THE COMING HARVEST OF CHRIST!

 

EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

MONDAY OCTOBER 12, 2020.

SUBJECT : THE COMING HARVEST OF CHRIST!

Memory verse: "His winnowing 

fan is in His hand, and He will throughly clean His floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

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(Matthew 3 vs 12.)

READ: Matthew 13 vs 24 - 30:

13:24: Another parable He put forth to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;

13:25: but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
13:26: But when the grain has sprouted and produced a crop, then the takes also appeared.
13:27: So the servants of the owner came and said to him, “Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?
13:28: He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Don you want us then to go and gather them up?’
13:29: But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them.
13:30: Let both grow together until the harvest: and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.”

INTIMATION:

Christ’s harvest (judgement) of all people is coming. 

The purpose of His judgement is to bring about the purpose for the existence of the world, that is, to bring the obedient into eternal dwelling with Him at the end of time. There has been 

change in the Kingship of the kingdom reign of Deity from God the Father to God the Son Jesus Christ, who 

conquered Satan and ascended to the Throne where He is seated at the right hand of the Father with all authority handed over to Him, and He reigns as King and head over all things (Matthew 28 vs 18; Philippians 2 vs 8 - 11). He will exercise His authority by judging e

ach of us, and will reward us for 

how we have lived. 

All Christians must give account on the day of judgement of how they have lived. 

The purpose of Jesus’ first mission on earth was not to judge people, but to show them the way to find salvation and eternal life. When He comes again, one of His main purposes will be to judge people for how they lived on earth. Christ’s words that we would not accept and obey will condemn us. On the day of judgement, those who accepted Jesus and lived His way will be raised to eternal,life, and those who rejected Jesus and lived any way they pleased will face eternal punishment. Decide now which side you will be on, for the consequences of your decision last forever.

Judgement is not a popular theme today, but the Bible teaches that judgment is coming. Do you look forward to Christ’s return for His harvest, or do you see it as a threat? As sure as death itself, judgement awaits. At Christ’s judgement there will be no higher court of appeal should the verdict not be to your liking. If you hope for a favorable verdict in this court, put your hope entirely on Jesus. Pray today—now if you haven’t before—for the freedom and pardon Jesus has won for you. Then rejoice that God’s judgement of you will be based on the perfect life on His Son, Jesus. After that, tell others, for many will face an unfavorable judgment without Jesus.

We are to make ourselves ready by making sure that our faith is sincere. At the end of the world, angels will separate the evil from the good. 

Unrepentant people will be judged and discarded because they are worthless in doing God’s work; those who repent and believe will be saved and used by God. 

There are true and false believers in church today, but we should be cautious in our judgements because only Christ is qualified to make the final separation. If you start judging, you may damage some of the good plants. It's more important to judge your own response to God than to analyze others' responses. 

But the devil still has his followers. Jesus, in giving the meaning of this parable in the passage we read today, enumerated what awaits the followers of the devil; “but the tares are the sons of the wicked one—the devil. The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels. Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of age. The Son of Man will send His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father." (Matthew 13 vs 38 - 43.)

The wailing indicates sorrow or remorse, and gnashing of teeth shows extreme anxiety or pain. Those who say they don't care what happens to them after they die don't realize what they are saying. They will be punished for living in selfishness and indifference to God. Those who will shine like the sun in God's kingdom stand in contrast to those who receive his judgement. The choice is yours!

The kingdom of God involves relationships, relationships between God and man (justification) and man and man (peace and joy). 

Those who bear no fruit for God’s kingdom cannot expect to be treated the same as those who are faithful. The person who diligently prepares for it by investing his or her time and talents to serve God will be rewarded. The person who has no heart for the work of the kingdom will be punished. 

God’s gracious gift of salvation does not free us from the requirement of faithful obedience. 

Christ will separate His obedient followers from pretenders and unbelievers. The real evidence of our belief is the way we act. 

What we do for others demonstrates what we really think about Jesus’ words to us. 

Prayer: Abba Father, my utmost heart desire is please You with the life I live. But without Christ I am nothing and can do nothing pleasing to You. Give me grace to live in total obedience and trust in You, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!