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| Calling a Worldly Church to a Godly Life |
Why does the Church have problems? In Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 Jesus explained that the kingdom of heaven like a farmer who planted good seed, but that an enemy had also planted weeds in the same field. That weed was probably darnel, also called cockle, which is sometimes referred to as "false wheat." It looks similar to wheat until maturity. The ears of wheat are heavy making it hang down, while darnel ears are light and it stands up straight. Just as the false wheat stands tall and the real wheat bows down with its yield, so too do the wicked seem to prosper and the righteous suffer. Cockle has a deeper root than wheat. Removing it would also cause many wheat stalks to be lost. A solution is to let both grow together until harvest and separate them then.
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