On Separating the Wheat and the Weeds - Bill Muehlenberg
On Separating the Wheat and the Weeds
BY BILL MUEHLENBERG
CULTURE WATCH
http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2012/11/13/on-separating-the-wheat-and-the-weeds/
November 30, 2102
Scripture speaks of the final separation of the sheep and the goats, or the wheat and the tares. This is an eschatological judgment taking place when Christ returns (see eg., Matt 25:31-46). Those who are truly his will be separated from those who are not. While this event is yet to take place, there is another sense in which God is often doing this weeding today.
That is, he often allows difficult times - even persecution - to weed out all the fake believers from those who are really his. Whenever such hardcore crackdowns on the faith take place, we quickly discover just who are the real deal. Those who were never genuine disciples will quickly scatter and disown Jesus when crunch time comes.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
BY BILL MUEHLENBERG
CULTURE WATCH
http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2012/11/13/on-separating-the-wheat-and-the-weeds/
November 30, 2102
Scripture speaks of the final separation of the sheep and the goats, or the wheat and the tares. This is an eschatological judgment taking place when Christ returns (see eg., Matt 25:31-46). Those who are truly his will be separated from those who are not. While this event is yet to take place, there is another sense in which God is often doing this weeding today.
That is, he often allows difficult times - even persecution - to weed out all the fake believers from those who are really his. Whenever such hardcore crackdowns on the faith take place, we quickly discover just who are the real deal. Those who were never genuine disciples will quickly scatter and disown Jesus when crunch time comes.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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