-4. The Parable of the Wheat and the Chaff.

.   MATTHEW 3:1-12.



IN those days came John the Baptist,
preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
2. And saying,
“Repent ye:
for The Kingdom of Heaven
is at hand.”
3. For this is he
that was spoken of
by the Prophet Esaias,
saying,
“THE VOICE OF ONE
CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS,
PREPARE YE
THE WAY OF THE LORD,
MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT.”
4. And the same John
had his raiment of camel's hair,
and a leathern girdle about his loins;
and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
5. Then went out to him Jerusalem,
and all Judaea,
and all the region round about Jordan,
6. And were Baptized of him in Jordan,
confessing their sins.
7. But when he saw many
of the Pharisees and Sadducees
come to his Baptism,
he said unto them,
“O Generation of Vipers,
who hath warned you to flee
from the Wrath to come?
8. “Bring forth therefore
fruits meet for Repentance:
9. "And think not
to say within yourselves,



'WE HAVE ABRAHAM
TO OUR FATHER:'



for I say unto you,



'THAT GOD IS ABLE
OF THESE STONES
TO RAISE UP CHILDREN
UNTO ABRAHAM.'



10. "And now also the Axe
is laid unto the Root of the Trees:
therefore every tree
which bringeth not forth
Good Fruit is hewn down,
and cast into the Fire.
11. "I indeed baptize you
with water unto repentance:
but he that cometh after me
is mightier than I,
whose shoes
I am not worthy to bear:
he shall baptize you
with the Holy Ghost,
and with Fire:
12. "Whose fan is in his hand,
and he will throughly purge his floor,
and gather his Wheat into the garner;
but he will burn up the Chaff
with Unquenchable Fire."

This is a Parable of JOHN THE BAPTIST, not of the Lord Yahshua- but it should not be overlooked.

 WHEN WHEAT IS HARVESTED, it consists of the edible KERNELS, surrounded by its inedible CHAFF. To be useful for food, therefore, the Wheat must be separated from the Chaff.

When people come to worship God, they consist of useful, faithful Worshippers, and useless, unfaithful Worshippers, and these need to be separated.

John the Baptist said that this is one of Yahshua's Functions.

A lot of people who never bothered to study Yahshua's actual Teachings- or else pretended they never found such a teaching there- have presumptuously adopted the False Belief that "everyone" would be Saved- that there is no such thing as Useful Worshippers and Useless Worshippers with God, but that He wants EVERYBODY- even the FAILURES.

He does not want everyone, but sends His Messengers to POLARIZE His Worshippers, and separate the Desirables from the Undesirables.