Understanding the Kingdom: The Parable of the Man Who Sowed Good Seed

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: (Mat 13:24)

The “man” speaks of Christ the King, and the “good seed” represents His Kingdom. Christ came as King to sow His Kingdom into the earth.

But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat... (Mat 13:25)

This warns of a spiritual ignorance that would develop within the Kingdom (“while men slept”), much as it did in Adam, who though charged by God to “tend and guard” the garden of Eden, somehow allowed the serpent to get in and tempt Eve. This same spiritual ignorance makes it possible for satan to sow his carnal kingdom among the true sons and daughters of God even today. The result of this is a church that has both true Kingdom children and false carnal children in her midst, effectively creating a state of lukewarmness that is fit only to be vomited from the Lord’s mouth.

This parable is written as both a warning and a remedy for this pathetic condition. The warning is clear…

Come out from among them, and be separate, saith the Lord…

We are called to live holy lives, not simply because the Lord commands it, because it’s our protection from the enemy. Whatever the enemy has sown belongs to him. If I, either in ignorance or presumptively, walk after the things of this world, including its brand of carnal Christianity, I make myself a servant of the one who has sown these things in the earth.

Touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, (2Co 6:17)

This is the Lord’s only remedy for Christians who find themselves planted in the wrong field. If they truly desire to walk in Kingdom intimacy and blessing, they must separate themselves from EVERYTHING in their lives not sown of God. And they must do it now, before the harvest comes…

For in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. (Mat 13:30)


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