law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus makes him free from the law of sin and death, , ut pleno jure thesaurum possideret omnemque litium occasionem praecideret, , Three other parables: the Treasure, the Pearl, the Net. This parable and the one following are different in character than the previous three. This man was like the people who had listened to Gods promises of long ago, and were waiting for the Messiah, the Savior, to come. After you have been instructed by me, you have the knowledge, not only of the things you used to know, but of things you never knew before, and even the knowledge which you had before is illuminated by what I have told to you. (Barclay), iv. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. Hard path, rocky places, thorny, and good soil. People bring the same charge against Jesus today; I see those associated with Him, and they seem lowly or very normal; Jesus must also not be special., c. Where then did this Man get all these things: Their reception of Jesus was not welcoming or friendly. In Verses44 and45 Jesus says. The parable of the hidden treasure found. Ask: Who can remember the four different soils Jesus talked about? He chose them to be a representative nation, to be a working model of what a nation ought to be, in order that other nations might share that knowledge. Then he went and gave all that he had and bought that field of humanity. - Matthew 13:45-46. i. You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. When the world sees again a visible manifestation of what God intends a nation to do, then the nations will learn world peace. Through the pages of the Word of God we are afforded tremendous insights into life. The main idea is that the disciples who had just claimed to understand what Jesus taught are now responsible to bring forth their understanding to others, as if they were distributing from the storehouse of their wisdom and understanding. And for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field: The treasure so wonderful that Jesus would give all to purchase is the individual believer. And he bought that pearl. And when He had come to His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works? Every scribe instructed concerning the kingdom: Jesus said that everyone who really knows Gods Word both will know the old and learn the new of the kingdom. You will never understand what God is doing in history unless you understand those three chapters because they make clear God's relationship with this strange and wonderful people, Israel. He was left with nothing. The merchant "sold all" to buy the pearl. Yet He carefully said that the field is the world. The bigger and more perfectly round the pearl, the more valuable it is. Notice that the man sold EVERYTHING. It is knowing the Father, the King. He understands that even though he is selling everything to buy that field he is becoming exponentially richer because of the unseen treasure that will belong to whomever owns the field. The kingdom of heaven is God's work among men, God's rule and authority in the midst of human affairs. This powerfully shows how Jesus gave everything to redeem the whole world to preserve a treasure in it, and the treasure is His people. He knew the aching loneliness, the heartache, the misery, the rejection, the sense of despair, of self-loathing, of emptiness and worthlessness and meaninglessness, and the awful hostility that sin engenders. We are absolute paupers in God's sight. I want to read these twin parables of the hidden treasure and the pearl of great price because they link so closely together, although we will look only at the first one this morning. The oyster opens its shell to let water and food in. Finally, there was the parable of the woman who took leaven and introduced it into the three measures of meal, by which Jesus made clear that something would destroy the precious fellowship of the people of God and that it would be allowed into the church by the very people who were appointed to keep it out. The Parable of the Hidden Treasure (Matthew 13:44) "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure 1 hidden 2 in a field. If there is anyone here in that condition, remember that this is God's promise to you, and that he has given a visible demonstration in the life of this nation. This motto is a result of the work of the early Christian missionaries who came from New England in the 19th century. How do you find this secret? In the days of David and Solomon there was a demonstration to the world of their day of what God would do with a nation which was in right relationship with him. That person is part of Gods kingdom. He set them out as a sample, an example nation, to indicate by visible demonstration what God wants to be and to do with all the other nations of the world. When a person sees it and hears it, it is his duty to sacrifice all that hinders his obtaining it, and to seek it with the earnestness with which other people seek for gold. 44 "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. New American Standard Version It is recorded in the motto of that fiftieth state. The battle is over the control of man who was created by God and was endowed by God with the power of choice. Woe to you, Bethsaida! Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean! (Matthew 13:44). And Congress is trying to put its finger on where you begin and how you relate peace of heart in an individual to peace among men. If you belong to the kingdom, you have the greatest treasure! The previous three parables (the wheat and the tares, the mustard seed, and the leaven) each spoke of corruption in the kingdom community. These were the best she had to offer. 4. They have erected great organizations to try to bring it about, to produce this hidden treasure. Satan has a shoot of iniquity for every shoot of grace; and, when God revives his work, Satan revives his also. (Clarke), iii. Whatever the reason he was there, he found an amazing treasure, maybe similar to the emeralds. Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. a. That is the story of the gospels. a. Thus, the field from which the treasure is gathered would be the world just as the sea from which fish are gathered is the world, and this also just as the wheat and weeds are gathered from the field, which is the world. ii. MATTHEW 13:45-46. 'Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it . And in those words, "he gave all that he had," the mystery of the darkness of the cross of Jesus Christ is implied. a. Jesus wants it to grow! You can see that these parables are very much alike. They each have the element of a man who discovers something valuable and sells all that he has and buys it. But these last three were spoken only to the men of faith, the disciples, who were ready to believe what God said. The person has a change of heart, and he or she truly wants to do Gods will. It is: Ua mau ke ea o ka aina ika pono, which I am sure you understand means, "The life of the land is preserved by righteousness." Then it is up to us to sell all that we have, give it all up, and buy him at any cost. Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. But the exciting thing about Scripture is that in it we are always dealing with fact, not fancy. It is not full life because it is life that is separate from God (Isaiah 59:2). Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. Now, what is it? Say: This summer we have been studying the parables that Jesus taught. e. Will cast them into the furnace of firethe righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father: Jesus used this parable to clearly illustrate the truth that there are two different paths and eternal destinies. Israel, therefore is not a unique, select people, but rather is a people chosen to demonstrate the kind of relationship that God wants to have with every other people on earth. He went home and sold everything he owned: his house, his furniture, his jewelry, his sheep and goats. So according to the parable he hid the treasure again. This has certainly proved true in history. With a view of obtaining this, Jesus says that a man would go and sell his property and buy the field. Nations are right to try to solve their problems and reconcile their differences. The kingdom of God is FAR more valuable than anything in this world. (Matthew 21:9, Mark 11:9, John 12:13). Never, anywhere in Scripture is salvation ever offered to us as something we have to buy, or can buy. It is a visible example to all mankind of the way God deals with humanity. Why? All this has happened exactly as our Lord said and all of it is visible in history. Say: Pearls come from oysters. 2007 BibleLessons4Kidz.com All rights reserved worldwide. As we can imagine, he was afraid that when people heard about his discovery, they would sneak onto his land and grab whatever pieces of emerald they could find. For permission to use this content, please review When a man found it, he hid it again. What is it that inhibits us from going forward together to enjoy the fruits of human endeavor and to reap the harvest of human experience? he hideth, and for joy thereofon perceiving what a treasure he had lighted on, surpassing the worth of all he possessed. New life in Gods kingdom is much more than going to heaven when we die - although that will be wonderful! At that time the angels will come forth and assist the King in the work of judgment, sending some into the furnace of fire for final judgment. Read the Scripture: Matthew 13:44 In the great series of parables in Matthew 13 our Lord gave us, as he said, "The secrets of the kingdom of heaven." The kingdom of heaven is God's work among men, God's rule and authority in the midst of human affairs. The "sea" here is clearly the world, since that is where people are gathered from by the angels (Matt. iii. -- for if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon [which were pagan communities], they would have repented long ago. That means obedience. But I submit to you that that is false, and obviously so. We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. Clearly, the treasure in that field was worth more than everything else that the man owned. And our Lord found the nation in bondage, the temple overrun with moneychangers, commercial charlatans making a fast buck by preying upon the worship of the people. Website 2023 by Ray Stedman Ministries. We ask it in Jesus' name, Amen. Kingdom life is here and now. i. And in that we can see revealed the heart of God who looks at this broken and fragmented world, with all its injustice, heartache, sorrow, violence, and slaughter, and yet has not forgotten his purposes and has preserved the secret of world peace in a treasure hidden among the nations which he shall someday bring forth again. