Wednesday Word Study - Tares – Episode 11

Originally written October19, 2011 posted here: https://forthesakeofthetruth.com/2011/10/19/wednesday-word-study-tares/TaresTransliteration: zizanionPhonetic Spelling: (dziz-an'-ee-on)Definition: spurious wheat, darnel; a plant that grows in Palestine which resembles wheat in many ways but is worthless.  2215 zizánion (plural, tares/zizania) – a tare (darnel); (figuratively) a pseudo-believer (false Christian); a fruitless person living without faith from God and therefore is "all show and no go!"On our Monday Meditation this week, we read the scripture Matthew 13:30:Matthew 13:30Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather up the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn.For years, when hearing this passage taught, I saw the people of the world who were obviously on the enemy’s side mixed in with those of us who called ourselves Christians. I thought they were not removed to give them time to learn about Jesus and how He has died just so that they too could have abundant life. To give them time to learn just how much He loved them.But when I began to study this deeper, I learned that the word tares means a fake or false Christian, a fruitless person living without faith from God. Wow! Mostly, wouldn’t those people be nearly indistinguishable from true Christians?But doesn’t it make sense for the enemy to really undermine us in every way possible? He would need to infiltrate our camp with those who profess to be Christians? People we would interact with on a daily basis because they profess to be Christians?Once while praying for a person who I knew was deceived based on their behavior at that time, God spoke to me and said this to me:A person who is operating under deception believes they are on God’s side while all the while under complete control of the enemy.This got my attention and made me stop and think hard. It has been my prayer ever since that He would help me not to fall into deception of any kind. Because once you do, you do not know. You believe you are right, but you are not.Take a minute to re-evaluate your Christian walk. Does it align with the word of God? Do you rely totally on God for all things pertaining to your life? Do you believe you will one day be revealed as a child of God? Are you led by the Holy Spirit or by your own desires? Just how much do you trust God with your life?Make sure that what you believe is real. Make sure today that you lean on, rely on, and trust with your whole heart Jehovah God.Shop all versions of my novels here: Shop HereMy Media Website: NancyJacksonPodcast.comCheck out my website: NancyJacksonAuthor.comFollow me here:Substack: https://nancyjackson.substack.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NancyJacksonAuthorTwitter: https://twitter.com/NAJacksonInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/najackson/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/nancyannjacksonYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NancyJacksonTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nancyajackson?lang=en