Sermons on San Mateo 13:28:

Our Enemy The Devil Has Done This

Contributed by William D. Brown on Mar 29, 2008

THE DEVIL IS THE CAUSE OF EVERY HEART ACHE AND PAIN THIS WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN

Our Enemy The Devil Has Done This Matthew 13:24- 30 Here in our country we have had much stormy activity over the passed few months. First it was Hurricane Katrina, and then Hurricane Rita. It seem as though the world over has seen a lot of destruction, Wildfires started ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:24-30

Denomination: Baptist

An Introduction To The Parables Of The Kingdom Series

Contributed by David Quackenbush on Apr 19, 2008

An introductory message to the Kingdom Parables found in Matt 13 giving an overview before examining each of the parables individually.

An Introduction to the Parables of the Kindgom (Note: Much of this Outline has been borrowed from Charles A. Ratz’s Outline Studies in the Four Gospels) Scripture: Matt. 13:1-3a 1“That day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting by the sea. 2 And large crowds gathered to Him, so He got into ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:1-53

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Seeds, Weeds, And Growth

Contributed by Sean Harder on Nov 19, 2008

To be a strong church we must include the "weeds" of society

Matt 13:24-43 – “Seeds, Weeds, and Growth” It is a pleasure to be here with you in person this morning. I hear you had to sit through a rather long audio sermon of mine a couple of weeks ago. Don’t worry though lunch is very important to me as well so I promise not to keep you here too ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:24-43

A Balancing Act

Contributed by Michael Hollinger on Nov 9, 2005

The parable of the Wheat and the Tares forces us to balance three principles: Toleration, Patience, and Discernment

1/2/05 Text: Matthew 13:24-30, 36-42 (Parable of the Wheat & the Weeds) Main Point of the Text: God didn’t call us to be his weeders, but he doesn’t want us to be weeds either. FCF: The only way we can avoid being a weed is to learn to discern what the Master wants. SO: I want people to realize ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:24-42

Denomination: Baptist

Epiphany

Contributed by Peter Parry on Jan 5, 2007

Epiphany reminds us to see the good grain instead of the weeds.

EPIPHANY (Mt.13:24-30;36-43) This Sunday on the church calendar is called: Epiphany. The word means “appearance” or “manifestation”. More specifically epiphany means “God-appearing” and is a reference to the birth of Jesus, as a “God-appearing” event. When the wise men came to see the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:24-43

Denomination: Congregational

Parable Of The Wheat And The Tares Series

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jan 10, 2007

’Holy Tares’ we could call them...for they are in the church, but not in the body of Christ. The SOWING, the GROWING, and the MOWING [reaping]. Link included to formatted text, audio, and PowerPoint Template.

Parable of the Wheat and the Tares Matthew 13:24-30 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/WheatAndTares.html Will everyone who goes to church go to heaven? Will every member of GBC make it? I would like to think that if the rapture occurred on a Sunday morning during our main service, that the room ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:24-30

Denomination: Baptist

The Wheat And The Weeds Series

Contributed by Alan Mccann on Jan 18, 2007

It is difficult to tell wheat from weeds at times, but come harvest they will be separated to eternal destinies

The Parable of the Weeds Matthew 13.24-30; 36-43 This is an MP3/4 player. I bought it off Ebay. From a distance it looks like an IPod nano, but it is not a nano. It looks like a nano, has many of the same functions as a nano but it is not a nano. It is a very good copy. It is deliberately ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:24-43

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Parable Of The Weeds

Contributed by Dean Shriver on Jun 1, 2006

God is at work in the world today! That’s why hundreds of Russian school children were slaughtered by terrorists a few weeks ago. God is at work in the world today. That’s why a troubled 13-year old boy shot and killed his 16 year old brother this week

September 19, 2004 PARABLE OF THE WEEDS Matthew 13:24-30; 36-43 God is at work in the world today! That’s why hundreds of Russian school children were slaughtered by terrorists a few weeks ago. God is at work in the world today. That’s why a troubled 13-year old boy shot and killed his 16 year ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:24-43

Denomination: Baptist

Growing Amongst Weeds

Contributed by Jay Winters on Jun 5, 2006

Parable of the Tares, about our lives as Christians living in a sinful world.

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirt, the Holy Three In One who has sown us, provides for us, and makes us grow, even among weeds. Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ. Welcome to Agriculture Sundays! For the past two Sundays now we have been hearing about soil and crop, and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:24-30

Denomination: Lutheran

An Enemy Has Done This!

Contributed by Johnny Carver on Jul 15, 2006

This message dipicts the nature of Satan as he intertwines his efforts into the Church to hinder its growth.

Scripture: Matthew 13:24 – 30 Title: “An Enemy Has Done This” Introduction: We find Jesus comparing the “Kingdom of Heaven” to a farmer who had sowed good seed in his field only to find that when the plants came up someone had sowed “Tares” among the wheat. The ‘bad deed’ occurred while ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:24-30

Denomination: Pentecostal

Wheat And Tare Believers Series

Contributed by Bubot Parago on Apr 27, 2006

Wheat and Tare believers were both grown in God’s Kingdom but can be differentiated as they grow, as they mature and as they bear fruits.

"...who hath ears to hear,let him hear." is the conclusion of Our LORD regarding this message, and this is also the words imparted to our churches nowadays. Many supposedly Christians are attending our Services every Sunday but why is it that they do not live enough to the power of God’s ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:24-43

Denomination: Pentecostal

De Misterios Y Otras Cosas

Contributed by Alberto Valenzuela on Oct 7, 2006

Estudio de la parábola de la cizaña.

De misterios y otras cosas A pesar que vivimos en el siglo de la ciencia y la tecnología aún existen misterios que van más allá de nuestra comprensión. A pesar que somos una sociedad racional y lógica, existen aún aspectos de nuestro universo y de nuestro planeta que no logramos comprender ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:24-30

Denomination: Adventist

Parable Of The Wheat And Darnel

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 7, 2006

Wheat or Darnel - what grabs your attention?

Harvest Festival 2006 Christian and Susannah – pastors from Ransdorf, just outside Berlin in Germany have been staying with us this weekend. And at breakafast yesterday we spoke about about their “Harvest Festival” in Germany And the German word for “Harvest Festival” is “Erntedankfest” which ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:24-30

Denomination: Anglican

Picture This! Weeds Series

Contributed by John Braland on Apr 3, 2007

Weeds come in all kinds of shapes and sizes. Some of them flower and look absolutely beautiful and others will poke you and make you bleed. Some weeds are hard to identify as tender shoots but as they age their identity will become clear. Jesus kne

Last summer my daughters Katie and Sara asked if they could take our dogs Shadow and Reba for a walk. Now Shadow is a black lab and he needs to walk because he has a bit of a weight problem. Reba is 12 and is deaf but always willing to take a spin. I live on a gravel road that is surrounded by ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:24-30

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

His Story, Our Story, Your Story

Contributed by W F on Aug 27, 2005

Jesus told this story of the wheat and the weeds so that you could see that the course of your own personal history can be changed.

As we look at the life of Jesus, we discover that he knows and understands history like no human ever could. In this story about the wheat and the weeds Jesus gives us an insight into history. 1. JESUS KNOWS THE COURSE OF HISTORY (v24-26) Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:24-43

Denomination: *other