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. Even though these people had been looking for Gods kingdom, when they found it, it was far greater than what they had expected. Western democracies say that they have found it. There they stand ready, being prepared right now to discover again, finally, the secret of their life. The scribes amongst the Jews were not only clerks, that were employed in writing, but teachers of the law; such a one was Ezra (Ezra 7:6). (Poole). The multitude went away (as most people do from sermons) never the wiser, understanding nothing of what they heard, nor caring to understand it. (Poole), b. He is not weary of the old; he is not afraid of the new. (Spurgeon), i. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. Mr. Hill, the man who found emeralds in his backyard, hired guards to keep watch over his treasure. They speak skeptically and will refer to Him only as this Man.. Listen for answers. c. The enemy who sowed them is the devil: Clearly, the enemy plants counterfeits in the world and in the kingdom community, and this is why merely being a member of the Christian community isnt enough. He is saying that you should be willing to. (7) Few men understand how great the riches of the kingdom of heaven are, and that no man can be a partaker of them but he that redeems them with the loss of all his goods. It is the best life possible. Our heavenly Father, how we thank you for the marvelous truth that you, Lord, have bought the world, that it belongs to you, and that you shall some day rule and reign in power and glory in its midst and all your promises shall be fulfilled. This parable tells us that. Or maybe the field was for sale and the man was looking it over before deciding whether to buy it. Life outside of the kingdom of God is way less than God intended it to be. 45 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. There is a man, and there is a field. They concern things which are not quite as easily seen in the historical process. "Many turned back," the record says, "and no longer walked with him," (John 6:66). Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. Maybe he was a hired helper for the man who owned the field, or maybe he was just passing through. The problem with his emerald treasure was that there was a limited supply. God wants ALL people to believe in Jesus and enter into His kingdom (1 Peter 2:9). A great misinterpretation of these parables has developed, quite without any basis in the systematic interpretation of symbols in Scripture, which has hidden their true meaning. Such that have ability and leisure, may consult a controversy in Philostratus (l), between two persons, the buyer and seller of a field; in which, after the purchase, a treasure was found, when the seller claimed it as his; urging, that had he known of it, he would never have sold him the field: the buyer, on the other hand, insisted on its being his property; alleging that all was his which was contained in the land bought by him. And the crowds who had followed him, the multitudes who had hung upon his words faded away. God has said that if you will turn back to him, as Israel will some day, he stands ready to heal, ready to forgive, ready to wipe out all the failures, all the transgressions, and to begin in your experience to cause your life to blossom and to come into abundance. There is nothing that even compares to a loving relationship with the Creator of the universe! The man was so excited to know that he could possibly own that treasure. You remember the story of the Queen of Sheba who, as Jesus had said earlier this very day, came "from the ends of the earth" Matthew 12:42) because she had heard of Solomon's glory and she wanted to find the secret of this man's prestige and power and wisdom and majesty. Let me ask you to think that the true treasure for a man lies in the kingdom of God. And they would remember the words of Psalm 135:4: For the Lord hath chosen Jacob [another name for Israel] unto himself for his peculiar treasure. It is not enough to mouth great words like love and joy and peace and forgiveness; you also have to demonstrate them, or people will never believe the gospel, never accept it, never receive it. i. Jodi is part of the Childrens Ministry team at Grace Fellowship Church, outside of Atlanta. But the wonderful thing the Lord tells us here is that he has not given up his purpose. They are part of the whole series of seven, but they were given only to the disciples, and there is something significant about that. Pearls were especially valuable in Jesus day. He sows the tares, and tries to destroy the harvest; and, therefore, the good angels are brought in to celebrate his defeat, and to rejoice together with their Lord in the success of the divine husbandry. (Spurgeon). The Word of God. i. This stood for the people who hear Gods word and believe it fully. But is it only a dream? As long as God chooses to work in concert with human agency, developing our ability to partner with Him, our unbelief can and may hinder the work of God. So we already have clues as to what these mean.The man in these parables is always Jesus himself. This storehouse contains things new and old. The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a. I. In the interpretation of the parable, the case described is that of a man who, not having started in the pursuit of holiness or truth, is brought by the seeming accidents of lifea chance meeting, a word spoken in season, the example of a living holinessto the knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus, i.e., to Christ Himself, and who, finding in Him a peace and joy above all earthly treasure, is ready to sacrifice the lower wealth in order to obtain the higher. Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. So, through the course of history, there has been a counterfeit Christianity, a sham religion, a phony, a fake, which bears the name of Christianity but which is absolutely false. Put dark glasses on her and tie the handkerchief LOOSELY to cover her nose and mouth (bandit style). i. (You see, congressmen don't spend all their time smoking cigars and kissing babies.) The sacred writings should be his treasure, and he should properly understand them his knowledge consists in being well instructed in the things concerning the kingdom of heaven, and the art of conducting men thither. (Clarke), v. Ministers of the gospel should not be novices, 1 Timothy 3:6, raw and ignorant men; but men mighty in the Scriptures, well acquainted with the writings of the Old and New Testament, and the sense of them; men that have a stock of spiritual knowledge, able readily to speak a word to the weary, and to speak to men and womens particular cases and questions. (Poole), Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, that He departed from there. Now that is God's plan for the nations -- to provide a working model in the nation Israel. So prone is fallen man to sin, that if the enemy sow the tares, he may . Yet they do, and are worthy of respect because of that role. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field." Basic Supply List: Bible Construction Paper Crayons Candy Bar Sensory Table or large tote Rice Jesus said, "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. When he found it, what did he do? But in our own time we are facing an amazing wonder, one of the most remarkable things that has ever taken place in the annals of men, and one of the most dramatic demonstrations of the truth of the Word of God! This time, He compares the kingdom of heaven to treasure found hidden in a field. goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that fieldin which case, by Jewish law, the treasure would become his own. And sometimes a piece of sand or shell gets in. But even that partial realization was a magnificent model of what God could do with any nation. Ed, Issue 46, Winter 2023. But was not that an honest occupation? (Trapp), iii. These two would grow up together and sometimes would be difficult to distinguish, especially at the beginning, but eventually would make their real nature known. This parable likely also fired the imaginations of Jesus' listeners, because it pictures unexpected good fortune. They have not found it yet. He is telling us that it is worth more than everything else. This is a dream and a vision that men have long held. In this little parable he reveals that he came and found this treasure, the secret of world peace and prosperity, hidden in this nation. " This seems like a very imaginative story to us, but to the people Jesus was talking to, this would not have been all that uncommon. All rights reserved. That is why it is not enough to preach the gospel to people; you must also live it. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he . He himself is deeply involved in it. He uncovered it. When the man found the treasure, he could have covered it back up, gone about his business, and forgotten all about it. This congressman said that Congress is really wrestling with this issue. They fit together but they are not talking about exactly the same thing. All rights reserved worldwide. Jesus told a parable about a man who found something in a field that he did not own. Instantly, the man knew that the treasure was incredibly valuable. His conscience is uneasy. Application: The point of these two parables is the great value of being a part of Gods kingdom. This was a great surprise! We are not sure what this man was doing in someone elses field. I don't know what that may evoke in your mind. He entered into all of that. 'The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. And then he did an amazing thing. They are intended to demonstrate how any nation can be blessed and fulfilled and find prosperity and peace and harmony and happiness if they discover the secret of their relationship to God. On our own, we cannot be part of Gods kingdom. He promises that it will grow - and God ALWAYS keeps His promises! (Romans 11:15 RSV). The life of this land, like that of any other land, is preserved by righteousness. The first four stories were given to the unbelieving seaside crowd. And she brought with her a great retinue bearing exotic spices, gold, silver, precious stones, beautiful cloth, an amazing array of presents for King Solomon. It would be his duty to inform the owner of the field of the discovery. You should not love anything or anyone more than you love the King, God Himself. Though they are surrounded and ringed by enemies armed to the teeth who are vowing to wipe every Jew off the face of the earth, Nevertheless, as is obvious, they do not understand the secret of their own life and are trying to produce peace and stability by democratic methods and consensus and compromise. Then, building on that, in the second parable the Lord said that he would take the sons of the kingdom, who are produced by the seed of the Word, and sow them like wheat throughout the world. ii. Finding the treasure appears to be by chance. 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