But was not that an honest occupation? (Trapp), iii. We ask it in Jesus' name, Amen. This time, He compares the kingdom of heaven to treasure found hidden in a field. It was a partial demonstration, never complete, never full. III. goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth the field: which is not to be interpreted literally and properly; though a man that knows the worth and value of the Bible, rather than be without one, would part with all his worldly substance for one; but figuratively, and denotes the willingness of such souls, who are led into the glory, fulness, and excellency of the word of God, the scriptures of truth, and of the immense treasure of the Gospel therein, to part with all that has been, or is dear unto them; with their sins, and self-righteousness; with their good names and characters; their worldly substance, and life itself, for the sake of the Gospel, and their profession of it: and may also design the use of all means, to gain a larger degree of light and knowledge in the Gospel. Here is the treasure that will make you rich, because it will pay your debts, and endow you with capacity enough to meet all future expenditure-viz. (As we saw last time, the parable of the leaven also has been misconstrued to mean something quite different from what our Lord ever intended.) God has not forgotten Israel. 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." But even that partial realization was a magnificent model of what God could do with any nation. Is this not the carpenters son? When problems come, they forget all about Gods word. ii. And yet they are extremely controlling of human events. The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a. I. But the wonderful thing the Lord tells us here is that he has not given up his purpose. Finally, there was good soil. ii. What does Matthew 13:44 mean? These two parables speak of how highly the King values the people of His kingdom. You are in the heat of the battle, it rages around you. Divide your class into at least two relay race teams. Commentary on Matthew 13:24-30. Jesus makes it clear that we should not let anything keep us from entering the kingdom of God. It is the best life possible. It is the very ordinariness of Jesus home background that causes the astonishment (cf. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. Jesus is not saying that you must go out and sell everything you own. 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. (Matthew uses the phrase kingdom of heaven while the other authors use kingdom of God, but they are one and the same.) Ask: Who can remember the four different soils Jesus talked about? The fate of these ungodly ones will be fire, the most terrible of punishments; but this will not annihilate them; for they shall exhibit the surest tokens of a living woe wailing and gnashing of teeth. (Spurgeon). He found one that was very valuable. 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. b. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a trader who was looking for fine pearls. the which when a man hath found; either with or without the use of means, purposely attended to, in order to find it; such as reading, hearing, prayer, and meditation: for sometimes the Gospel, and the spiritual saving knowledge of it, are found, and attained to, by persons accidentally, with respect to themselves, though providentially, with respect to God; when they had no desire after it, or searched for it, and thought nothing about it; though by others it is come at, in a diligent use of the above means: he hideth; which is to be understood not in an ill sense, as the man hid his talent in a napkin, and in the earth; but in a good sense, and designs his care of it; his laying it up in his heart, that he might not lose it, and that it might not be taken away from him: anor joy thereof; for the Gospel, when rightly understood, brings good tidings of great joy, to sensible sinners. 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). They will come and study this little nation of Israel in which the secret of world peace has always been hidden, the strange, chosen nation for which our Lord gave his life. '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. The Jewish or the Greek "seekers after God," possessing many pearls, but still dissatisfied, sought others yet more choice, and finding one, true to the simplicity in Christ, renounce all for that; the one his legalism, the other his philosophy. 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, 45 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. 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 . In these actions, the power of that which has been found is seen to be at work. Finding the treasure appears to be by chance. The crowd was large that he moved out from shore in a boat to be able to speak to them and teach them these parables. 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. So he went and sold everything he had. When the world sees again a visible manifestation of what God intends a nation to do, then the nations will learn world peace. What a beautiful dream. This week, well look at a parable in which Jesus told how much the kingdom of God is worth. Special thanks to John R. Cross, The Stranger on the Road to Emmaus, GoodSeed International. These are underwater animals that live inside of a shell. One pearl of great price: It seems crazy for a merchant to sell all that he had for one pearl, but for this merchant it was well worth it. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.. But you know what happened. The rocky places stood for the people who like hearing Gods word at first, but they dont let it take root in their hearts. 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.. Earlier he had pronounced judgment on the outlying cities: "Woe to you, Chorazin! For more than four hundred years Israel had been an obscure, tiny little nation. God has gathered this nation together again, brought in the people from the outlying countries of the world, gathered his dispersed from the four corners of the earth, and brought them back into the land. (Romans 11:15 RSV). So he went away and sold everything he had. b. He bought the field in order that someday he might use that treasure to cause the whole world to blossom and to fill the earth with peace and happiness. In Verses44 and45 Jesus says. Where then did this Man get all these things?. Say: This summer we have been studying the parables that Jesus taught. Before we read the parable, I want to tell you another true story. The one thing they have in common is that they were sown of the Lord, and from the good seed of His Word. 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! Even the Jewish people themselves misunderstand it to a large degree. Treasure seekers searched the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, and the Indian Ocean to find oysters with pearls inside. He is telling us that it is worth more than everything else. That shows how much he valued this pearl of great price, and how much Jesus values His people. Clearly, the treasure in that field was worth more than everything else that the man owned. 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. Finally Jesus left the city once more and went out to his death. Magistrates and churches may remove the openly wicked from their society; the outwardly good who are inwardly worthless they must leave; for the judging of hearts is beyond their sphere. (Spurgeon), iv. When I peel it, you cant smell it like I can smell it. It represents the experience, not of a careless or a profane man, who stumbles suddenly upon the Gospel when he was in in search of other things, but of one who is awakened, and has begun to seek the true religion, endeavouring to add attainment to attainment sincerely, according to his light. But Christ does not intend to vindicate his conduct. 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. 