The Living Word: A Daily Devotional with Jeff & Dale from The Jenkins Institute
The Living Word is a daily devotional featuring Scripture and encouragement from Jeff and Dale of The Jenkins Institute. Each episode offers a thoughtful reading to coincide with the daily devotional guides from our annual devotional books. They are designed to help listeners begin or end their day grounded in God’s Word.
The Living Word: A Daily Devotional with Jeff & Dale from The Jenkins Institute
Week 11: Thursday The Parable of the Weeds
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Jeff & Dale Jenkins
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“So the servants said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather
them?’ But he said, ‘No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the
wheat along with them.’” (Matthew 13:28-29, ESV). Jesus Christ is a
patient and loving Savior, and he demonstrates this in his answer
to the servants who want to remove the weeds from amongst the
wheat. We must remember that the wheat and the weeds represent
real people who follow or do not follow Jesus. It is not an
“insignificant effort” to remove these weeds. The servants make a
logical request.