The Kingdom of Heaven is like........#2 'Christianity and Real Estate'

This next installment of what the Kingdom of God is like
comes from Mathew 13:24-30 and 13:36-43. These are
direct quotes from Jesus....and I think they do not need
any explanation, so here we go with:

Another of Jesus the Messiahs' explanations of what the Kingdom of
Heaven is like...what better way to be told how the Kingdom
of God works than the One we will (actually everyone will)
be reporting to, hmm?

Jesus told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven
is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while
everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds
among the wheat, and went away. When the wheat sprouted
and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.

"The owner's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, didn't you
sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?'

" 'An enemy did this,' he replied.
      "The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and
pull them up?'

" 'No,' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the weeds,
you may root up the wheat with them. Let both grow together
until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First
collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then
gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.' "

So, as you see, it is NOT up to us to "root out all the evil" in the
world......we are to just be tellers of the good news..... Let God
take care of everything else.

So, the disciples were a bit perplexed at the story Jesus had
just told them and asked for an explanation...here is what
happened next:

Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples
came to him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds
in the field."

He answered, "The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.
The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of the
kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, and the enemy who
sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the
harvesters are angels.

"As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the
end of the age. The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will
weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.
They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping
and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the
kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

As Christians, our responsibility as Jesus' dsciples is to make sure WE
are not going to be ones whom are "pulled up and thrown into the fire"
at the end of the age. Here is the criteria for those types of people:

• They cause people to sin...they tempt others or lead people
  away from what is right.
• They do evil...plain and simple.....

Here are some examples from daily life I have seen
of people who cause others to sin or these
people just outright DO evil:

• Women (or men) who dress or talk suggestively or
  seductively at work (sometimes in public also).
• Agents or other professionals who suggest to cut
  corners in paperwork to save time...resulting in lost clients, ect.
• People who do not speak up for what is right..... that causes
  evil to keep going.
• Agents (or others) who steal clients or cause otherwise happy
  brokerages (Or real estate networks...hehehe) to become places
  of office politics and tension.
• Professionals in the real estate market (or any business) that
  commit fraud in its various forms (Either in a loan application,
  property appraisal, various inspections and so forth).
• Those who violate fair housing laws in the entire scope of the
  guidelines of what fair housing is supposed to protect people
  who are buying or selling real estate.

This thought provoking post on what the Kingdom of Heaven
is like was brought to you by:

Alexander Harb -- Founder of "Christianity and Real Estate"

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