You can imagine the apostles scratching their heads and talking among themselves at the parables of Jesus. “Like a mustard seed? Like yeast?” But they had to ask Jesus directly about the “weeds and the wheat” because that parable went to the heart of the basic human dilemma: why if God is good is there evil in the world? As Jesus goes on to explain the passage, he makes certain things clear. First, the evil one, not God, is the source of the weeds. Second, that the evil does not get the last word. There will be a reckoning. Third, that we must let good and evil exist side by side because discerning what is wheat and what are weeds is God’s business, not ours.
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By Church Staff
