Comments on: 3MT : Weeds, Wheat and Unity

By: Caroline

Caroline — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:33:36 +0000

Hmm might listen to it later as I was the reason my parents didn’t hear it ‘live’ … I was down for the weekend and it was a chance to spend some time together between Lambeth & Beer Festival … might even try and get them to encompass technology!

Looking forward to hearing the choir ‘live’ soon down here!

By: Justin Lewis-Anthony

Justin Lewis-Anthony — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:43:14 +0000

TVM Alis. You can always come to hear them “live” if you like!

By: Alis

Alis — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:36:39 +0000

All I can say, Justin is ‘yes, quite’. Thank you for putting this up. More sermons would be most welcome if they’re like this.

By: Joel Wegman

Joel Wegman — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:53:59 +0000

No, no. Not salvation by will power, but by choice as I said.
God’s grace has given us the gift of salvation, all we have to do is accept it. The table is set. We can walk away if we choose…and be thrown into the fire. That is most definitely OUR decision.
Thanks for the reply Justin. I’m new to your site, but the deeper I look the more I enjoy. Keep up the good work!

By: Justin Lewis-Anthony

Justin Lewis-Anthony — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:51:49 +0000

Any parable is flawed if you a) press it too hard or b) get the wrong end of the stick. The point of this parable is harvest, not the transition between weeds and wheat. The point of Jesus’s teaching here (and I hope you’d agree that this gives us a pretty good insight into God’s intention as well!) is that it is God’s sovereign authority which determines at the end who is for harvest and who is for fire, and not, most definitely not, our decision.

“Any weed that is harvested, is done so by it’s own choice.” Sounds awfully like salvation by will-power, which I am sure is not your intention.

By: Joel Wegman

Joel Wegman — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:41:28 +0000

The parable of the Weeds and the Wheat is a nice story for gardeners everywhere. Fairly helpful in an agrigarian way. But as a parable, incredibly flawed. God is never intent on leaving a weed to grow. Never. The fact is, we all start out as weeds. Many of us can stay that way for a good part of our lives, but still, God doesn’t wait for the harvest. He can, and does turn many of us into wheat! The farmer can only wish for such awesome power!
Any weed that is harvested, is done so by it’s own choice.

By: Justin Lewis-Anthony

Justin Lewis-Anthony — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:16:55 +0000

Too kind, dear sir, too kind.

Thank you.

By: John-Julian, OJN

John-Julian, OJN — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:35:49 +0000

You just keep getting better and better!

You can have 8 minutes of my time whenever — if they are all as good as this!

Now you’re bookmarked so I can keep up with you….

By: rev mark

rev mark — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:31:55 +0000

thank you! thank you! thank you!

Oh how I hope there are some bishops in our communion who read this and take it to heart!