THEM....... HE WENT ALONG THROUGH TIME, LOOKING LIKE A DISCIPLE, BUT HE WAS LOST.
AND LET ME JUST SAY THAT YOU MAY LOOK LIKE A CHRISTIAN, YOU MAY ACT LIKE A CHRISTIAN, YOU MAY READ YOUR BIBLE EVERY DAY, YOU MAY GO TO CHURCH EVERY TIME THE DOORS ARE OPENED, BUT UNLESS JESUS CHRIST RESIDES ON THE INSIDE OF YOU, YOU ARE NOT SAVED, YOU HAVE BEEN DECIEVED BY SATAN AND YOU ARE A COUNTERFEIT CHRISTIAN !
YOU LOOK LIKE ONE ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT ON THE INSIDE THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A CHANGE OF HEART. AND SATAN HAS YOU DECIEVED.
ILL. MY TESTIMONY FOR 13 YEARS, RELIGIOUS BUT LOST
SO NOT ONLY THE DECEPTION OF THE TARE.... IT’S HARD TO TELL WHO IS SAVED AND WHO IS NOT....
C. DELUSION OF THE TARE 2 COR.4:4
THIS DELUSION SPEAKS OF THE MAN WHO IS SO RELIGOUS, HE DOES NOT SEE HIMSELF AS A ROTTEN SINNER AND HE HAS BEEN BLINDED BY THE DELUSION OF THE DEVIL.
YOU SEE SATAN WOULD HAVE YOU TO BELIEVE THAT .......
A. YOU’RE A GOOD OLD BOY - YOU GO TO CHURCH - STEP BACK AND
LOOK AT ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT
YOU HAVE DONE.
B. THAT PREACHER IS GOING TO FAR WITH THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD
AFTER ALL GOD IS A GOD OF LOVE...
MY FRIEND, GOD IS A GOD OF LOVE, BUT HE IS ALSO A GOD OF RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION AGAINST SIN AND WICKEDNESS.
ILL. YOUNG MAN ED AND I TALKED TO - HOMOSEXUAL
I COR. 6:9 THESE PEOPLE SHALL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF
HEAVEN.
WHAT AM I SAYING ? IN SPITE OF WHAT THE WORD OF GOD HAD TO SAY, THIS MAN DID NOT WANT TO BELIEVE THE BIBLE. SATAN HAS BLINDED HIS MIND.
AND MY FRIEND, IN SPITE OF WHAT YOU MAY THINK ABOUT THE BIBLE, IN SPITE OF WHAT OTHERS MAY SAY, YOU ARE GOING TO DIE AND GO TO HELL WITH OUT JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR. SATAN BRINGS HIS BLINDING DELUSION TO FOOL YOU AND I.
ILL. PREACHER SAVED ON HIS DEATH BED....
IF SATAN CAN DECEIVE A PREACHER, IF SATAN CAN DECEIVE ONE THIRD OF THE ANGELS, MARK IT DOWN FRIEND, HE CAN ALSO DECEIVE YOU !
SO NOT ONLY HAVE WE SEEN THE RECOGNITION OF THE TARE...
II. REVELATION AND REJECTION OF THE TARES V. 27 - 30
NOW I USED THE WORD REVELATION AS IT SPEAKS OF THE MANI-FESTATION OF THE TRUTH. IF YOU WILL IT SPEAKS OF THE COMING DAY, WHEN THE TRUTH WILL BE KNOWN.
A REVELATION DAY WILL UNVEIL THE TRUTH ABOUT THOSE WHO HAVE PROFESSED JESUS CHRIST, YET THEY HAVE NEVER POSSESSED HIM.
MANY TIMES IT IS HARD TO DISTINGUISH WHO IS REALLY SAVED AND WHO IS NOT, I DO NOT KNOW... IT IS JUST MY JOB TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD.
BUT MY FRIEND GOD KNOWS WHO YOU ARE AND SO DO HIS MINISTERS. THERE IN V. 27 THE SERVANTS OF THE HOUSEHOLDER - WHO ARE THE ANGELS OF GOD, THEY KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND THEY KNOW WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE SAVED.
NOW THERE ARE (3) THINGS REVEALED TO US THAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE TARES AT THIS GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGEMENT SEAT OF GOD.
NOTICE IN V. 30
A) THEY WILL BE GATHERED
MY FRIEND IF YOU ARE LOST, THIS WILL BE THE MOST FRIGHTENING DAY OF YOUR LIFE.
ON THIS DAY, ALL MANKIND WHO WENT THROUGH LIFE NEVER RE-CEIVING THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOR WILL BE GATHERED TOGETHER TO BE JUDGED. HEY, THIS IS A DAY THAT YOUR DENOMINATION WILL NOT HAVE MUCH BEARING. YOUR GOOD WORKS WILL NOT COMFORT YOU ON THAT DAY. JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF IS GOING TO JUDGE YOU ACCORDING TO YOUR WORKS WHETHER THEY BE GOOD OR BAD IN LIGHT OF THE WORD OF GOD.
REV. 20:15
WHOSOEVER WAS NOT FOUND WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE WAS CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.
