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speaking of that, i heard someone point something recently about the parable of the wheat and the tares ((Matthew 13:24-30)):
Jesus explains this parable to the disciples ((Matthew 13:37-43)). in this parable, the servants notice that tares have been sown among the wheat, and they ask the owner of the field whether they should go through and uproot them? He says no, you may uproot the good while you are trying to weed out the bad. instead, let the reapers separate them at the time of harvest. later, in the explanation, Jesus identifies Himself as the one who sows the good seed, which is interesting in itself, because some people like to think of themselves as the ones who sow the seed - but the interesting thing pointed out to me was this: Jesus identifies the reapers, who do the actual separating, as His angels. not us.
it is the angels who shall separate the tares from the wheat, not the workers in the field. a conclusion that can easily be drawn from this is that we're too stupid & clumsy to be trusted to go through the field trying to separate tares from wheat, especially before harvest time; that task is not ours but belongs to His angels.
something to think about, i think, when anyone decides in their mind that they are wise enough & capable to make decisions about whether some musical genre is holy or evil. this parable would seem to indicate that no, we're not qualified.
Jesus explains this parable to the disciples ((Matthew 13:37-43)). in this parable, the servants notice that tares have been sown among the wheat, and they ask the owner of the field whether they should go through and uproot them? He says no, you may uproot the good while you are trying to weed out the bad. instead, let the reapers separate them at the time of harvest. later, in the explanation, Jesus identifies Himself as the one who sows the good seed, which is interesting in itself, because some people like to think of themselves as the ones who sow the seed - but the interesting thing pointed out to me was this: Jesus identifies the reapers, who do the actual separating, as His angels. not us.
it is the angels who shall separate the tares from the wheat, not the workers in the field. a conclusion that can easily be drawn from this is that we're too stupid & clumsy to be trusted to go through the field trying to separate tares from wheat, especially before harvest time; that task is not ours but belongs to His angels.
something to think about, i think, when anyone decides in their mind that they are wise enough & capable to make decisions about whether some musical genre is holy or evil. this parable would seem to indicate that no, we're not qualified.
There's a fine line between exercising necessary judgment and being judgmental.