The rocky places stood for the people who like hearing Gods word at first, but they dont let it take root in their hearts. The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a. I. Even though these people had been looking for Gods kingdom, when they found it, it was far greater than what they had expected. 4. This parable powerfully teaches that it is Gods job to divide in judgment. He entered into all of that. God is in control. Parables are stories about everyday people and things that help us understand spiritual truths. The wheat comes into Gods barn from all over the world, from all ranks of society, from all ages of Gods church. 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! Instantly, the man knew that the treasure was incredibly valuable. Salvation is offered to us as a free gift, entirely by the grace of God. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. 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. 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 Put dark glasses on her and tie the handkerchief LOOSELY to cover her nose and mouth (bandit style). Jodi has over 20 years experience teaching children in large and small group settings. 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 . a. We speak of the Jews as "the chosen people," and unfortunately a very grave misconception of that phrase has arisen. Place your hands together like an oyster shell. 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. This parable may be understood of Christ's seeking, finding, and purchasing his elect: for, certain it is, that he has sought after them; which implies, that they were lost and going astray; expresses his great love to them, value for them, and desire after them; in doing which, he took much pains, and used much diligence: and certain it also is, The reason he joyfully goes and sells all that he has and buys that field, is that the man understands its true value. The passage for this lection offers a counter-image to this destructive force. Well, is it not obvious that there is something lost with relation to humanity, something every human being seems to be seeking, consciously or unconsciously, something every thinking person in this room and throughout the world is searching for and longing for with an ache that is almost physical? The shell has two parts that are hinged together like this. We want to be the kind of good soil that Jesus talked about. He hideth - That is, he conceals the fact that he has found it; he does not tell of it. When a man found it, he hid it again. They have erected great organizations to try to bring it about, to produce this hidden treasure. The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field. ii. We ask it in Jesus' name, Amen. This time, He compares the kingdom of heaven to treasure found hidden in a field. Pearls are very valuable. 45 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. It was now subject to the Romans, crushed under the heel of an iron-hearted oppressor. You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. With these clues that our Lord himself has given us, we now have the key to the understanding of this parable. This parable likely also fired the imaginations of Jesus' listeners, because it pictures unexpected good fortune. . Therefore, we will not spend any more time on that misinterpretation, but will come right to the heart of what the story of the treasure hidden in the field really means. 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." Now notice, secondly, the concealment of the treasure. They each have the element of a man who discovers something valuable and sells all that he has and buys it. 13:44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. Finally Jesus left the city once more and went out to his death. She was a great queen in her own right. 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. And then he went and gave all that he had and bought the field in which it is hidden. For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'" The treasure was too great to forget about! Special thanks to John R. Cross, The Stranger on the Road to Emmaus, GoodSeed International. Julian the apostate, as he is called, once asked a certain Christian, What do you think the carpenters son is doing now? Making coffins for you and for all his enemies, was the prompt reply. (Spurgeon). 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. Then he took all the money that he had made, and he bought that field. But even that partial realization was a magnificent model of what God could do with any nation. - Matthew 13:45-46. As time goes on, the sand is coated with more and more layers of this coating. 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. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. Hermon Christian Conference Center. And he bought that pearl. This one features a merchant in search of fine pearls. Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. " 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. Jesus announced Gods kingdom, and this would lead many of his hearers to expect a cataclysmic disruption of society, an immediate and absolute division between the sons of light and the sons of darknessIt was to this impatience that the parable was primarily directed. (France). He revealed for a brief flash of time the glory that was Israel. He uncovered it. I hope you never open your Bibles without the sense that here is a book which gives you vital, inside information which you can get from no other source and which will help you to understand yourself, and life, and the mystery of history, more than you possibly could in any other way. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. He told me that this congressman had said that the House of Representatives today is struggling with the question: What is the relationship between peace in the individual heart and peace between nations -- world peace -- and how do you move from one to the other? The story of a God who wanted to rescue you and me so badly that he left the royal courts of heaven, and lived on this earth as a humble human being. By that he indicated that the privilege of demonstrating the grace of God would he taken from Israel and given to the church. He has but hidden them away again. Then it is up to us to sell all that we have, give it all up, and buy him at any cost. You can see that these parables are very much alike. There Paul too tells us that God is not through with Israel. It is not full life because it is life that is separate from God (Isaiah 59:2). Brought to you by KidzLife, Unless otherwise noted the Scriptures taken from: Holy Bible, New International Readers Version, (NIrV). A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, and in his own house: We often have wrong ideas about what it means to be spiritual. Read full chapter. It seems by this parable, according to the Jewish laws, that not the finder of a treasure in a field, but the owner of the field, had the propriety in it; when it should seem rather, that it ought to be divided. Now we turn to these three private parables given to the disciples: The parable of the hidden treasure, the parable of the pearl of great price, and the parable of the dragnet. The point of the parable lies in his "earnestness," his anxiety, his care, and his actually obtaining it. The seed starts out really small, but in time it grows to be one of the largest plants in the garden. