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Those Who Endure to the End

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2019-02-17 [마태복음(Matthew) 13:18 - 13:30]

18	"Hear then the parable of the sower:
19	When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
20	As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy,
21	yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away.
22	As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
23	As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty."
24	He put another parable before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field,
25	but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.
26	So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also.
27	And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, 'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?'
28	He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' So the servants said to him, 'Then do you want us to go and gather them?'
29	But he said, 'No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them.
30	Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.'"

Thinking & Understanding
Jesus who has revealed the secrets of heaven through the parable of sowing seeds explains the meaning of that parable to his disciples. He patiently explains the meaning of the seeds that have fallen on four different kinds of land (the path, rocky ground, thorns, good soil) and tells the disciples to become fruit-bearing people of heaven (vv.18-23). God’s Kingdom will expand astonishingly through these people. Jesus also reveals through the parable of the wheat and the weeds that although good and evil co-exist and flourish together in this world, they will meet opposing fates at the time of the harvest. This means the people of heaven must endure with faith in God’s judgement (vv.24-30).

Who is God?
vv. 24-26,29 God is patient. An enemy secretly sows weeds in the field where God has sown good seeds. Though the servants ask to remove the weeds, the master tells them to leave them be. Although the Lord is capable of anything, he let them be because the wheat is more precious than the weed. And because there is a time for judgement. God, who is patient with the weeds, is also patient with me.

What lesson is God teaching me?
vv. 18-23 Heaven is a response. The person sowing the seeds and the seeds themselves are the same. However, the results are significantly different. This is because of the state of the fields. Only good soil reaps good fruit. Therefore, we must not be disheartened by fruitless soil. Our job is to diligently sow the seeds. We must also bear fruit by becoming a good field. How do I respond to the gospel that has fallen into my life? What is the fruit of my life?

Prayer
Help me to reap abundant fruit by obeying to the end.