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Wheat or Tares: Can You Tell the Difference?

Matthew 13: 24 - 30

“24 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who 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 grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. 27 So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’ 28 He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’ 29 But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.” ’ ”

Everyone who says they’re a Christian may not really be a Christian.  Jesus tells us that “a tree is known by the fruit it bears.” Sadly, we don’t always inspect the fruit.  Sometimes we just look at the leaves, which often look similar to other leaves.

To the untrained eye a tare looks a lot like wheat.  But tares are just weeds.  In biblical times the tares would wrap themselves around the roots of the wheat and choke it.

Saints, we are in a season where God is starting to separate the wheat from the tares.  Which one are you?