DON’T PULL UP
THE FIELD YET
Matthew 13:24–30, 36–43
Isaiah 44:6–8 • Psalm 86:11–17 • Romans 8:12–25
19 July 2026
Let both grow together until the harvest.
Matthew 13:30
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Matthew 13:27
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We Want to Fix the Field, but Our Hearts Are Not Whole
Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?
Matthew 13:28-29
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So the servants said to Him, “Then do you want us to go and gather them?” But He said, “No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them.”
Matthew 13:41-42
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The Son of Man will send His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers, and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Psalm 86:11
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Teach me Your way, O LORD, that I may walk in Your truth; unite my heart to fear Your name.
Romans 8:12-13
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So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die...
Isaiah 44:6
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I am the first and I am the last; besides Me there is no god.
2
Christ Enters the Field, Bears the Judgment, and Gives Us Hope
Matthew 13:37
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He answered, “The One who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.”
Romans 8:14
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All who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
Romans 8:15
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For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
Romans 8:16-17
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The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs — heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ.
Psalm 86:15
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You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
Romans 8:17
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We suffer with Him in order that we may also be glorified with Him.
Romans 8:22-23
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For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
3
We Shine by Patience, Mercy, and Hope Until the Harvest
Matthew 13:43
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Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father.
1. STOP BEING THE FINAL JUDGE
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2. LIVE BY THE SPIRIT
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Romans 8:12-14
So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh… if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
3. WE WAIT WITH HOPE
Romans 8:23–24
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We wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved.
THE HARVEST
IS COMING
Matthew 13:43
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Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father.
THE HARVEST
IS COMING
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Psalm 86:11
Teach me Your way, O LORD, that I may walk in Your truth; unite my heart to fear Your name.
THE HARVEST
IS COMING
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Isaiah 44:6
I am the first and I am the last; besides Me there is no god.