Message Notes

SUNDAY SCHOOL SPECIAL 7 June 2020
Subject: The Parables of the Lord Jesus

Title: The Parable of the Wheat and Tares
Sometimes called “The Parable of the Wheat and Weeds”

Text: Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

THE FEATURES OF THE PARABLE OF THE WHEAT AND TARES
Matthew 13:24-30

1. Subject: “The Kingdom of heaven” Matthew 13:24

2. The sower

a) He sowed good seeds

b) In the field (Matthew 13:24)

3. While men slept
His servants

4. His enemy

a) He came

b) He sowed tares

c) He went away (Matthew 13:25)

5. Observation of the servants

a) Grain had sprouted

b) A crop was produced

c) The tares had grown too

6. The query of the servants

a) Good seed had been sown

b) How did the tares come up? (Matthew 13:27)

7. The answer
An enemy has done this (Matthew 13:28)

8. A solution offered

a) To remove the tares (Matthew 13:28)

b) This seems a good solution

9. The reply of the Master

a) No!

b) If tares are taken out

c) The wheat may be affected adversely (Matthew 13:29)

d) Let both grow together until the harvest (Matthew 13:30)

e) Reapers would be sent

i) Tares would be separated, tied into bundles and burnt

ii) Wheat would be taken into the barn (Matthew 13:30)

THE EXPLANATION GIVEN
Matthew 13:37-43

1. Request of the Disciples to explain the Parable of the Wheat and Tares
(Matthew 13:36)

2. The Explanation given:

a) The Sower
He is the Son of Man (Matthew 13:37)

b) The field
The world (Matthew 13:38a)

c) Good seeds
The sons of the kingdom (Matthew 13:38b)

d) The tares
The sons of the wicked one (Matthew 13:38c)

e) The enemy
The devil (Matthew 13:39a)

f) The harvest
The end of the age (Matthew 13:39b)

g) The reapers
The angels of God (Matthew 13:39c)

h) The tares will be gathered and burned (Matthew 13:40)

i) Description of the Tares

i) Out of the kingdom (Matthew 13:41a)

ii) All things that offend (Matthew 13:41b)

iii) Those who practise lawlessness (Matthew 13:41c)

iv) They will be cast into the furnace of fire (Matthew 13:42a)

j) Deep regret of the Tares
“Wailing and gnashing of teeth” (Matthew 13:42b)

k) The righteous

i) They will shine forth as the sun (Matthew 13:43a)

ii) In the kingdom of their Father (Matthew 13:43b)

A SPECIAL WORD OF CHALLENGE

“He who has ears to hear, let him hear” (Matthew 13:43c)