4.25-Some day there will be a separation between the wicked and the good.

4.25-

 The true church has unity, but not uniformity.  There are men and women.  There are people from every country in the world.  There are introverts and extroverts.  There are those who are quiet and those who are loud.  There are the country people and the city people.  There are the fishermen, tentmakers, carpenters, doctors, lawyers, teachers and many other occupations.  These are all the possible good fish.

But in their midst there can be people who are dishonest, wicked and evil and those who take advantage of people.  There are people there who are within the physical context of the church, but in reality they are wicked, hypocrites there for their own selfish gain.  In the end God will judge the hearts of men by Jesus Christ and those who have lived under God's grace and mercy will be saved. Those who have lived lives of violence and hate and lies will be separated from the ones saved by grace.


Matthew 13.
⁴⁷ “Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish. ⁴⁸ When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected the good fish in baskets, but threw the bad away. ⁴⁹ This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous ⁵⁰ and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
⁵¹ “Have you understood all these things?” Jesus asked.
“Yes,” they replied.