In Matthew 13 we read about the parable of the tares and the wheat. While the men slept, the enemy sowed tares in with the wheat. They grew together side by side. When everyone realized this the servants were unsure what to do. The master said let them both grow together until they can be harvested. Then they will bind up the tares and burn them while saving the bundles of wheat. When I first read this I had no idea what the message was. Then I read D&C 86. The enemy is obviously Satan. The tares are false doctrines that keep us from our heavenly father and those that spread it in order to keep us from him. The wheat is the righteous who strive to do well. We grow together side by side on this earth. We influence how each other grows. In the final days those who are "tares" will not be spared but those who were righteous will be. This does not mean that we are either a tare or wheat. We can start off as wheat then become a tare or start a tare and become wheat. We get the choice of whichever we want to be. If we follow Christ's example we can all be like wheat and saved when Christ comes again. Do not let tares hold you back.
