Page 36 - Finding Identity

Secondly, because the basic nature of the

individual has not been transformed, he will revert
to his true nature from time to time. Many times

we speak of someone “acting out of character”

meaning that what the person did is contrary to

his nature. The problem is that many times the

“unusual” behaviour is not out of character, but is
actually the true nature coming through.

The problem is not that there are imposters in the
church. In the parable of the wheat and the tares

Jesus makes it clear that there will be false

believers, and that they have been planted by the

Devil and that it is almost impossible to distinguish
between them and the true followers

(Matthew 13:24-30). “24: Another parable He put forth

to them saying: “the kingdom of heaven is like a man
who sowed good seed in his field; 25: but while men

slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the
wheat and went his way. 26: But when the grain had

sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also
appeared. 27: So the servants of the owner came and

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