I. EXORDIUM:
Please raise your hands if you have ever harvested crops in your life, or how about harvesting fruits?
II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:
General
III. OBJECTIVES:
End of the age could be any time.
IV. TEXT:
Matthew 13:40-42
40 “Just as the weeds are sorted out and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the world.
41 The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will remove from his Kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.
42 And the angels will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Pray:
If I have caused evil to flourish or sin, pls. forgive me. Please forgive me for doing evil.
V. THESIS:
Don't cause evil or do evil.
VI. TITLE:
Harvest Of The World
VII. EXPLICATION:
A. Author: Matthew, also called Levi, one of the twelve (12) apostles, Mark 2:14, Jew who was a Roman tax collector, Matthew 10:3, called a sinner because he enters Roman court.
Mark 2:14
As he was walking along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax collector's desk. Jesus told him, "Follow me!" So Levi got up and followed him.
Matthew 10:3
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
B. Audience: to the Jews
C. Keywords: Fulfilled
D. Purpose: To show Jesus of Nazareth was the Kingly Messiah of Jewish Prophecy.
E. Job/Profession:
Tax collector, a publican.
A Jew prohibited to enter courts of non-Jew to deliver the collected tax to the Roman (non-Jews). His profession made him a sinner.
(Isaiah 52:11, 2 Corinthians 6:17, Colossians 2:21, Genesis 3:3, Acts 10:28, Acts 11:3, John 4:9)
Isaiah 52:11
"Depart! Depart! Go out from there; touch no unclean thing; go out from the midst of her; purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
2 Corinthians 6:17
Therefore, "Get away from them and separate yourselves from them," declares the Lord, "and don't touch anything unclean. Then I will welcome you.
Colossians 2:21
"Don't handle this! Don't taste or touch that!"
Genesis 3:3
"but as for the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, God has said, 'You are not to eat from it, nor are you to touch it, or you will die.'"
Acts 10:28
He told them, "You understand how wrong it is for a Jew to associate or visit with a gentile. But God has shown me that I should stop calling anyone common or unclean,
Acts 11:3
They said, "You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them!"
John 4:9
The Samaritan woman asked him, "How can you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" Because Jews do not have anything to do with Samaritans.
Events that will make Matthew unclean or a sinner:
1. Matthew will touch the money of the people.
2. Often thought of him stealing money, or adding charges to the people that will go straight to his pocket.
3. He will enter Roman courts to deliver the money.
4. He might be probably advised to eat with them if he has a good tax collection that day.
5. Touch unclean hands of the Romans.
VIII. MAIN BODY:
A. Characters of the Harvest of the World:
1. Weeds - are people who belong to the devil (Matthew 13:38)
Matthew 13:38
The field is the world, and the good seed represents the people of the Kingdom. The weeds are the people who belong to the evil one.
For example, to illustrate it's always bad to smoke weeds.
2. Harvest - end of the world. (Matthew 13:39)
Matthew 13:39
The enemy who planted the weeds among the wheat is the devil. The harvest is the end of the world, and the harvesters are the angels.
3. Harvesters - angels (Matthew 13:39)
Matthew 13:39
The enemy who planted the weeds among the wheat is the devil. The harvest is the end of the world, and the harvesters are the angels.
4. Burning furnace - this time, it's hell. (Matthew 13:42, Matthew 8:12, Matthew 24:51, Matthew 25:30)
Matthew 13:42
And the angels will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 8:12
But many Israelites—those for whom the Kingdom was prepared—will be thrown into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Matthew 24:51
and he will cut the servant to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 25:30
Now throw this useless servant into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
B. Criteria of the Burning Furnace:
1. Everything that causes sin. (Matthew 13:41)
Matthew 13:41
The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will remove from his Kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.
- sin of offense or offending someone (Matthew 18:6)
Matthew 18:6
But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to have a large millstone tied around your neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea.
2. All who do evil.
- Fear the Lord and hate evil. (Proverbs 8:13)
Proverbs 8:13
All who fear the Lord will hate evil. Therefore, I hate pride and arrogance, corruption and perverse speech.
- If you pursue evil, you will die. (Proverbs 11:19)
Proverbs 11:19
Godly people find life; evil people find death
- We are advised by the LORD to pray for deliverance from evil (Matthew 6:13)
Matthew 6:13
And don’t let us yield to temptation, but rescue us from the evil one.
- A fool finds pleasure in evil conduct. (Proverbs 10:23)
Proverbs 10:23
Doing wrong is fun for a fool, but living wisely brings pleasure to the sensible.
- If you're wise, Fear the LORD, and shun evil (Proverbs 14:16)
Proverbs 14:16
The wise are cautious and avoid danger; fools plunge ahead with reckless confidence.
shun = avoid
IX. CONCLUSION:
Fear the Lord and hate evil. (Proverbs 8:13)
Proverbs 8:13
All who fear the Lord will hate evil. Therefore, I hate pride and arrogance, corruption and perverse speech.
