Two Kinds of Humans in This World
- What is a parable?
- If a story does not teach a lesson is it a parable?
- Have you seen wheat before?
- What are some uses of wheat?
- Have you seen a weed before?
- Pull out a weed from around you and show it to your instructor.
- Can you cook a weed and eat it?
- When a weed grows around a tomato plant, will the tomato grow properly and be colorful?
- What is the reason for your answer?
- What do we do with weeds?
- When a weed grows around a plant that you intend to eat, what do you do with it?
- What is the parable of the Wheat and the Weeds? Matthew 13:24-30
24 Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 26 When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.
27 “The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’
28 “‘An enemy did this,’ he replied.
“The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’
29 “‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’”
- If you plant a good seed, can it grow into a bad tree?
- Can a tomato grow into a banana tree?
- From the parable, how did the man know that an enemy had planted weeds in his field?
- In verse 29, why did the man not want the servants to remove the weeds?
- Do the weeds and the wheat look very much alike?
- Why will the servants accidentally pull out the wheat?
- From this parable, who is the man who planted the good seeds?
- What are the good seeds?
- Who are the servants?
- Who is the enemy who planted the weeds?
- What are the weeds?
- What does the field represent?
- In verse 30, what will happen to the weeds?
- How does Christ explain the parable of the wheat and the weeds? Matthew 13:37-43
37 He answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one, 39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
40 “As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. 41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. 42 They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear.
- Is a human being a seed?
- What is the reason for your answer?
- From the explanation above, who is the man who planted the good seeds?
- What are the good seeds?
- Who are the servants?
- Who is the enemy who planted the weeds?
- What are the weeds?
- What does the field represent?
- Are all humans put here by Christ?
- Who are the two kinds of humans in this world?
- Do the children of the Devil and the children of God look alike at the beginning when they are born?
- What are some things that the child of the Devil will do to expose who they are?
- Did all the teachings of Christ stop Judas Iscariot from betraying him?
- What are the fruits of the seeds of God, when they are fed with the word of God?
- In the end, what will happen to every human who was not put here by Christ?
- What will the children of the Devil attempt to do to the seeds that were put here by Christ?
- Is life on earth going to be easy for the children of God, as long as the children of the Devil remain on earth?
- Does being a child of God mean that you automatically accept God as your father?
- Pray to God, accept him as your father, and ask him to take you as his child and make you what he wishes to make of you.
- What does a sword do? Matthew 10:34
34 “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.