The tares are those who act wickedly and the wheat are those who act righteously. After all has been said and done, after all the scaffolding of religion has been removed, this is what it boils down to: the tares are those who act wickedly and the wheat are those who act righteously.

The primary goal of every righteous person, whether he knows it or not, is to have fellowship with God. God has given the Lord Jesus to us so we can have our sins forgiven and learn to act righteously. The wicked can never have fellowship with God for our God is a God of righteousness.

In the last days (which are now!) God will remove the tares from His Kingdom. First, God will remove the roots of wickedness from His people. After this program has been completed, God will remove the people themselves if they have not been willing to allow God to remove the evil from them.

This is what is taking place today. The Lord Jesus is moving among His people. He is knocking at the door. Can you hear Him knocking at your heart? If you will open the door He will come in and dine with you on His body and blood.

He wants to remove every tare from your personality—all worldliness, all the unlawful passions and appetites of your flesh, all the self-will and striving of personal ambition found in you.

Let these go as He calls for them. They will only keep you in misery—now and throughout eternity.

What a joy it is to have God change us like this! We are becoming new creations of righteousness in the Potter's hands. We are being made heirs of the new world of righteousness that is on the horizon.

Let us not look back but come out of the world. Let us, through God's Spirit, cleanse ourselves from all moral filthiness. Let us walk hand in hand with our Father as it was in the beginning.

It's not too late for you or me to come to Calvary. Cry, "Dear Father." Tell God you love Him. He desires fellowship with you. He will forgive you through the blood of the cross and make Himself real to you.

We never can be satisfied or fulfilled as a person until we are walking with God.

As we look about us in the world, we observe the tares of wickedness coming to maturity. Let us not forget that both the tares and the wheat come to maturity at the same time, according to the Lord's Word.

Christians can see clearly that Satan is rising up in the peoples of the world. But if we will listen to the Spirit of God we will discover that God is inviting us to partake of more of Christ. There is a greater portion of Christ for every believer who will look up to God and receive.

What is the answer to the moral darkness? It is a greater forming of Christ in us and a greater portion of the Holy Spirit.

God is waiting for you to ask Him for more of His Spirit to enable you to stand no matter what darkness confronts you. Ask Him now. He will not disappoint you.

You will be more than a conqueror through Christ who strengthens you no matter how dark your environment becomes, no matter how the tares abound. Taste and see that the Lord is good!