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CHECK YOUR REFORMATION LENSES
Do you ever pause to consider if your opinions and decisions are in harmony with a biblical worldview or are your thoughts in need of some level of reforming?
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After viewing the video, answer these few questions to evaluate your reformation lens:
Jesus presented a parable about the wheat and the tares (Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43). The allegory communicates several important lessons. The main point would be that harvest time always comes at the end of a growing season, which we could call an era shift. For example, the era or growing time for corn in my state of Illinois is from early spring until late fall. The growing time for winter wheat is from late fall until mid-spring or early summer. Depending on the seed and depending upon what is growing, the time to harvest or the time for the ear shift varies. The constant is that harvest comes. Another constant is that the crop growing reveals the nature of the seed. Corn seed produces corn. Wheat seed produces wheat. Weed seeds produce weeds, which is the modern-day idea of tares. Good seed and good crops are harvested and saved for future use while bad seed and bad crops are destroyed. What is growing in the earth depends upon what seed is planted in the earth.
Jesus presented a parable about the wheat and the tares (Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43). The allegory communicates several important lessons. The main point would be that harvest time always comes at the end of a growing season, which we could call an era shift. For example, the era or growing time for corn in my state of Illinois is from early spring until late fall. The growing time for winter wheat is from late fall until mid-spring or early summer. Depending on the seed and depending upon what is growing, the time to harvest or the time for the ear shift varies. The constant is that harvest comes. Another constant is that the crop growing reveals the nature of the seed. Corn seed produces corn. Wheat seed produces wheat. Weed seeds produce weeds, which is the modern-day idea of tares. Good seed and good crops are harvested and saved for future use while bad seed and bad crops are destroyed. What is growing in the earth depends upon what seed is planted in the earth.
- In the parable of the wheat and the tares, Jesus makes it clear that the good seed comes from God and His word while the bad seed comes from the devil and aligns with his evil purposes. In this story, the seed for what is growing in the earth is resourced from the unseen realm. God gives His plans, wisdom, and methods to His own people who then plant His unseen will and then tend His purposes in order that His good crop develops in the fields of the earth. The devil gives his schemes, false wisdom, and perverted methodology to his followers who then plant his seed. People, human institutions, cultural ideas can all be equated to the crops that are growing in the visible realm to reflect the unseen seed. Can you take this principle, observe what you see growing, and make the correlation between the crop and the seed and the unseen source (God or the devil)? Apply this to both your personal life and the current culture.
- A visible crop is sourced from an invisible seed. Ideas get fleshed out in our actions. Philosophies grow into cultural trends. New scientific theories lay groundwork for new discoveries and technologies. Unseen or internal ideas are made manifest through our works. The spiritual counterpart to that axiom is that God’s thoughts and the devil’s ideas exist in the unseen but are made visible when planted in the earth through the works of people. We could say that the invisible precedes the visible. Is it possible for us to access the invisible or unseen? How do you access the unseen realm? Explain your answers and try to recall times or circumstances when your earthly actions were informed from a heavenly or spiritual reality.
- Looking at circumstances and situations in culture, can you identify some societal practices that are tare-like? As the parable explains, tares get uprooted and destroyed. That could, in part, mean that some institutions and some customs might need to be dismantled during this era shift. To the degree that people are connected to, supported by, or identified with the tare-like aspects of society, people can suffer loss. What could be your role and the role of the church during a season of shaking so only that which can remain, will remain? (Hebrews 12:25-29)
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Did the above questions help you see yourself with more clarity or was your view a little blurry? If you are unsure and unclear, perhaps I could help you apply reformation lenses in order that you can more deliberately reform your world according to biblical patterns.
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I am hosting a monthly mentorship call in which I will go into more details about each question. I will response to your questions and help you discover how and where to apply reformation truths.
Are you interested in mentorship?
Join me for this month’s video call by registering here: