Jesus told them another parable:
"The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared."
Matthew 13:24-26 NIV
Words that have the sound of truth...but aren't...
maybe it's those words that have been repeated to us or about us so often that we believe they're true...
Maybe its our thinking about success and what's important.
Appearance.
Wealth
Fame
The weeds the enemy plants look the same as the truth to start with, but over time will give nothing, will prove to be empty
God and his word, embodied in the person of Jesus needs to be our source of truth & what He says about us is what needs to daily rest in our hearts...
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Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he looks at p
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