I love the explanation of the wheat bowing down when it’s ready for harvest and the weeds still standing , it calls to mind Romans 1:20, thx for the kingdom videos so good!
This is really great. I think it can become challenging for some folks on a shepherding role to discern when they are protecting the flock, and when they are pulling weeds.
Great teaching!! The word for his great focal point is "let it be" - "aphete" in greek. Same word for "forgive" (Lord's Prayer). Let it be = forgiving. Our kingdom job is to forgive weeds (and wheat for that matter). Marty is a great biblical teacher who inspires me to want to learn more and more. Thank you for this teaching. Wonderful resource!
Philippe from Paris, France. Wow thank you Marty for this commentary that makes so much common sense and gives voice to what I was wrestling about. I cracked up when you said, at the end, 'it will not be our job even at the harvest time'... 😂. So true! We just need to be the best wheat we can and not interfere with God's business... so true and yet so difficult to practice. May God have mercy upon us all! Be blessed
True I’ve done gardening before and pulled the good vine/plant out. That’s Gods job I can’t be god or play god. That is a challenge but a relief at the same time, thanks Marty!
This was an awesome teaching! Thank you for making a wonderful video to show it 😁 I was wondering by the end: are people capable of turning wheat into a weed? What would it even look like to "harvest" early? It sounds like it's just warning against judgement we're not supposed to take.. I'm also wondering if it's actually confirming Calvanism, too. I understand not replying to comments like mine, no worries 😂 still really appreciate the video!! Thank you! I'll keep thinking & reflecting!
Thank you for this reminder Marty. I feel like one of the ways I process this, especially as an American, is very individually, but remembering what I’ve learned from BEMA, I’m wondering the more group community way of hearing this parable. Like what’s the Venn diagram of how I think of this just for myself and as it pertains to others going out in growing circles around me (myself, then family, then church community, then “outsiders”)? I think you started to touch on this, but then what place does discipleship, or helping others, and having others help me, be more like Jesus, have? This can certainly create a desire to make a “one size fits all” approach solution to the world in making everyone like Jesus, but is that what God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are trying to do? Yes AND no?
Great question! I think part of this is in the "who can become like Jesus?" question. And also beyond just people. Do I see the whole world as an opportunity to find God and see what He is up to? Do expect God to be found in surprising places and in surprising people? Do I expect him to work outside the boundaries of my faith movement, my theology, etc? This isn't an "everything goes" message, but it is a reminder that sometimes wheat can look like a weed...
@@coveredinhisdust it aligns perfectly with the golden rule of hospitality (Luke 14 : 12-13) : invite all the 'weeds' of your community, the outcasts, the mumzers (I don't know how to spell it) and be ready for suprises, miracles, see God in action!
Thank you for this clarity. It isn't our job to do God's job for him We seem to like taking over authorship and ownership, and especially in evangelical Christianity, making his decisions for him - because, clearly, God doesnt k ow what he's doing. We like to 'fix' things. Maybe the hardest task is to leave things alone. Lkng wanted to know, what happens to the wheat that might have been?
sorry but...just to clarify...these tares are going to be BOTH those that are and are not obvious to me within the field, yes? i.e., some are going to look like they call Him "Lord, Lord" and some are not. yes?
Correct. We dont have the Godly perspective required to tell the difference without fail. That is why God says to leave it up to him, cuz we'll get it wrong.
Amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are not equipped to distinguish the weeds from the wheat! The immoral brother or person that is to be expelled is demonstrating fruit that is clearly not the fruit of God's Kingdom- here I hear the parable saying that when it is not clear- leave the judgment to God.
We will make it our business to grow into the best wheat in the field God has put us in. 😊
I love the explanation of the wheat bowing down when it’s ready for harvest and the weeds still standing , it calls to mind Romans 1:20, thx for the kingdom videos so good!
Yes!!! Love this “it is not our job”. So good!!!!
This is really great. I think it can become challenging for some folks on a shepherding role to discern when they are protecting the flock, and when they are pulling weeds.
Great teaching!! The word for his great focal point is "let it be" - "aphete" in greek. Same word for "forgive" (Lord's Prayer). Let it be = forgiving. Our kingdom job is to forgive weeds (and wheat for that matter). Marty is a great biblical teacher who inspires me to want to learn more and more. Thank you for this teaching. Wonderful resource!
