WHEAT AND WEEDS: WHATEVER WILL JESUS DO?
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Introduction:
Introduction:
G-Morning
What we have discovered:
The Kingdom explodes into the world not in military might but in a victory party, a wedding party.
The Good News of the Kingdom is sown through the simple but powerful task of preaching. When the heart of man is ready, the Gospel will produce growth and fruit, creating a new kind of Human.
TODAY WE LOOK AT ANOTHER PARABLE OF JESUS CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
TODAY WE LOOK AT ANOTHER PARABLE OF JESUS CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
WEEDS AMONG THE WHEAT
WEEDS AMONG THE WHEAT
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BAD NEWS SELLS
BAD NEWS SELLS
People are drawn to bad news like mosquitoes to a zapper.
WE SEE THE WEEDS AND WE FREAK OUT FORGETTING HOW BEAUTIFUL THE WHEAT IS.
Psychologist call this - negativity bias.
Due to the sinful world we live in we as humans have adapted and are hyper focussed on the negative to protect ourselves.
We will also give more money towards bad news and spend money.
This is why all of our news is focussed on the negative. It gets eyeballs and this advertising money.
BAD NEWS ALSO CREATES PARALYSIS
BAD NEWS ALSO CREATES PARALYSIS
When we continue to focus on the bad news we also become paralyzed.
After a while of bad news we give up trying to fix things and accept the bad as inevitable.
We accept the bad as the reality and wait for an escape rather than actively living to change things.
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JESUS WON, IS WINNING, AND WILL WIN!
JESUS WON, IS WINNING, AND WILL WIN!
At times the Church of Jesus may appear a mess but Jesus started it and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. The Full Kingdom of God manifested through the Church of Jesus is guaranteed in Jesus.:
Jesus won
Jesus won
Evidence by you sitting here, evidence by the millions of Christians around the globe. Evidenced by the millions of Christians in human history.
iThrough His life, death, burial, resurrection, and ascension Jesus has established a worldwide Kingdom of men and women free from the tyranny of Satan and death.
NOT ONLY DID JESUS WIN, Jesus is winning.
NOT ONLY DID JESUS WIN, Jesus is winning.
100 million conversions to Christianity every year.
The Pentecostal expression of the faith is the fastest growing religion in the world due to religious conversions in Africa, Asia, and South America.
Jesus is harvesting sons and daughters of God at a staggering rate.
Global Christian population expected to reach 3.3 billion by 2050 (27 years).
So Why Do People Act Like Jesus And His Kingdom Project Is Losing?
So Why Do People Act Like Jesus And His Kingdom Project Is Losing?
We pay more attention to the weeds and not enough to the wheat.
John MacArthor – “We Lose Down here”. Bad Doctrine.
Hyper individualism. Hyper focus on a narrow view around us
American conversions are decreasing
Deconversions are happening in America.
Biggest Reason? We either don’t know what Jesus taught or we do not believe him.
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------- LET’S SEE WHAT JESUS HAS TO SAY------------
Tell The Parable of the Weeds and Wheat
Tell The Parable of the Weeds and Wheat
He presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field;
and this is smaller than all other seeds, but when it is full grown, it is larger than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”
He spoke another parable to them, “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three pecks of flour until it was all leavened.”
And He said, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,
and the field is the world; and as for the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one;
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels.
“So just as the tares are gathered up and burned with fire, so shall it be at the end of the age.
“The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness,
and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
“Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
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JESUS WILL WIN!
JESUS WILL WIN!
Jesus Eschatology –
Fall of man/ Kingdom of Satan – Incarnation, Jesus Ministry, Church (Kingdom has come but not fully) – Two kingdoms in the world today – Jesus return / Resurrection of the dead – Kingdom of God fully realized/ Satan’s Kingdom destroyed fully.
b. Jesus will separate and judge the wicked at the end of the age. – Matt 25:31-46, Matt 7: 15-23, Matt 13:40-42
c. Why wait – So not to harm the wheat / the growing and maturing sons and daughters of God.
d. Jesus is winning but you need a long view to see it.
i. Like the mustard seed the Gospel of the Kingdom seems insignificant but over time it turns into a tree that brings cover, protection, food, and rest to the nations. Ezekiel 17:22-23, Ezek 31:5-6
ii. The Kingdom is permeating the entire world like levin but you must view it through history not days to see it.
iii. The Kingdom of God is hidden though it is all around us, it can only be seen by those who are looking for it.
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And Jesus said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
“I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.
and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might
which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,
far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church,
which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
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CONCLUSION:
CONCLUSION:
Turn off the news
Shut down the twitter wars
Stop placing your hope in human systems to save us.
And know that Jesus won, is winning and will win.
The Kingdom of God is spreading over the globe.
The Kingdom culture is permeating the world.
And when He returns all evil and evil doers will be banished.
End by reading Rev 21