SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES
(Matthew 13:24-25) (24) "Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:" (25) "But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way"
(Matthew 13:26-28) (26) "But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also." (27) "So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?" (28) "He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?"
(Matthew 13:29-30) (29) "But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them." (30) "Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn."
(Matthew 13:36-38) (36) "Then Jesus sent the 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." (37) "He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;" (38) "The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;"
(Matthew 13:39-40) (39) "The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels." (40) "As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world."
(Matthew 13:41-43) (41) "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;" (42) "And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth." (43) "Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear."
PREFACE SUMMARY
Greetings everyone in the name of our Lord, I have prayerfully sought the Lord concerning what I could bring to the table in this message that will cause us to leave more determined and motivated to recognize the need for good leadership to be established in our churches today because beloved, we have lost an entire generation due to selfish controlling leaders that refused to step aside and allow a younger more energetic leader to take their place.
Beloved, the sower in this parable (God) has sown good seed in his field for a healthy wheat harvest, however But in the dark of night an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat.
Saints, when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared as well, but God in this parable did not root them up stating that they may uproot some good plants with them showing us that he allows the kingdom of darkness for a time to exist alongside his kingdom for a purpose but he also shows us in this parable that he has long patience for the fruit of the earth but in his time the wicked will be uprooted and judged.
Saints, in this parable, those sowing the seed of the Word of God are those who share the Gospel to other, and the ground represents the hearts of those hearing the Word of God and the way they respond to the message.
Beloved, the good seed that is sown represents all who believe and trust Christ as their savior and are recognized as wheat, while the tares are recognized as the seeds of the evil one that we call Satan.
Beloved reader, harvest time spoken of in this parable is a picture of the approaching end of the church age dispensation, with the ones doing the harvest being the holy Angels of God, and the bottom line and spiritual truth Christ is attempting to reveal to his disciple is the ongoing struggle and colossal war taking place between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of Satan.
Beloved, the sad fact we have today beloved is the lack of love existing in jealous & selfish leaders who fail to mentor and train someone to take their place, therefore leaving a void because we now have untrained, unqualified leaders attempting to lead a flock when in truth, they are the ones that need to be led.
EXPOSING THE DARK KINGDOM
Beloved reader, Just as God has His servants to accomplish His purposes, Satan also seeks for individuals to fulfill his purposes which are to kill, steal, and destroy..
Saints, this has always been his strategy and the most effective way he can destroy the plans and intentions of God is to infiltrate, deceive, and destroy.
Beloved, our enemy does his best work when operating as a master deceiver for recognizing him as a slanderer or accuser of the brethren is not very hard to notice but when he disguises himself then that is another story for Satan’s most effective strategy is to appear as an angel of light where people are deceived into thinking he will do good.
Beloved reader, the word states that a fountain cannot send forth sweet water and bitter water at the same time and neither can a corrupt heart produce good fruit, therefore beloved, in the end, his deception will be apparent when the fruit of the tares are exposed.
Saints, did you know that back in the days when God was using such men as William Branham, William Seymour, Oral Roberts, AA Allen, Don Stewart and others that the church of God rejected their ministry stating that the signs, miracles & wonders were not of God?
Beloved, when they did this, they missed their day of visitation which opened the door for that vacuum to be filled with the occult and the seeds of darkness.
Dear reader, the problem today that God has is not with the devil but with the weakness of the church filled with leaders who do not lead a disciplined prayer life and some of these church leaders are prone to send someone needing deliverance to a psychiatrist because they are afraid of the devil when in fact a lot of the elderly ladies living in low income housing have such an anointed prayer life that the devil is afraid to come near their door.