ILL. JUDGE OUT JOGGING ONE DAY...
SO NOT ONLY WILL THE TARES BE GATHERED, THEY WILL BE ...
2. THEY WILL BE BOUND V.30
THESE TARES OR WORTHLESS WEEDS WILL BE CUT DOWN AND GATHERED TOGETHER AND BOUND. I BELIEVE THIS SPEAKS OF THE FACT THAT THERE WILL BE NO RUNNING FROM GOD ON THAT DAY. THERE WILL BE NO ESCAPING HIS JUDGEMENT.
AND MY FRIEND, I CAN HEAR THE WEEPING ON THAT DAY.
LORD, I WAS A FAITHFUL CHURCH MEMBER...
LORD, I WAS A DEACON IN THE CHURCH
LORD, I DROVE A BUS TO PICK UP KIDS...
I CAN SEE PARENTS WHO NEVER HAD THEIR CHILDREN IN CHURCH, THEY WERE SAVED, BUT THE KIDS WERE NOT... AND THEY HAVE TO WATCH AS THEIR OWN CHILDREN ARE JUDGED.
AND MY FRIEND, EVEN WITH ALL THE WEEPING AND CRYING THAT YOU’LL DO ON THAT DAY, THERE WILL BE NO SECOND CHANCE. AND THOSE WHO HAVE WENT THROUGH LIFE REJECTING CHRIST WILL NOW THEMSELVES BE REJECTED !
C. THEY WILL BE BURNED V.30
THE ANGELS ON THAT DAY ACCORDING TO REVELATION 20 ;WILL GATHER ALL THE TARES, THEY WILL BIND THEM AND THEY WILL BE BURNED.
ILL. CAR BURNED ON WAY HOME... I COULD TELL SHE WAS A
LITTLE SHOCKED AND FRIGHTENED...REANNA SAID I HOPE
THERE WAS NOBODY IN THERE....
ILL. KOREAN RIOT - MAN WAS HIT WITH A CAN OF GAS, ALL OF
HIS HAIR WAS ON FIRE AND EVERYONE STOOD
THERE AND WATCHED BUT DID NOTHING
AND MY FRIEND, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT YOU LOVE THAT IS ON THEIR WAY TO HELL, AND YOU HAVE NOT SO MUCH AS TOLD THEM ABOUT JESUS CHRIST.
BUT ON THAT DAY IT WILL BE TO LATE.
SO NOT ONLY THE RECOGNTION OF THE TARES, THE REVELATION AND REJECTION....
III. THE RECEPTION OF THE SAINT V.30b
GATHER THE WHEAT INTO MY BARN....
AS THE TARES ARE TO BE BURNED UP SOME DAY, THE WHEAT, THAT WHICH HAS WENT THROUGH LIFE PRODUCING FRUIT WILL BE TAKEN AND PUT INTO THE SAVIORS BARN.
PRESENTLY YOU AND I DO ALL THAT WE CAN FOR THE SAVIOR, WE PRODUCE AS MUCH FRUIT AS WE CAN, BUT HARVEST TIME IS COMING, AND JESUS CHRIST IS COMING AGAIN TO TAKE US OUT OF THIS OLD SIN CURSED WORLD.
HEY IF YOU ARE DOWN HERE TOILING AND YOU ARE GETTING DISCOURAGED, LIFT UP YOUR HEAD OUR REDEMPTION DRAWETH NIGH.
YOU AND I SOME DAY ARE GOING TO BE GATHERED INTO THE SAVIORS BARN. THERE WE WILL FIND PROTECTION FROM THE HEAT OF SATANS HOT BREATH, THERE WILL BE NO MORE WIND AND RAIN TO BEAT UPON US, THERE YOU AND I WILL BE SAFE FROM ALL SIN AND SORROW, NO LONGER FAR OFF, NO LONGER AT A GREAT DISTANCE, IN THE FIELD BUT THEN NEAR TO THE HEART OF LORD JESUS CHRIST, SAFE AND SECURE IN HIS BARN.
OH, BUT LISTEN THE TARES ARE TO BE BURNED. ARE YOU SAVED TODAY ? MY FRIEND SOME OF THE MOST FRIGHTENING WORDS ARE GOING TO BE SPOKEN ON THAT DAY " THEN WILL I PROFESS UNTO THEM, ( I NEVER KNEW YOU ) DEPART FROM ME YE THAT WORK INIQUITY.
I WANT TO CLOSE THIS MORNING BY SAYING THIS, THERE IS STILL A ...
IV. REMEDY FOR THE LOST V.30
LET THEM BOTH GROW TOGETHER UNTIL THE HARVEST
YOU KNOW WHAT GOD IS SAYING HERE IN V. 30..... I AM PATIENT AND LONGSUFFERING, NOT WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH, BUT THAT ALL SHOULD COME TO REPENTANCE.
THERE IS A REMEDY TODAY - COME TO JESUS CHRIST TODAY.
ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO DO IS TO WALK THE ISLE... SATAN IS SAYING DON’T GO DOWN THERE, WHAT WILL PEOPLE THINK.
LISTEN, YOU BETTER LISTEN TO THE SAVIOR’S VOICE WHILE THERE IS TIME.
