WWW: WHEAT IN A WEED WORLD!

Sermon Text: Matthew 13: 29

Sermon Title: WWW: Wheat in a Weed World

Point 1: Grow Together vs.26 When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.

vss. 27 – 28 The owners servants came to him and said, “Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from”? An enemy did this, ‘he replied. “The servants asked him Do you want us to go and pull them up?” The answer to the definitive question is vs. 29 NO What do you mean! Leave the weeds together? Are you kidding?

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Point 2: Glow Together vs. 29 29 “‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them

Matthew 23:17-28 17 You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred? 18 You also say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gift on the altar is bound by that oath.’ 19 You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20 Therefore, anyone who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21 And anyone who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells in it. 22 And anyone who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the one who sits on it. 23 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. 24 You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel. 25 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean. 27 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. 28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

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Point 3: Go Separate vs39/40 – 43 39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.40 “As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. 41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. 42 They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear.

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