The Wheat The Tares and The Kingdom of God

Jesus Christ said that you must be perfect just as your father in heaven is perfect.. but this is a far cry from what is happening in the church today. 

God warned us of those who would fall away! Look the whole message is, is that God wants us to have our eyes and mind on Him not others! Our Lord Jesus rebuked the Apostle Peter for worrying about what theApostle John was going to do, Jesus said, what is it to you? Jesus continued with telling Peter follow me! The children of Israel failed often looking to others and when it came to their end and no way out they cried to the one true and living God they always knew and said these words, “neither know what we to do: but our eyes are upon you (2 Chronicles 20:12). When our eyes are on God He gives us sight to see in the light of Him. Looking at sinful man distorts our vision and darkens everything!

I want to encourage you to read the Bible especially the “Epistles of Paul The Apostle” who gives Jesus’ instruction and command on the order of His (Jesus) church. The parable of the “Wheat and the Tares” is clearly what is going on today and the Lord is saying to us in this parable to stay planted among those who are “NOT” because it is God who know’s those who “ARE”! It is God who uses the good and the evil to bring about his perfect plan for His perfect will! We are His servants and we are to be “Unprofitable Servants” as it is written in (Luke 17:10).

I’m amazed at the believers who have stopped attending church and justify that decision with whatever excuse they feel is worthy. Is the church full of hypocrites? Of course! Is it filled with liars? Yes! How about adulterers? Without a doubt! In fact, there isn’t a single sin that doesn’t show up in church on Sunday mornings. Why in the world a person would think that the church is pure is beyond me. It can’t possibly be pure because it is filled with man–fallen man!

Every single day each one of us are faced with people who cheat, steal, lie, lust, gossip, cause strife, or whatever–you name it. These things even take place within our own families, even our spouses, yet we accept them for who they are because we love them. Oh and guess what? Each one of us also have these traits. That’s right. But we try, or at least we should try, to overcome these faults–with God’s help.

So here we are, slamming the church judging and looking down on others because  they  sined. Never mind the fact that we too are full of sin, we feel compelled to throw stones at the church.

Sure, bad things happen in the church. Bad things happen in our families. Bad things happen with our friends. And yes, Christians do bad things. So does the world.Thou we are not of this world we are children of God.. We should be able  to overcome sin... But they  sin anyway...does it make them  lesser Christians.  Do you remove yourself from going to the movies because of what is shown on the screen? How about removing your children from public schools because of what they’re teaching?and you cannot afford private school.  How about removing yourself from family members or friends because they don’t act “Christian?”How about blocking me from your friend list because I publish relationship, sex and romance  stories.. not Christian post .. My gosh, I could go on and on.

The church is flawed, that goes without saying. It will never be spotless or pure because man has his hand in it. BUT, God still loves the church regardless of how screwed up we make it. Same with our lives–we claim Christianity but yet screw up on so many different levels. But God can still use a screw up (as each of us know all too well) just as he still uses the church.

Scripture tells us to continue meeting together, to encourage one another, to love each other, and to build each other up. Can we do these things without church attendance? Sure, but it’s unlikely. How many believers who do not attend church seek out other believers to build them up, to encourage them? How many believers who skip church but actually spend quality time learning about the scriptures each week? How many believers who’ve decided against meeting with God’s people on a weekly basis actually sing praises, devote their talents or gifts to someone, or unselfishly give of their money on a continuous basis? I’m sure there are some, there always are, but the majority do not.

Instead of looking at the flaws of the church, instead of honing in on the sins of others, instead of viewing church as an evil force in the lives of believers, why not take a different stance? Why not choose to see the beauty of God’s church? Forget the people who are attending…why not focus on yourself and what you might get out of attendance if you had a different attitude.

Each song you sing can actually be a prayer between you and God. When shaking hands and greeting others, why not say a quiet prayer and thank God that you live in a country where you are allowed to meet others publicly who claim to be a believer? And the sermon–instead of thinking how boring the guy on the pulpit is or the kind of sinner he is, or whatever, why not realize that for the next half hour or forty five minutes you actually are holding and reading the word of God!

Bottom line, church is what you make it. It can either be a place of evil (such as some of us make it to be) or it can be seen through God’s eyes, as holy and unblemished. It should be a place where you actually make an effort to set aside some time for just praising God through song, or listening about how great he is through a sermon, or by meeting some his followers no matter how flawed they or the church are.

It takes either a foolish person or an arrogant person to slam God’s church and hold judgement over something he’s created. Our judgments are often wrong and unfair and we are not qualified to offer a discerning judgement about anything because we lack God’s ability of knowing the hearts of anyone. But once we do start to judge, then we’ve unequivocally declared ourselves to be God’s equal–a sin of pride and arrogance if there ever was one.