We came out of the teachings of the ‘70’s and ‘80’s with great hopes about the immediacy and ready expectancy of the acts of God. During that time of moving of the Holy Spirit we saw entire denominations and people groups wondrously affected by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit with miracles, signs and wonders. We should, without reserve, continue those expectancies. But the one thing where we may be needing some adjustment is in the area of planning for incremental change. Some have so thrust their beliefs into hoping for instantaneous change dispensationally and hoping Father’s nepotism overlooks every other factor of character and timing, that they have not invested monetarily or generationally. However, there are those of false religions and anti-Christ designs who have been incrementally making investments of all sorts for centuries. 

(This is the eighth excerpt from Marty’s article “Tares And Wheat.” This excerpt deals with “Incremental Change.”)

There are so many changes and so much opposition to truth that everyone is readily calling things what they appear to be to them in the moment, in the season that they have to deal with them. Some may even be sticking certain labels on things, people and events out of fear that they may have to deal with them at some point. Much is changing and it is partly because we have gone through a portal in time and will not be able to force society and culture back into molds of the past. Some of the things we readily label out of past paradigms may be the fledgling beginning of new opportunities for the glory of God. A tadpole doesn’t look anything like a frog and that thing that comes out of an eagle’s egg doesn’t even resemble the beautiful creature gliding on the wind a 1,000 feet above the mountain tops.

(This is the sixth excerpt from Marty’s article “Tares And Wheat.” This excerpt deals with “Calling Things That Are Not.”)

There are things happening prior to harvest. Harvest does not just simply come. There are events and components that oppose harvest and they must be resisted and overcome or eradicated. In the case of Mt. 13:30 the tares must be eradicated before the profit of the harvest can be realized by the master who owns the field. 

The tares, like any other type of weed, steal from the wheat plants. Most who have ever tried to grow a garden have experienced the opposition of weeds and their resultant damage. The roots of the tares are intertwined with the roots of the good wheat. They are taking (1) valuable moisture, (2) nutrients and (3) space needed for the wheat to gain its full growth and maturity. 

(This is the third excerpt from Marty’s article “Tares And Wheat.” In the next few days, there will be excerpts dealing with “Calling Things That Are Not” and “Incremental Change.”)