Beloved, the enemy will watch for churches that are showing some growth and send their assassin's under cover to come in and join their church but it will not take long for these people we call the seed of Satan to start intermingling with the members of the church in-order to learn all they can about each one of them preparing for their arrows to destroy the church leadership and the sad fact is that the church leaders do not have enough discernment in their life to know that they do not have the spirit of God, and vote them into high positions in their church only to have them disrupt and turn the church body against their leadership making it look like that all the trouble taking place is because of poor leadership, then talk the church members to remove the pastor and vote them in.
WHO SOWED THE TARES
Beloved, this message is about how to spot and deal with trouble makers that seem to show up both in church and business usually when the church or business is moving forward to expansion but all to often when a manager or overseer decides to remover someone because of not meeting the requirements for the position, the string has been cut because instead of helping the ministry or business, they sadly discover that they were the ones holding everybody else together.
The word in (Matthew 13: 28- 30) draws a picture of planting and reaping as if in a field ripe for harvest.
Beloved, the word begins with "but while men slept, the enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way." "But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir didst thou not sow good seed in thy field?" "From whence then hath it tares?"
28 He said unto them, "An enemy hath done this." The servants said unto him, "Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?" 29 But he said, "Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them."
30 "Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn."
Beloved, this parable speaks volumes concerning the warning for us as leaders to allow the good people and the bad people to grow together, because beloved, there is coming a reckoning day when the Angels of God will separate the righteous from the unrighteous.
Saints, the bottom line in this parable is the fact that we will be accountable to God for the life we have lived on this planet and we will also be held accountable for the freedom we were granted to choose and accept the plan of God for salvation or refuse his plan by choosing the evil schemes of the devil and be lost forever.
GOD WILL DO THE SEPARATING
Dear reader, I Have discovered in my walk with Christ that dealing with tares is both helping and equipping us for the coming end time conflict with the Kingdom of Darkness. I have watched leaders of ministries mature before my eyes as they had to confront people who would not summit to authority and was guilty of questioning every decision these leaders would make.
Beloved, many ministries would do well to realize that the Lord wants some of the tares or trouble makers to get in and he is going to continue to allow Satan to sow them. The Lord allowed his disciples to be confronted with the enemy to prepare them for the ministry planned for them. Beloved, the word of God is clear in the command to allow both the good and the bad to grow together until the harvest then God will do the separating.
Beloved, in order to give us some insight of what the Lord is referring to in this parable, we would need to do a study on the difference that can be found in the wheat and the tares especially during harvest time, when the tares turn brown and stand up straight as if being proud, instead of leaning over like the wheat that is ready for harvest.
Dear reader, one important thing we need to realize in this study is that the tares are identical in appearance with the wheat until the harvest, then there is a dramatic change that takes place in their appearance which will expose their true colors. beloved, the tares will turn a dingy dark brown and can easily be separated because the wheat will bend over as if in submission but beloved Saints, the tares with all their pride will remain standing upright.
Beloved, I have been confronted by leaders of powerful ministries concerning individuals whom they wanted to have issues with, but I gently and cautiously informed them that some of these people are good people and will make fine soldiers someday but right now they are in the learning stage of their life.
Beloved, some churches have approached me asking advice concerning people who cause trouble and seem to find fault with everything the leadership attempts to accomplish and never want to stay around to help find a solution.
Dear reader, I have always referred them back to Matthew the thirteenth chapter which says to let them both grow together until the harvest; and in the time of harvest he will say to the reapers, gather the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.
Beloved, one very important point that I tend to emphasize when speaking on this subject is this; you may be successful in uprooting the trouble makers but you stand a good chance of the bad taking some of the good people with them when they leave and the revelation we need to understand through this parable is God purposely allows the kingdom of darkness to exist beside his kingdom until the day he will send his Angels to remove the bad from the good at the end of the world.
Beloved, God says in his word to let them both grow together and that is what we need to do lest we uproot some of the good and lose ground to the enemy and hurt the Kingdom of God.
Dear reader, did you know that the Lord purposely allows conflict to come our way because it helps to train the ministry he is raising up and the people that have self ambitions that are self appointed will not be able to stand when the real battle comes for they have no root in which to stand.
