Separation of the Tares and the Wheat
I've pondered over this concept a lot. Having read the New Testament and the story (Matt. 13:25-30; D&C 87:1-7; D&C 101:65-66; D&C 38:12; D&C 88:94) and then after having joined the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and seeing it further elucidate my understanding of this parable, of course, I'm looking for how this applies to myself. Am I tare or wheat material? What really identifies me as one or the other. There have been many historical stories of incidents in this dispensation that bring this subject back to the forefront of my mind. Stories like 'The Faith and Fall of Thomas Marsh' and milk-strippings. The Mormon Battalion. And like the Martin and Willie handcart company and the Rescuers of them. Imagine my shock as a first generation (don't have any pioneer heritage in me) member of the Church and through Relative Finder I've learned that I have ancestors from the Willie handcart company, the Martin handcart company and the Rescu...