Jesus gave us a model of how to handle the problem of false Christianss mixed with the true Christians. We are not to try and separate the authentic Christians from the fakes. When we do, we end up uprooting authentic Christians along with the false Christians. Jesus demonstrates the principle in the following parable.
Emile
Matt
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.
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?
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. |
