Matthew 13:24-30 · The Parable of the Weeds

24 Jesus told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 26 When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.

27 "The owner's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?'

28 " 'An enemy did this,' he replied. "The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?'

29 " 'No,' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.' "

Judgment Day is Coming (Adapted)
Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43, Matthew 13:47-52
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by Bill Bouknight
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The late great Bishop Ken Goodson of Virginia was considered a staunch conservative. He had a very liberal Methodist lady in his conference named Tess Hoover. One day Tess said to him, "Bishop, you're so conservative that you probably believe in the devil." "Yes I do," he said, "and I don't like her at all."

The text this morning says that one-day—we do not know when—but it asserts that one day the ages of earth will end. There will be a final judgment when God separates those whom he calls wheat and those whom he calls weeds. The one will be brought into the kingdom of their Father and the other thrown into the fiery furnace. Now you might ask me, “Preacher, do you really believe that there will be an end of the ages and a final day of reckoning?” I could give you a lot of educated answers…

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