The Wheat and the Tares
About this sermon
In “The Wheat and the Tares,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about the authority of Scripture, the condition of the church, faith. Drawing especially from Matthew 13, John 8, John 3, Revelation 13, the teaching emphasizes that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise.
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Odle focuses on gratitude while working through Matthew 13. The message argues that thankfulness remembers God’s mercy and guards the heart from entitlement and complaint. It connects this with the conviction that angelic activity is examined within the biblical passage and its prophetic sequence. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on faith while working through John 8, John 3, Revelation 13. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on the condition of the church. The message argues that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. It connects this with the conviction that salvation is presented as God’s work in Christ that produces a changed life and continuing faith. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on the authority of Scripture while working through Galatians 5, Ephesians 5, Revelation 21. The message argues that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on spiritual leadership while working through Matthew 13. The message argues that leaders are accountable to teach faithfully, serve the flock, and model the character they proclaim. It connects this with the conviction that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on the condition of the church. The message argues that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. It connects this with the conviction that the gospel announces Christ’s saving work and calls every hearer to repent, believe, and obey. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on eternal judgment while working through Revelation 14, Luke 16. The message argues that the reality of final judgment gives urgency to repentance, salvation, and faithful witness. It connects this with the conviction that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on the authority of Scripture. The message argues that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. It connects this with the conviction that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. The practical emphasis is to examine the heart, receive correction, and finish faithfully.
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we thank you Lord that where you are Lord Is Holy Ground you promised in your word Lord where two or three were gathered together and in Your Name Lord you would be in the midst of them Lord God you are the Creator you are the Mighty God the Everlasting father the the Creator the Prince of Peace Jesus we exalt you as king of King and Lord of lords we praise your name today we thank you that you died on that cross for our sins that you rose from the dead that you conquered sin and death and hell and Satan you conquered it all this whole world system and Lord we thank you you're coming back one day to come set us completely free from all of the oppression and bondages and and death and destruction and Lord the Day's coming you're going to wipe away every tear there'll be no more pain there'll be no more sorrow there'll be no more death it will be destroyed completely destroyed Lord we thank you that the work you've begun on the cross and your Resurrection you will complete when you return we thank you for it all in Jesus name amen and amen thank you Lord thank you Lord well I studied [Music] something all day yesterday and that's not it [Music] and I mean all day I want you to turn with me and the Lord wants us to turn here this morning for sure because he just keeps speaking this passage this Parable to my heart but Matthew Chapter 13 let's go there this morning I've talked about this before or preached on this before but I think there's a there's a place the Lord wants me to emphasize some things that are going on In this passage that I think gets overlooked a lot of times in the church world um everybody in Matthew chapter 13. are you there [Music] all right let's start reading we're going to read at verse 24. this is the parable of the wheat and the
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tares that Jesus spoke Matthew 13 24 and another Parable put him forth unto them saying the Kingdom of Heaven is likened into a man which sowed good seed in his field but while men slept his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way but when the blade was sprung up and brought forth fruit then appeared to tears also so the Servants of the householder came and said unto him sir it's not thou sow good seed and thy Filled from Winston hath it tears and he said unto them an enemy hath done this the servant said unto him wilt thou then that we go and gather them up and he said nay lest while we gather up the tares he root up also the wheat with them let both grow together until the Harvest and in the time of harvest I will say to the Reapers gather you together first the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them but gather the wheat into my barn we're going to go down to verse 34 now it says here in all these things spake Jesus under the multitude in Parables and without a parable speaking not unto them that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet saying I will open my mouth in parables I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world then Jesus sent a multitude away and went into the house and his disciples came unto him saying declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field so they asked Jesus explain this so he answered and said to them he that soweth the good seed is the son of man or the Lord Jesus himself the field is the world the good seed are the children of the Kingdom but the tares of the children of the wicked one the enemy that