You can learn a lot about the Kingdom of God while gardening.
No matter the seed you plant, there are always weeds that:
– come up really fast,
– imitate the look of the seed you plant
– don’t grow in the same pattern as the seed you plant
– don’t produce the fruit of the seed you plant
I pull weeds in my yard and garden but as for the Kingdom, I don’t even worry about kingdom tares anymore. Jesus had the same problem:
Matthew 13:24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Jesus instructed His servants what to do about the kingdom tares. He told us to let them keep growing, and then at the end His angels will gather them and burn them. His angels will gather the fruit producing wheat into His barn.
If you claim to be a “Christian” but you keep the Commandments of Rome (idolatry [in music, holidays, graven images, toys, statues], adultery, covetousness, changing the Sabbath to Sunday, political conquest) INSTEAD of the Commandments of Jesus (keeping the 10 Commandments of His Father, no idolatry, no divorce & remarriage, no buying & selling in His Father’s House of prayer), then no matter what you call yourself, you’re still obeying the ANTICHRIST instead of the Christ.
If you claim to be a Messiah following “Jew” or “Hebrew Isrealite”, but you submit to the Ordinances of the Mosaic Covenant (feast days, tassels, animal sacrifices, circumcision) while REJECTING the Messiah’s Apostolic Order and His New Covenant Ordinances (apostolic house-to-house discipleship, submission to ordained elders, communion bread & cup, face-to-face fellowship, and head covering/uncovering order between God/Christ/Man/Woman), then no matter what you call yourself on social media, you are still obey Moses instead of Maschiach, and you are a JUDAIZER not a Disciple of Maschiach.
Like I said, I don’t worry about tares anymore. They need to worry about themselves and their own fruit. At the end of the day, the tares will be burned and the fruit producers will endure to the end and be saved!
Matthew 7:19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Born again and Holy Spirit filled Disciples of the Son of God will produce the fruit of growth and obedience to the Kingdom that the seed of the Word has planted inside of them. It’s a Seed of Covenant Love!
1 John 5: 1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
Patient saints will persevere, obey, and serve the One they love, because He loved them first!
Revelation 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
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