Beloved, as long as we think we are right, what need is there for a change and a voice to cry out to a Living God to come and kindle us with fresh revival cleansing fire which will consume and expose sin and its wages for what it is and that is death both spiritually and physically with eternal separation from God and all that is Holy. Amen.
In closing beloved, let me say that the bottom line is that people know when you love them and they know when you are pretending to love them and dear reader, those attending church service are to be treated with love and respect and if they do not sense and feel it in the parking lot and when they enter the door of a sanctuary, they are not going to be able to receive the message from the one bringing the message because their mind is already focused on how they were treated as a guest before and after they entered the building.
Beloved, did you not know that sometimes, there is a reason someone living near the church or beside one of the church elders as a neighbor, have no intention of attending services where they go because they have already watched how they lived their life when they are not in church.
Dear reader, the bottom line to our call and purpose for being here is to occupy our position and follow the command of our Lord in the great commission by letting our light shine before men that they would see our good works and glorify the father in Heaven.
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TARES
Beloved, did you know that its almost impossible to see the difference in the wheat and the tares growing side by side but near harvest time, the tares will turn a different color and while the wheat will be bending with grain, the tares will be standing tall as if they are too proud to bend.
Beloved, the proud tares can be likened to the description the word of God gives concerning people with selfish desires walking after their own senses.
(Jude 1:19) says that in the last days, men will become sensual which means walking after what they can see, hear, taste, memory and feel or in other words walking after their five senses having not the spirit.
Dear reader, I could write a whole chapter on each one of these senses especially memory because some do not read their bible but take what they heard someone say as coming from the bible.
Beloved, we call these self-centered people, for they are people that are concerned with satisfying their own selfish desires, and they usually have no concern for the wellbeing of others but will use and mistreat others to get what they want.
Dear reader, these proud people want what they want and do not care who they have to hurt to get it.
Beloved, people like this live a selfish usually unhappy life for their fleshly desires are always prompting them to get more, and sadly to say, some form of this selfish behavior can be found in some churches today.
Beloved, a self-centered person usually will not have a disciplined prayer life but will want what others have without paying the price to get it, and this allows an enemy spirit of deception to come in and cause them to make selfish decisions to satisfy their selfish desires.
Dearly beloved, it does not bother them to cause division among others to accomplish their goals, and they can easily point out a fault in the character others but never admit to having one in their own, because it does not bother them to spread gossip and slander the name and character of another person.
Beloved, now that we have looked at the characteristics of a person that is selfish, proud, arrogant, and living with a self-righteous, spirt, we can wonder why the Lord would allow these kinds of people to dwell among the righteous but beloved like the wheat, when harvest time comes, the Lord will do the separating; but until then, we must show patience and not root them up, lest we root up some of the wheat with them.
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WHEAT
Beloved did you know that the wheat seed is the only seed known to man that has little feelers on it which act as little legs and did you know that if it is sown in loose soil, it will work those little legs to bury itself?
Dear reader, Jesus referred to this seed in the (John 12:24) speaking that unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and die, it abideth alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
Saints, the image of the grain of wheat dying in the earth in order to grow and bear a harvest can be seen as a metaphor of Jesus' own death and burial in the tomb and his resurrection, because he knew his predestined end and he knew that the only way to victory over the power of sin and death was through the cross.
Beloved, the lesson from the wheat seed would be that as it goes into the earth to get rid of the outer physical part that makes up the seed, it has new life living on the inside but for that new life to come forth, the outer part of the seed must die which reveals to us that when we "die" to ourselves, we "rise" to new life in Jesus Christ.
Dear reader the Lord sums it up for us in (Matthew 16:25) "For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
(Romans 5:12-16) (12) "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:" (13) "For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law." (14) "Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come." (15) "But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many." (16) "And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification."
