John preached that Jesus would come and separate the weeds from the wheat, but now that Jesus’s ministry is in full swing, John finds himself in prison. John is in the weeds, and now questions whether or not Jesus is the One. We still got weeds. Jesus tells John’s followers to go back and report the good deeds (the wheat) that are happening, even though John can’t see them because he’s in prison (the weeds). Even when we are in the weeds, our hope is not misplaced in Jesus. We live in a time, for some reason, where the weeds and the wheat grow together.
In the Wheat and in the Weeds
December 11, 2022 • Rev. Ric Shewell • Matthew 11:2–11, Isaiah 35, Psalm 146
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