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Wheat and weeds
Posted by Andy Carlisle on 7 Nov 2006
I made these brief notes from Phil's sermon on the parable of the wheat and the weeds in Matthew 13, vs 24 –30.
* Jesus sows good seed.
* Don't confuse that which God sows and that which Satan sows.
* Wheat is a sustainer of life, for every part of our lives, not just spiritual.
* Whole life gospel: God comes to bring salvation for the whole of life.
* The enemy's weeds - these may relate to the different ideologies and worldviews that we find in the world.
* God allows both wheat and weeds to grow until the final harvest.
* One day there will not be any part of the world where the kingdom of God will not be active
* Don't be surprised by evil in the world. But at the end evil will be suddenly removed.
* We are impatient for the end of evil. We ask why evil is allowed to carry on.
* The roots of goodness and evil are interwoven, and good and evil
often grow togther. God leaves the separation until the final judgement
day and gives people time to extricate themselves from evil.
* God puts off judgement. He doesn't want anyone to perish. One day he
will wipe evil all out. Then judgement day can be good news.