Romans 5:17-21) (17) "For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ." (18) "Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life." (19) "For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous." (20) "Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:" (21) "That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord."
Beloved reader, the good seed realize that they are no longer their own but have made themselves available for the work of God that He may leave His signature through them to future generations.
Beloved, the wheat which can be likened to God-centered people, read their bible and pray daily because their mind is upon seeing the kingdom of God flourish.
Dear reader, they are not concerned about satisfying self but live a life of holiness and consecration to the Lord, refusing to give in to the flesh and its fleshly desires but make every attempt to crucify the flesh by walking in the spirit by prayer and dedication.
Beloved, God-centered people realize that this world is not their home and that because of their new heart, the world's view of life is different than theirs.
In closing beloved, the bottom line to this entire message is that because of Christ in me, the hope of glory, my heart is very sensitive, and I am not my own therefore pride and jealousy have no place in my God-centered life.
Dear reader, a God-centered person has a tender heart full of love and may sometimes show emotion by crying, but beloved, this is not a weakness but the outward sign of a tender heart, therefore, let us not be ruled or controlled by our senses, but be thankful for a new tender heart that desires for others to enjoy the freedom in Christ that we sometimes take for granted.
(Matthew 12:35) reads as thus, “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth evil things.” Be Blessed and Be A Blessing
MY CONCLUSION
Beloved Saints, Satan is a created being, and he is called an Ark Angel because he was one of the first Angels created, and beloved, since he is a created being that fell from grace including his place with God, "his power is limited, and he can be restricted" by God’s people.
Beloved, we discover in (Job 1:12) that God can place restrictions on him, because we hear the writer speaking in this chapter that God had built a hedge around Job which denied him access to come against him.
In closing beloved, I am reminded of an event that took place in history where Alexander the Great sent men to the Jewish nation asking for assistance and supplies for his army but the Jewish leaders turned down his request which caused him to become angry and assembled his army against them but the priests went out to meet him dressed in their priestly garments and when he saw them, God touched his heart and caused him to give them favor.
Dearly beloved, history will show that God has a way of preserving his church and church we are more than conquerors through Christ who loved us for we overcome Satan by the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimony. (Revelation 12:11)
(Romans 8:35-37) (35) "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?" (36) "As it is written, for thy sake we are killed all-the-day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." (36) "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us."
Dear reader, the Lord is known to allow conflict and persecution to come our way as a way to separate the fearful and unbelieving from his work because beloved, the greater the conflict, the greater the anointing will be.
Beloved, we will never be able to walk in our fullness until we are willing to sacrifice everything for the truth of God’s word and his will for our life, because beloved, the Lord has stated in his word that he has taken an oath to honor his word above his name, therefore, if we are to speak in God's honorable name, we must be adequately trained or we could do more harm than good to the Kingdom of God and saints, we need to learn from our elders who have gone before us for they have gained the needed wisdom from paying the price.
Dear reader, these elders have matured in their gifts by enduring many attacks from the enemy and have been able to overcome them because of their on the job training which they received from hands on experience in dealing with the onslaughts of the enemy.
Beloved, we must never try to copy or emulate other people but bear our own cross and we have come to a time and place in which the prophetic ministry must be fully restored in the church because it will bring about unity, harmony and restoration to the other ministry offices in the church of Jesus Christ.
Dear reader, the bottom line to this complete study is on this wise; those who preach the gospel of Jesus Christ or prophesy in his name, must be sensitive to what the Lord is saying and not be concerned about what man will think including what is said, because man is not the one who will be signing their report card and lost souls are in the balance.
International Evangelist
Jerry W. Hulse Ph.D.
Miracle Life Church International
MY CLOSING PRAYER
Dear Lord, I want to thank you for the opportunity to close this message in a word of prayer to all who will take time out of their busy schedule and read this message with an open heart, and Father, I ask that you move to bless each one that through this message have surrendered their life more to your purpose and I ask that you intensify the work that you have begun in their life and ministry.
