The Strait and Narrow

 24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in the field:

25 but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

26 but when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in the field? From whence then hath it tares?

28 He said unto them, an enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

30 Let both grow together until the harvest: Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into the barn.

36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house. And his disciples came unto him, saying, declare unto us the parable of tares of the field.

37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.

41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. (Matthew 13:24-30,37-43 kjv)

Jesus himself tells us of a time when the devil’s children will stand side by side with the children of his kingdom and will not be dealt with until the end of this world.    While at this time we may shine a light upon this darkness with the word of God the post “deceived” professes that many will believe a lie; this is why the devil is attempting to imitate the good seeds.

As you can see from the picture that it’s very hard to tell the difference between the wheat and the tare, in this picture it’s called a Darnel a type of tare (wild grass).  Not only is it hard to tell, but if you pull up the tares you would most likely pull up the wheat also.  Their will and is those that appear to be a Christian that will be a Darnel to those that hear and understand the truth.  Maybe that is why it seems everybody proclaims to be Christian even when they live a sinful lifestyle. So you have those in adultery, homosexuality, etc. and they call themselves a child of God, but are the children of the devil. As the servants of God we may not destroy or pull up the tare that is among us, but be aware of them and shine our light that the world will be able to tell the difference between the good and bad. More on the Darnel Tare.