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                    The Wheat of Heaven
Taken from the stalk of Calvary
Placed within the dark, cold earth
Silent lies the Wheat of heaven 
There to wait resurrection birth
Left alone in fragrant seed coat
Till the time had come to pass
It would soon give way to victory
Life eternal sprang forth at last
When
                    
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                    Introduction: Sometimes, close enough just isn't!
Text, Matthew 13:25, KJV: 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
Thoughts: Have you ever heard the phrase, “Oh, that’ s close enough” or “that’s good enough”? Sometimes, it’s true but there
                    
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                    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on May 2, 2024
                
                
                
                    [002]  MESSAGE FROM A POEM – A GRAIN OF WHEAT DIES
Not very long before the crucifixion Jesus spoke to Andrew and Philip.  This is what He said – {{John 12:23-25 and Jesus answered them saying, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.  Truly, truly, I say to you, UNLESS A GRAIN OF
                    
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                    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 2, 2025
                
                
                
                    [042]  A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – CHRIST IN ME AND I IN HIM
I meant this to be a personal, yet touching poem.  The title – Christ in me and I in Him” can be taken as a one-way dialogue between two people, the Lord and me.  I am sharing with my Saviour the thoughts in my mind.  (A personal chat).
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                    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on May 9, 2025
                
                
                
                    [102].  A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – GOD SENDS NO ONE TO HELL
The Introduction for this poem is longer than average.
So as not to be misunderstood, the title of the poem does not mean God has no control over hell.  He certainly does but just so that you don’t miss the message of the poem, I need to
                    
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                    Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Jul 11, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In other words, we begin our Christian life in God’s grace, and then quickly abandon grace, and try to live our life, and almost to continue to earn our salvation, - by what we do, by our works.
Author Jerry Bridges puts it like this: "We tend to give an unbeliever just enough of the gospel to get
                    
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                    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 21, 2025
                
                
                
                    [208].  A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – OUR GOD IS OUR STRENGTH
{{Psalm 81:6-10 “I relieved his SHOULDER of the burden.  His hands were freed from the basket. 
Psa. 81:7 YOU CALLED IN TROUBLE, AND I RESCUED YOU.  I answered you in THE HIDING PLACE of thunder.  I proved you at the waters of Meribah. 
                    
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                    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 28, 2025
                
                
                
                    [215].  A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - HIS PRECIOUS REDEEMED ONES
In my messages and sermons, sometimes I raise the plight of suffering Christians enduring persecution such as we observe in many nations in Africa.  It makes me think of these suffering ones and how the Lord views them.
They are
                    
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                    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 15, 2007
                
                
                
                    John Wesley writes of his time:  "Almost as soon as I was gone, two or three began to take their imaginations for impressions from God.  Meantime, a flood of reproach came upon me almost from every quarter.  Be not alarmed that Satan sows tares among the wheat of Christ.
 
"It has ever been so,
                    
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                    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Some things in this world look very much alike.  They are very similar.  For instance, a King Snake and a Coral Snake look very much alike.  An alligator and a crocodile look a lot alike.  They are very similar.  We have a citrus tree growing in our yard, that produces both sweet and sour oranges,
                    
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                    I went fishing one time with my uncle out on the sound in North Carolina. He had a boat and he used to set nets in the morning and go back in the late afternoon to get his fish.
In this particular case, there had been a run of fish that he couldn’t stand, a type of shad. He wanted croakers and
                    
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                    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 2, 2009
                
                
                
                    Now the picture Jesus paints is of an enemy sowing some weeds. The plant most think is commonly called darnel or cockle earning the name “false wheat” as it looks so much like wheat especially in the early stages. It is common in Syria and Israel. The problem is that by the time it is developed
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    BENT LOW
A city boy visited his cousin who lived on a farm in the country for the first time. The city boy had never seen wheat growing in a field. It was an impressive sight for him, the wheat golden brown and ready for harvesting. 
He noticed that some of the wheat stood tall in the field,
                    
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                    1.	Power of Prayer Story: From Preachers Stories
a.	A. T. Pierson relates the following story: "Some years ago in the great State of Minnesota, the Granary of the West, there came a scourge of grasshoppers that threatened to destroy the whole wheat crop. The Governor, who was a very devout
                    
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