The Son of Man

Krista Wilson • February 17, 2021

Summary of sermon on Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 from Pastor Ky Martin.

Our sermon text this week covered Jesus' Parable of the Weeds in Matthew 13: 24-30, and His explanation of the parable in verses 36-43.

There are three things that Jesus wants us to see from this story:


(1) Jesus is the Son of Man.


This term was a popular title in the Old Testament but used with very different meanings:


  1. Son of Man as the apocalyptic judge.
  2. Son of Man as one of us -- fully human in a full, low, fragile mortal state
  3. Son of Man as a representation of man before God.


Jesus used the term "Son of Man" when teaching so that He could reveal Himself to those "who have ears", but to also be confusing and conceal Himself to those who would want to harm Him for claiming to be God.


When He explains the Son of Man in this text, it is clear that He is referring to Himself as judge.



(2) There will be judgement.


The Son of Man has come to judge the world.


This often comes as an unpleasant thought. It's often those who aren't being oppressed who don't like to think of God as being a judge. Although some of us might going through hard times, here in the US, we are not an oppressed people who are constantly being taken advantage of.


For those who are oppressed, the idea of God being a good judge is really good news! The Israelites, at the time, were living this daily. They had been under oppression and rule of foreign governments for hundreds of years. They were living in a  difficult situation with oppression and abuse where they were longing for someone to come in as judge and issue justice. Israel thought of God's judgement as a way God revealed His love for them.



Jesus is saying here that there will be a day when judgement will come when God rights all wrongs. God’s love is revealed through His promise of judgement.


Right now the righteous and the evil are growing together but judgement is coming.


(3) Things are going to get worse before they get better. (v28)


The servant is asking the master if he wants him to go destroy the weeds. And the master says NO, because in doing that you are going to destroy the good crop. It can be compared to if we had tilled a fresh garden, planted some flowers and bushes, and a few weeds pop up. Then you till the whole thing under and start over. It is that same idea. 


Jesus is saying that for a time judgement is going to be deferred. The weeds will grow with the wheat. As time passes and the church grows, people who are with Jesus and opposing Jesus will be right alongside each other until the end when Jesus separates the sinners from the righteous.


There is going to be difficulty and persecution but there will come a time at the end of that when Jesus will put everything right and the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father.


Here, we can go to church and worship freely. This hasn't always been the case and isn’t the case for others in different countries. The more difficulty we are going through, the more we look for and long for that day of judgement.


On the other side, often when things are going well for us, we want to push this judgement day aside because we like how things are going. The danger in that is that none of those things have been promised to us.


What Jesus has promised us is that at the end of the age those who know him will be removed from the difficulties and struggles and will shine like the sun set on a high place in the kingdom of our Father.


We can't set our hope in the things of the world. We can set our hope in the day that Jesus returns and takes His children home.



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