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.’” (Matthew 13:24-30)
Here, the Lord Jesus says that the kingdom of heaven is like a man sowing good seed in a field, that is, sowing wheat in a field. Here, the man or the owner is the Lord Jesus, and the field represents the world. The enemy sows weeds among the wheat. The enemy is the devil, Satan. The good seed is the son of the kingdom of heaven. The weeds are the sons of the evil one. When both the wheat and the weeds grow up, the servants of the owner of the field ask the owner whether he wants to pull out the weeds. The owner says no, and waits until the harvest time to pick out the weeds and bind them into bundles and burn them, while the wheat is gathered into the barn. The harvest time is the end of the age. The reapers are the angels.
But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.” (Revelation 21:8)
Here Revelation talks about the second death, that is, the death of the soul, which is the burning of the weeds mentioned earlier.
14 I looked, and there before me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man[a] with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. 15 Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.” 16 So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested. (Revelation 14:14-16)
Revelation here talks about in the future, at the end of the age, the Son of Man, that is, the Lord Jesus, and the angels will use a sickle to reap the harvest, that is, to gather the sons of the kingdom of heaven.
May God bless you and your family! 🙏😊
Parable of the Sower
1That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. 2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. 3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. 9 Whoever has ears, let them hear.” (Matthew 13:1-9)
Here the Lord Jesus taught the parable of the Sower. The seed represent the word of God, and the soil represents the heart of man. The seeds were sown on four different kinds of soils, representing four different kinds of responses to the word of God. The seed sown on the roadside are eaten up by birds, this means that people hear the word of God but do not understand it, and the evil one, the devil comes and takes away the seed sown in their hearts. The seed sown on rocky places are those who hear the word and immediately receive it with joy, but they have no root in themselves and are only temporary. But when the sun came up, the sun represents trouble or persecution, that is when trouble or persecution occurs because of the word, they immediately fall away. The seed sown among thorns are those who hear the word, but then the worries of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. The seed sown on good ground are those who hear the word and understand it. They bear fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and some thirtyfold.
May God bless you and your family! 🙏😊
All believers belong to the same family
46 While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him. 47 Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.” 48 He replied to him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 49 Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. 50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.” (Matthew 12:46-50)
Here we see that when the Lord Jesus was talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside and wanted to talk to him. The Lord Jesus said: “Who is my mother and who are my brothers? For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.” Anyone who does the will of the Heavenly Father is a child of the Heavenly Father, so they are brothers and sisters of the Lord Jesus. Here the Lord Jesus is not to deny the family relationship between Him and His mother and brothers. On the contrary, the Lord Jesus used the picture of family relationship to give people a breakthrough. What the Lord Jesus preached here was a new idea that transcended the concepts of family. This idea brings people into a broader interpersonal relationship. This new interpersonal relationship is not based on blood relations, but on a common belief. Ordinary family relationships have the limitation of protecting the inside and excluding the outsiders. What Jesus preached was a big family without boundaries – the family of God. To become a member of this big family, you only need to meet one condition: you must do God’s will. As Jesus said, anyone who does the will of God is my brother, sister and mother. This concept brings great gospel message to people. It allows anyone who believes in God to establish a spiritual family relationship with Jesus and all believers.
May God bless you and your family! 🙏😊
Pharisees asked a sign from heaven
Shingles got healed after prayer
One sister told me that another sister had shingles for almost three weeks. She had seen a doctor more than two weeks ago and taken medicine, many small herpes were scarred, but the pain was still there, and now there was neuropathic pain which was as unbearable as an electric shock, she asked me to pray for her. After praying for her for some time, I asked her if she was better. She told me that the sister said that the pain was gone a long time ago, later it was mainly uncomfortable itchiness, now it was much better. She hoped that the skin color would recover soon, thank the Lord.
No forgiveness for blaspheming the Holy Spirit
I am the vine- new song
I am the vine
I am the vine;
you are the branches.
If you abide in me and I in you,
you will bear much fruit;
apart from me you can do nothing.
Abide in Me
and I in you.
As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself
unless it abides In the vine
so neither can you unless you abide in me.
Thank the Lord, glory to Him.
Jesus and Beelzebul
Let us love one another- new song
Let us love one another
Let us love one another,
for love comes from God.
Everyone who loves
has been born of God
and knows God.
Whoever does not love
does not know God,
because God is love.
Thank the Lord, glory to Him.
Healing on the Sabbath
Sickness got better after prayer
There is a brother who is a massage doctor. He often asks me to pray for him, his family, and his patients. He told me that his wife’s bleeding problem, etc., as well as difficult or unreasonable patients, their sickness got better after prayer, his headache, left lower stomach pain, left shoulder pain, as well as his increasing myopia due to years of study and frequent dreams (sometimes a lot of nightmares, etc.), all have improved after prayer, thank the Lord, glory to Him.
Colon problem got better after prayer
One day one of my colleagues told me that his wife got colon problem, she couldn’t eat, she vomited when she ate, she got pain in the stomach, he asked me to pray for her, I prayed for her fervently, about two or three days later, my colleague told me that his wife got better, she could eat, the pain also got better, thank the Lord.
