Comments on: Open Thread: What does it mean to “Let both grow together…?”

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By: Teallykence

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By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:25:49 +0000

I appreciate your comments. It is a good question and always a hard line to balance.

The problem is that Paul contradicts himself Look at 1 Corinthians 1 9-13 First off he tells them not to associate with sexually immoral persons; then he changes that to those people within the church. Paul changes his mind. Paul also accepts slavery (Colossians 3 22-25) discourages marriage because he thinks Christ is coming back soon, and don’t get me started on his views about women.

I do think that Paul is a Saint and did amazing things for Christianity. I think, however, we have to see Paul through the eyes of Jesus. Jesus has to come first.

Back to what I said before. Jesus never sent away anyone that came to Him. He said things that made people leave, but He never rejected them, they rejected Him.

I think whether we like it or not we pick and choose what we like out of Scripture. I’m pretty sure that you could take certain verses out of context and could claim that Jesus was a ninja. I guess my question is; if the gospel is not for sinners then who in the world is it for? I know in my own life I will struggle with Matt 5: 28 till the day I die. The important thing is that I try. After all we all fall short of the Glory of God (Romans 3 9-20)

By: Rick Ritchie

Rick Ritchie — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 07:01:47 +0000

I agree with what Charley and Rae-anna said above. The passage itself is not about seekers. The tares are not included in the field because they might become wheat. They are included so that in pulling them up, the wheat is not damaged.

The point about the church creating space for seekers could probably be defended from other passages or from common sense, though.

By: Greg McR

Greg McR — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:50:47 +0000

Why do we need wild speculation and spiritualizing of a text that is clearly explained just a few verses later. All of the interpretations on this thread including Micheal’s initial post stand in direct contradiction to the text. This parable is about removing evil people from the World not the Church.