Bible Question: And He said to them, 'An enemy has done this!' The slaves said to Him, "Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?" , But He said "No, lest while you are gathering up the tares, you uproot the wheat with them also." Question, How could I uproot the wheat along with the tares, when they are supposed to be "enimies". How could the wheat and the tares be yoked together? |
Bible Answer: Dear Humility, First of all we need to be very careful not to read into Scripture that which is not there. This passage does not intimate that they are necessarily yoked together. Though they may be in consort by some social connection. And too, that we often see unsaved people in Churches who are not yoked to the true believers though they may sit next to them in the same pew. Also that we would not necessarily be those doing the uprooting. That will be left to the Angels (Matt 13:39) at the end of the Church age. In the Church, and indeed other social entities, such as family's, and the workplace etc., it is sometimes very difficult to discern who is wheat and who is not; unless you know them very well and over many years of keen observation to see and thereby know if they are indeed fruit-bearers or true wheat. This can sometimes be very difficult and can take a great deal of discernment. So there can be tares that have gained the affection of true saint's, saint's that could be offended if the tares were uprooted, and even may leave with them, causing dissension, and divisions in the body of Christ, thus damaging the wheat. So Jesus instructs us to "leave them alone". This of corse, does not mean we should tolerate obvious heresy in the Church, which should be dealt accordingly and with rapidity. I hope that helps. John |