Today Pastor Gord preached a great sermon on the parable of the wheat and tares. He reminded us that things aren't always what they seem to be. We need to examine our own hearts to be sure that we are in a right relationship with our God.
This past week I learned of an example of this. A man who was a respected leader in his church and in his denomination, a man that I had met and heard preach, confessed to sexually immoral behaviour which disqualifies him from ministry. After many years of preaching and teaching he himself was exposed as a fraud and a liar. Things are not what they seem. We cannot put trust in others, we cannot truly know others, only God does. He is the final judge. We must examine ourselves so that we can stand blameless before the Judge of all the earth. Now this may not be considered what the tares represent but in one way leaders teach not only by their words but by their actions. What is being taught when leaders live a lie?
This also reminds me of the Gideonites who came to Joshua to deceive him. They were not what they seemed to be. If Joshua and the leaders had sought the Lord their duplicity may have been exposed.
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