With everything that is going on right now, I see a lot of relevance in this message. What a great reminder! Praise God!
I needed this lesson because I never caught when Jesus said this my job not yours, just be about the kingdom, thanks Marty
"Let It Be" Wow!! What freedom!!!
Philippe from Paris, France. Wow thank you Marty for this commentary that makes so much common sense and gives voice to what I was wrestling about. I cracked up when you said, at the end, 'it will not be our job even at the harvest time'... 😂. So true! We just need to be the best wheat we can and not interfere with God's business... so true and yet so difficult to practice. May God have mercy upon us all! Be blessed
Yes & Amen bro! Good stuff...👍🏿
True I’ve done gardening before and pulled the good vine/plant out. That’s Gods job I can’t be god or play god. That is a challenge but a relief at the same time, thanks Marty!
Yes!!!! What appears to be weeds may eventually reveal itself as wheat- we saw this in our ICOC fellowship after a big sift in 2002.
This was an awesome teaching! Thank you for making a wonderful video to show it 😁
I was wondering by the end: are people capable of turning wheat into a weed? What would it even look like to "harvest" early? It sounds like it's just warning against judgement we're not supposed to take.. I'm also wondering if it's actually confirming Calvanism, too. I understand not replying to comments like mine, no worries 😂 still really appreciate the video!! Thank you! I'll keep thinking & reflecting!
Let the kingdom be.... 💯🙏🏽
Thank you for this reminder Marty. I feel like one of the ways I process this, especially as an American, is very individually, but remembering what I’ve learned from BEMA, I’m wondering the more group community way of hearing this parable. Like what’s the Venn diagram of how I think of this just for myself and as it pertains to others going out in growing circles around me (myself, then family, then church community, then “outsiders”)? I think you started to touch on this, but then what place does discipleship, or helping others, and having others help me, be more like Jesus, have? This can certainly create a desire to make a “one size fits all” approach solution to the world in making everyone like Jesus, but is that what God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are trying to do? Yes AND no?
Great question! I think part of this is in the "who can become like Jesus?" question. And also beyond just people. Do I see the whole world as an opportunity to find God and see what He is up to? Do expect God to be found in surprising places and in surprising people? Do I expect him to work outside the boundaries of my faith movement, my theology, etc? This isn't an "everything goes" message, but it is a reminder that sometimes wheat can look like a weed...
@@coveredinhisdust it aligns perfectly with the golden rule of hospitality (Luke 14 : 12-13) : invite all the 'weeds' of your community, the outcasts, the mumzers (I don't know how to spell it) and be ready for suprises, miracles, see God in action!
I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness. Romans 15:14
Some things are obvious and some things are not as obvious.
But wisdom is proved right by all her children. Luke 7:35
Thank you for this clarity. It isn't our job to do God's job for him
We seem to like taking over authorship and ownership, and especially in evangelical Christianity, making his decisions for him - because, clearly, God doesnt k ow what he's doing. We like to 'fix' things. Maybe the hardest task is to leave things alone.
Lkng wanted to know, what happens to the wheat that might have been?
AMEN!
Marty, are the Kingdom series numbered? How do I know the order to listen ?
By the dates posted. You will also find them in my “teachings” playlist in order
sorry but...just to clarify...these tares are going to be BOTH those that are and are not obvious to me within the field, yes? i.e., some are going to look like they call Him "Lord, Lord" and some are not. yes?
Correct. We dont have the Godly perspective required to tell the difference without fail. That is why God says to leave it up to him, cuz we'll get it wrong.
Curious as I ponder the video and comments .....weren’t we all weeds before wheat?
You could say that. I’m not sure that’s the line of thinking that the parable is taking. But the point certainly stands!
I know the parable references people, but what about those that are wheat and weeds at different times?
Also a fantastic reason to leave the weeding to God.
Amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are not equipped to distinguish the weeds from the wheat!
The immoral brother or person that is to be expelled is demonstrating fruit that is clearly not the fruit of God's Kingdom- here I hear the parable saying that when it is not clear- leave the judgment to God.