Parables: Gathering and Sorting

SermonsParables: Gathering and Sorting

Series: Life of Christ: Parables

Parables: Gathering and Sorting

February 19, 2023 | David Deputy

Matthew 13:24-30

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Jesus uses parables to teach truth. This is not truth that was just for that time but truth that has always existed and will continue to exist into eternity. We have a choice to sit at the feet of Jesus and learn from Him or walk away and be indignant toward Him.

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Parables: Gathering and Sorting

Wheat and Weeds (Mt. 13:24-30, 36-43)

Jesus is the sower and the field is the .
The seed - those that have come to Jesus in faith.
The enemy - Satan
The - those who have rejected Jesus Christ.
The reapers are God’s angels
The weeds will and the wheat will be .
3 truths in God’s kingdom:

Satan is at
- 3 forces:
  - God’s
  - Human will
  - Satan

- God could remove those who cause sin and sinners but many saints would perish as well.

Hell is a place of punishment.

Dragnet (Matthew 13:47-52)

Jesus is the
The fish represent people.
When Jesus returns his angels will the good fish for salvation and the bad fish will be for the fire.
God is the universal and .