Lord, I ask that you bless them spiritually, financially, physically, relationally and emotionally that their life may be blessed to enrich the lives of others, and Lord, from this day forward, I ask that your will, your purpose, your word and your Spirit will have free course in their life and everyone that they meet, and Lord I ask in Jesus mighty name that you will touch, heal and deliver all that read this prayer and call upon your wonderful name, that you will meet their need right where they are.
Father, I pray that all curses and words spoken against them would be broken and I ask that you stand up in them in these last days and make their life count for your cause and purpose and lord, as you awaken the gifts and talents placed in them from birth that they may become unified in the faith with other believers realizing the need to work together in harmony like a fine tuned orchestra in the masters hands.
Dear Heavenly Father, I thank you for your great love and blessing over our lives, for we rest in knowing that you promised to never leave nor forsake us as your children, and you promised to go with us all the way even to the end of the world.
Dear Lord, please forgive us for failing to remember that you know our needs before we ask, for you were once one of us that was tempted in all points as us and you went to the cross to pay our sin debt that we could be drafted into your royal family as Sons and Daughters sharing with you in your glory. "Thank You Jesus"
Dear Lord, we ask for you to enlarge our borders and place your hand of blessing upon us to guide us in the path you chose for us for we need your divine guidance that we might walk fully in your blessing and goodness as you lead us by your Spirit to divine appointments, and Lord, please deliver us from evil that we will not be tempted or cause pain.
Dear Lord, I pray that your blessed holy name might be glorified throughout the Earth as you leave your signature through us to future generations., and Lord I ask that you assign an Angel to accompany this work into the home of every person that will take time to read it. Lord, help us stand firm together activating our faith, for it is in these trying times through your grace that we can find rest in knowing that we can depend on you our God, "Our Father", to come on the scene to direct our path and to guide our footsteps.
Dear Lord help us to understand our dependence for survival is upon you and Lord, help us realize that we represent your glorious body on Earth, therefore Lord help us also understand that there is strength in numbers and we need each other to be fruitful and live a prosperous life as your people. Lord, please help us to not be careless and prideful in our Christian walk, or resemble a bunch of used body parts, but help us realize Lord, that we are apart of something bigger than ourselves; that we are a part of your glorious body as sons and daughters in your royal family and kingdom.
Dear Lord, my prayer is that you stir us up and burden our heart for true revival, yes Lord, in every country throughout the world and demonstrate to the people in these countries that you are the Unchanging God, for your word declares it, that what you were yesterday, you are today, and will be tomorrow! (Hebrews 13:8)
Dear heavenly Father, I ask that you move to bless each one that has taken time to read this message and have humbly surrendered their life more to your purpose and I ask that you intensify the work that you have begun in their life and ministry in Jesus mighty name.
Father, I ask that you bless them spiritually, financially, physically, relationally and emotionally that their life may be blessed to enrich the lives of others, and dear Lord, I ask that your will, your purpose, your word and your Spirit will have free course in their life and everyone that they meet.
Father, I pray that all curses and words spoken against them would be broken and I ask that you stand up in them in these last days and make their life count.
Dear Lord, I ask you to awaken the gifts and talents that was placed in them at birth, that they may become unified in the faith with other believers, realizing the need to work together in harmony like a fine tuned orchestra in the masters hands.
Father I pray that if any reading this prayer should need deliverance from some oppressing spirit including some illnesses that may be attacking their body, Lord, I pray that your Holy Spirit would raise up a standard against these attacks and set these people free.
Lord, I pray that the power of your written and spoken word be activated through the authority that is made available unto us that is in the name of Jesus, and we apply the following scriptures to our prayer. (John 16:23) "And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you." and (Psalms 34:15) "The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry."
Father, we close our prayer believing that you have heard and answered us according to your divine will and purpose, for it is in Jesus mighty name we pray and ask these favors. A-Men & A-Men
