PARABLE OF THE TARES

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PARABLE OF THE TARES

• Matthew 1324-30,36-43

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PARABLE OF THE TARES

• Purpose Of Parables
• Meaning Of This Parable

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• Purpose Of Parables Question Why Dont We Teach
  And Preach In Parables Today?
• Not The Same As Illustrations
• Everyday Events That Teach Spiritual Truths
  However, Not Understood By The Majority!
  (Mat.1310-17, 36 John 1629)

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PARABLE OF THE TARES

• Explanation Mat.1336-43
• Good Seed Sown By The Son Of Man, Produces Wheat
  i.e. Sons Of The Kingdom
• Tares Sown By The Devil i.e. Sons Of The Wicked
  One

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• Tares Darnel at first impossible to
  distinguish from wheat or barley, until the
  wheat's ear is developed, when the thin fruitless
  ear of the darnel is detected. Its root too so
  intertwines with that of the wheat that the
  farmer cannot separate them, without plucking up
  both, "till the time of harvest." The seed is
  like wheat, but smaller and black, and when mixed
  with wheat flour causes dizziness, intoxication,
  and paralysis (Faussets Bible Dictionary)

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PARABLE OF THE TARES

• Explanation Mat.1336-43
• The Field Is NOT The Church!

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• AS THE TARES GROW, THE SERVANTS ASK IF THEY
  SHOULD ROOT UP THE TARES (SONS OF THE WICKED
  ONE), BUT THE OWNER TELLS THEM NOT TO LEST THEY
  ROOT UP SOME OF THE WHEAT (SONS OF THE KINGDOM)
  WITH THEM. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT LESSON FOR US.
  UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE MANY IN CHRISTIANITY WHO
  FEEL IT IS THEIR SPECIAL CALLING TO TRY AND ROOT
  OUT ALL THE TARES IN THE CHURCH. BUT JESUS TELLS
  US NOT TO DO THAT.

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• YES, WE ARE TO BE ON GUARD FOR FALSE TEACHERS.
  YES, WE MUST ALWAYS CHECK EVERYTHING WITH THE
  WORD OF GOD. BUT WE ARE NOT TO TRY AND UPROOT
  THEM, BECAUSE IN DOING SO WE MAY DAMAGE SOME OF
  THE GOOD CROP THAT IS GROW-ING. WE CAN BE ASSURED
  AT THE END OF THE AGE THERE WILL BE A SEPARATION
  OF THE WHEAT AND THE TARES, BUT WE DON'T NEED TO
  CONCERN OURSELVES WITH IT NOW - IT'S NOT OUR JOB.
  (FRAMES OF REFERENCE Darrin Yeager)

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PARABLE OF THE TARES

• Explanation Mat.1336-43
• The Field Is NOT The Church!
• The Church Must Oppose False Teaching (Titus
  19-11 Rev.214-15) And Discipline Immoral,
  Unruly Members (1 Cor.5 2 Thess.36, 14-15)

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PARABLE OF THE TARES

• Explanation Mat.1336-43
• The Field Is The World (v.38)
• Harvest The End Of The Age
• Reapers Are The Angels Who Will Gather Wheat And
  Tares
• What Is Being Taught?

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PARABLE OF THE TARES

• Explains The Importance Of The Pure Seed, i.e.
  The Word
• Explains What Will Happen At The Judgment To The
  Righteous And The Wicked
• Explains Why God Allows Bad People To Do Bad
  Things