Lesson 1 - The Fishers of Men Ministries

of materialism, idolatry, etc.). The two seeds produced fruit (followers), in thefield (the world), 13:24-25, 37-39.b. b. When the grain began to sprout, it became obvious that weeds wereamong the wheat because they did notsprout with grain. At this time, it was impossible to separate the weeds fromthe wheat, 13:26-29.c. c. The Sower let both weeds and wheat grow together until the harvest, theend of the world. At that time, theweeds would be burned and the wheat would be gathered into the barn, 13:30,39-43.2. The Parable of the Net, Mt 13:47-50a. a. Fishermen cast a net (the kingdom of heaven) into the lake (world) andcaught many kinds of fish (people).The full net was brought to the shore, 13:47-48.b. b. They separated the edible good fish (disciples of the gospel) from theunclean bad fish (disciples of the world).The good were kept and the bad were thrown away.