The Tares are Poisonous

There are many tares in the church today, spreading division, upsetting the holiness of the group.

Let us remember that God told us not to uproot the tares in the church because we might be pulling up the wheat. The wheat and tares look so much alike that they are difficult to discern. Some tares say and do all the right things, but have trusted in themselves and not Christ.

Tares and wheat are almost identical. Something to note about the tares is that they are deadly because their appearance is so much like the wheat, and yet they are ruinous to a gathering. The wheat are good for food but the tares are poisonous and cannot be eaten.

One way to tell the difference is to challenge individuals with Scripture and watch what comes out. The tares will be very uncomfortable and even combative. They don't always fight, but they live by cliches and unbiblical mantras they think are Biblical unwilling to change what they want to believe.

Tares see the benefits for themselves of being in the church gathering. They are not there because of Christ but only for themselves. They see the lifestyle as better for them, but have no interest in Christ guiding them through life or cleansing them.

The roots of the tares are entangled with the wheat roots. Uprooting the tares may disturb the roots of the wheat. Sometimes, wheat is not able to discern the tares and will become offended, causing a distraction in the gathering.

Matthew 13:24-30
The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares
24 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;
25 but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.
26 But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared.
27 So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’
28 He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’
29 But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.”