"let both grow together until the harvest" (matthew 13: 30).in this story, we are told that "the kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. but while everyone was sleeping, his enemies came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. when the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared".
within any group of professing believers are both wheat (true believers) and weeds (false believers). it is interesting in verse 29 how Jesus responds to His servants' suggestion that they just pull out the weeds.
"No", He answered, "because while you are pulling out the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them". this suggests two things:
1) that it is hard to distinguish between the two when they are immature and
2) that there is some kind of danger in identifying and uprooting the "weeds" (the unbelievers) until the wheat (the true believers) are fully mature in their faith. Jesus states in verse 30: "let both grow together until the harvest".
in other words, both unbelievers and believers must "grow" and be completely "rooted" in what they believe--heresies and half-truths for the first group; the absolute truth of God's Word for the second. the roots of each plant will grow very very deep over time. when they are at last pulled out, there will be no mistake as to who belongs to which group.
2 comments:
thanks smn...
things always seem clearer after you've explained them
Thank you samonim
yea, we need to make our faith deeper and stronger so that we don't get hurt by the weeds.
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