The Kingdom Wheat & Weeds (notes)

The Kingdom

Wheat & Weeds

The Secrets of the Kingdom of heaven are to be unlocked for the church in this hour.

The Lord desires the church to unlock the door to the Kingdom of Heaven in this hour. I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven declares the Lord.

Jesus gave a parable of the wheat & weeds in Matthew 13:24-30.

Weeds choke a garden and robs it of important nutrients needed for fruitfulness.

The enemy knows how to steal from the church. He plants false brethren in the church that cause discord, distrust and disloyalty to the leadership of the church and these weeds steal from the church. ( 2 Cor. 11:26, Gal. 2:4)

The Explanation

•Jesus Christ is the sower.

•The field is the world.

•The good seeds are the children of the Kingdom.

•The weeds are those planted by the Devil (false brethren).

•The harvest is the end of the age.

•The harvesters are the angels.

Application
Jesus is planting good seeds in His Kingdom every day in the field-the world while simultaneously the enemy is planting weeds to try to choke out the wheat in the church.

The job of spiritual leadership is to know which people in the church to dedicate time, effort, energy and prayer.

We Are Not to uproot the weeds but let them grow together and at the end of the age the harvesters (angels) will take the weeds and bind them in bundles and throw them into the fire and take the good wheat and put them in His barn.

There Are

• People who only use the church for their own selfish gain.

•These are like weeds in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Revelation

•Will only be given to those who are hungry for it. Only those who really desire to know God intimately will be given the secrets of the Kingdom.

•Will not be given to those who do not cherish it. If you are not really hungry for God you will loose what you have.

The Holy Spirit

•Convicts people of sin.

•Causes true believers to grow in the Word.

•Is at work all over the world today, birthing new babies into the Kingdom of Heaven.

•Giving God’s people discernment about false brethren.

Paul Warned

• To stay away from those who cause division in the church.

Romans 16:17-20

Teaching On The Kingdom

• Always precedes the demonstration of the Kingdom through signs and wonders. This is why we need revelation of the secrets of the Kingdom.

• We first see it then we can understand it and then apply it.

What Do We Need to grasp the secrets of the Kingdom?

1. Love

2. Wisdom

3. Behave as people of the light

Romans 13:8-10, Romans 13:11-14, Ephesians 1:17-23.

Jesus Addressed

•Sins of the heart in the Sermon on the Mount such as anger, lust, adultery, divorce, oaths, vengeance, and dealing with enemies.