sowed them is the devil devil the Harvest is the end of the world and the Reapers or the servants are the Angels as therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire so shall it be in the end of the world or end of this world the son of man shall send forth his angels and they Shall Gather out of his kingdom all things that offend and them which do iniquity and shall cast them into a furnace of fire and there should be wailing and gnashing of teeth then or after this shall the righteous shine forth as the son in the Kingdom of their father who has ears to hear let him hear the word that keeps standing out to me in this passage is those who offend I'm going to get to that in just a second but let me first of all strip away some false ideas about this passage there are people in the church world that use this passage to say yes we have enemies among us and we have false Believers among us and we have satanists
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and witches and you know people posing as Christians who are not Christians and basically they say with these false prophets and false teachers and and these infiltrators in the church we might say the tares that are among the wheat there are people who say oh you shouldn't confront them you shouldn't deal with them you shouldn't expose them you shouldn't um you know you shouldn't deal with it as Christians because if you start trying to take up the tares you're going to pull up some of the wheat but let me just put the nail in the coffin here the instructions that the lord gave to not pull up the tares yet was not to the to human beings it was to the angels the angels are the Harvesters the angels are the ones that are come to either take people to heaven by way of the Resurrection by way of the Rapture or to take people to hell by destruction right God's angels are the instruments of judgment the instruments of the Harvest and there are assistance in our protectors so that's their instruction not ours we are told in the book of Ephesians chapter 5. we are told to have no fellowship with the works of darkness but rather reprove them the word reprove means to expose them to rebuke them to speak openly about them that's why Jesus said Beware of false prophets pay attention discern War Paul warned he said in Acts chapter 20 he warned the Church of Ephesus he said I've warned you night and day with tears by the space of three years he said I've warned you that when I depart Grievous wolves will enter in among you not sparing the flock even some of you will become wolves okay pretty specific huh so I just wanted to get that out of the way because that's a complete false teaching that we're just supposed to let anything go willy-nilly in the church right right or just let anybody teach anybody preach let any Doctrine come in and everything and and actually it's part of this mentality now that is the reason why so much of the church world is falling into deception and error and opening the door to Demons because nobody can just flat out say anymore that's wrong you're wrong this is wrong and this is why right right I say that because I've had so many interesting things happen over the last couple of weeks via Facebook um even yesterday three different discussions one with a very misled young lady believing that when Jesus came the first
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time that was the last days so I don't know what she believes about a second coming don't even know if she believes the second coming she may be like the Jehovah witnesses that believe Jesus came in 1914 spiritually okay even though I know I give her sign after sign scripture after scripture to show there's a difference between Jesus first coming and his second coming but you know her daddy's a preacher and he told her what to believe I said you better honey you better you better know what you believe for yourself you better get in the book yourself because of course she said I have my daddy give you scriptures I said no you better learn how to give me scriptures I said because I'm giving them to you and you're not giving me anything but this deception this mentality oh oh and by the way it was funny because I'm on a post with somebody else I'm talking to somebody else she comes on there telling us we're wrong right telling me I'm wrong when I tell her no you're wrong she says you're bullying I'm like I just did the same thing you just did see this is the game that gets played I can correct you but you can't correct me that's a Democrat liberal idea I think right right I can do whatever I want I want I love the whole thing people come on don't judge me you're a bigot you're a hypocrite don't judge me why aren't you judging me calling me a bigoting hypocrite so while you're Jud while you're telling me not to judge you you're judging me in the process you shouldn't be correcting people why aren't you correcting me about correcting people right right I think some of these people as the Bible says even a fool is considered wise when he keeps his mouth shut right but then he opens his mouth and removes all doubt all right so that's an important part of this story right now he tells us very plainly here Jesus says he that soweth the good seed is the son of man so he identifies himself he says the field is the world the entire world The Good Seed of the children of the Kingdom but the tares of the children of the wicked one now let's be very clear here when he says the tares we're talking about the whole world now is the whole world the kingdom of God no no no no no no no no no now does the Earth belong to the Lord yes it does the Bible says the Earth is the Lord's and the fullness there but the people of the world it says the people are the Lords too technically but we also know that Jesus looked at the Pharisees in John 8 who said you are of your father the devil devil right he said unless a man is Born
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