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. Every scribe: Jesus used the term here simply to describe a teacher. ii. But the exciting thing about Scripture is that in it we are always dealing with fact, not fancy. You are in the heat of the battle, it rages around you. Our Lord came and he bought the whole field so that someday he might use the treasure hidden in it to make the world blossom with glory. I want them to have it in the fullest possible way. (John 10:10). Take off the glasses and bandana and allow the volunteer to eat the fruit. Is not His mother called Mary? Pearls were highly prized in that time and place. He has been at work ever since, sending men into all parts of the earth and into all levels of society, among all kinds of people, putting them there in order that there may be a testimony of the Word. New life in Gods kingdom is much more than going to heaven when we die - although that will be wonderful! You can read them in Matthew23 in the sharp series of woes that he pronounced against the Pharisees and the scribes. Is this not the carpenters son: This question was asked out of ignorant prejudice. With a view of obtaining this, Jesus says that a man would go and sell his property and buy the field. The usual interpretation of these parables is that Christ is the hidden treasure and that he is the pearl of great price. 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. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. He promises that it will grow - and God ALWAYS keeps His promises! Finally, there was good soil. the possession of the forgiving and cleansing grace of God which is in Jesus Christ. Say: Jesus began His story with the words, The kingdom of heaven is like Lets talk about the kingdom of heaven for a minute. 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. No! Next week we will go on to see how this parable ties very closely with the next one, the parable of the pearl of great price. He is saying that you should be willing to. i. We have nothing to offer him, nothing that we can give in return. Something was hidden, lost in the human race, but he uncovered it. I am sure that these disciples understood this because they were Jews themselves, and they knew their people's history, and what the Old Testament revealed about them. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. Teacher: Show your pearls. Notice that there are two things in this story which are immediately recognizable because we have had them before. The tares represent false believers in the world, the sons of the wicked one, who (like tares among wheat) may superficially look like Gods true people. 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. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house. Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief. By no means! The point of the parables is completely different; the parable of the soils shows how men receive and respond to the Word of God, and the parable of the tares of the field shows how God will divide His true people from false believers at the end of this age. 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. The oyster creates a coating that covers the sand or shell. Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field: The field is the world, but the man does not represent the believer, because we have nothing to buy this treasure with. The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls: Again, Jesus is the buyer and the individual believer is the pearl that He sees as so valuable that He would happily give all to have it forever. a. If you belong to the kingdom, you have the greatest treasure! Matthew 13:45-46. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. i. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. But I submit to you that that is false, and obviously so. What does Matthew 13:44 mean? 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 stood for the people who hear Gods word and believe it fully. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.. Instead, they are a call for us to desire the kingdom above all else. He states a case where a man would actually "sacrifice his property," and practice diligence and watchfulness to obtain the wealth which he had discovered. When he found it, what did he do? The one thing they have in common is that they were sown of the Lord, and from the good seed of His Word. 36-43 This parable represents the present and future state of the gospel church; Christ's care of it, the devil's enmity against it, the mixture there is in it of good and bad in this world, and the separation between them in the other world. (Matthew uses the phrase kingdom of heaven while the other authors use kingdom of God, but they are one and the same.) 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. [That is, Israel had obviously stumbled at that time, but have they fallen completely?] 3. Yet they had lost the secret of their own lives. Application: When we discover that we can enter Gods kingdom, we have a choice to make, just as the man in the field did. So they were offended at Him. You cannot read the Gospel stories without seeing that there came a time in our Lord's ministry when he began to change his message and turn away from the proclamation that the kingdom of heaven was at hand, that he was there in their midst. The field is the world: Significantly, this parable illustrates not necessarily that there will be false believers among true believers in the church (though that is also true to some extent); otherwise Jesus would have explained that the field is thechurch. He had been in Washington,D.C., spending some time with a young congressman who is a mutual friend of ours. Kingdom life is here and now. You can also change some of your preferences. Website 2023 by Ray Stedman Ministries. Because each of us sins, none of us can do the perfect will of God. He covered it up again, buried it again. MATTHEW 13:45-46. Again, let me ask you to notice, further, the two ways of finding. Subject to permissions policy, all rights reserved. Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works? The nation would not have it, would not have him, and they rejected him. But our treasure - our immeasurably better treasure - has no limit! 44"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. If you want to see how God will act with you as an individual then look at the way he has been acting with Israel as a nation. The church would thereafter demonstrate before men the healing grace of God as we will see in our next study together. He found one that was very valuable. How do you find this secret? 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. Then, as you can read in Mark's Gospel, our Lord went into the temple and he stopped the sacrifices. the pearl of great price: who is of an unspeakable brightness and glory, of intrinsic worth and value; who is enriching to those that possess him, and precious to them that believe; and of such a price, that no valuable consideration can be given for him: wherefore such a soul is willing to part with all for him; with sinful self, and righteous self; and with the honours, riches, and profits of this world; and buy him, his grace and righteousness, without money, and without price. ii. The first four stories were given to the unbelieving seaside crowd. She has also spent many years mentoring Middle School and High School girls. Who when he had found one pearl of great price: for such who seek after wisdom and knowledge in the use of proper means, are like merchant men, that trade abroad, and for things of value; and these, under divine direction, find in the Scriptures, and through the ministry of the word, and by prayer and study, the truths of the everlasting Gospel, respecting Christ, his person, office, grace and righteousness; which are equal to, yea transcend a pearl of the highest price; for their original, coming from a far country, from heaven; for their brightness, clearness, and perspicuity; for their ornament and glory; for their firmness and solidity; for their virtue and value, to them that know the worth of them; and such will buy, but not sell them; reckon all things but loss and dung, in comparison of them; and will contend for them, and stand fast in them. I have this beautiful fruit. 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