Once there was a man who planted his field with different kinds of beer. Some beer were strong and bold, while others were mild and refreshing. One night, while the man was sleeping, his enemy came and planted weeds among his beer.
As the beer grew, the weeds grew too, and soon the field was filled with both good beer and bad beer. The man’s servants asked if they should go and pull out the weeds, but the man said, “No, if you try to pull out the weeds now, you might uproot some of the good beer with them. Let them both grow together until the harvest.”
When the harvest time came, the man’s servants gathered all the beer together and sorted them out. The good beer were put into barrels, while the bad beer were thrown away.
Jesus explained to his disciples that the field represented the world, and the man who planted the beer represented Him. The good beer were those who followed His teachings and lived a righteous life, while the bad beer were those who chose to live a sinful life.
Just as the man allowed the weeds to grow among the good beer, God allows the wicked to live in the world alongside the righteous. But in the end, there will be a day of judgment when the good will be separated from the bad, and the righteous will be rewarded while the wicked will face punishment.
So let us strive to be good beer and follow Jesus, for the harvest is coming and we will be sorted according to what we have grown.