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. He is saying that NOTHING compares in value to the new life that the King wants to give you. Such, we may well believe, had been the history of the publicans and the fishermen who made up the company of the Twelve. In the dying of Jesus there, one element of what was accomplished was that he might finally purchase the right to set Israel again among the nations as a model nation so that the world might learn how to live in peace. As long as Gods people are still in this world (the field), there will be unbelievers among them; but it should not be because Gods people receive unbelievers as if they were believers, ignoring either the belief or conduct of professed believers. Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. The treasure was too great to forget about! You can read them in Matthew23 in the sharp series of woes that he pronounced against the Pharisees and the scribes. It was hidden when our Lord came. The parables describe how the kin (g)dom of heaven emerges from something almost invisible to the eye and grows exponentially, offering us sustenance, a treasure worthy of all our attention and resources. 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. He revealed for a brief flash of time the glory that was Israel. No one can ever give all that he has in order to purchase Jesus Christ because he has nothing to give in the first place. Last week, we read Jesus parable about the four soils. But the exciting thing about Scripture is that in it we are always dealing with fact, not fancy. New life in Gods kingdom is much more than going to heaven when we die - although that will be wonderful! When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field." (Matthew 13:44) In our day, we can store treasure in the bank or in a safe deposit box. i. 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. These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience. 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. There are banners and placards everywhere you go in America, crying out for peace. They put their trust in Jesus. Thank your volunteer. When he found it, what did he do? And like the first parable, the man gladly gave up everything he owned to get the pearl. Years ago I was struck by the closing words of a great address that Winston Churchill gave at Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1950: What prizes lie before all the people if they are worthy of them: peace, food, happiness, leisure, wealth for the masses never known nor dreamed of, the glorious advance into a period of rest and safety for all the hundreds of millions of homes where little children play by the fire, and girls grow up in all their beauty, and young men strive and win in the free enterprise of life. The United Nations exists for this very purpose. Or maybe the field was for sale and the man was looking it over before deciding whether to buy it. We may request cookies to be set on your device. Read full chapter. 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. It sure was, and it was right in the mans own backyard! Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. Just as in the first parable, the valuable pearl was a symbol of the kingdom of God. 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. He felt the condemnation of a righteous God. 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! These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. Instead of being received by the rulers and leaders of the people he was rejected. They are part of the whole series of seven, but they were given only to the disciples, and there is something significant about that. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" 13:49). The parable of the hidden treasure found. "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!" You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. -- for if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon [which were pagan communities], they would have repented long ago. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. The nation's glory was gone. Eventually he came again into the city and there he pronounced solemn and serious words of judgment against the nation. We never can understand anything until we see it demonstrated before us. which is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost, the truth as it is in Jesus, the glad tidings. The total weight of the emeralds was about 3,300 carats. Or maybe the field was for sale and the man was looking it over before deciding whether to buy it. All rights reserved worldwide. (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. Jesus said, I have come so they can have life. Jesus is speaking in parables to describe the kingdom of heaven. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls. The oyster opens its shell to let water and food in. The nation would not have it, would not have him, and they rejected him. Yet they do, and are worthy of respect because of that role. Say: Jesus continued by telling another, similar parable. Their hearts receive the message of the kingdom, and the seed takes root and produces lots of spiritual fruit. 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. It is having His peace, His joy, His love, and His power. And sometimes a piece of sand or shell gets in. 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. But through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. This is a dream and a vision that men have long held. He covered it up again, buried it again. That is why it is not enough to preach the gospel to people; you must also live it. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field." Explanation and Commentary of Matthew 13:44 i. Western democracies say that they have found it. Now, lets turn to Matthew 13:44 and read what Jesus said about 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. A buried treasure and a pricy pearl Matthew 13:44-46 44 "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. Woe to you, Bethsaida! (Romans 11:11-14 RSV), For if their rejection means the reconciIiation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead? Application: When we discover that we can enter Gods kingdom, we have a choice to make, just as the man in the field did. (Just as a comparison, the diamond on a womans wedding ring may be about one-quarter or one-half of a carat.) We are not sure what this man was doing in someone elses field. It turns out that Mr. Hills emeralds were some of the best quality emeralds in North America. III. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. In this series Jesus is revealing the work of the kingdom as it is going on throughout the centuries of this present age since his first coming and before his return. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. It recognizes the allure and the mystery which always gathers around the notion of hidden treasure. In the parable of the soils, the seed represented the Word of God; here it represents true believers. You should not love anything or anyone more than you love the King, God Himself. His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas: Jesus plainly had many brothers and sisters; the Roman Catholic idea of the perpetual virginity of Mary is in contradiction to the plain meaning of the Bible. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. Hard path, rocky places, thorny, and good soil. They each have the element of a man who discovers something valuable and sells all that he has and buys it. Yet the point is clear, both in the world and in the kingdom community. a. She reviewed all the glories of the kingdom of Solomon and was amazed and staggered by what she saw. Take off the glasses and bandana and allow the volunteer to eat the fruit. Some time ago, in addressing a crowd of 2,500 delegates from 57 countries of the world who were trying to find some way to world peace, he said these remarkable words: "What element is lacking so that with all our skill and all our knowledge we still find ourselves in the dark valley of discord and enmity? 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. To follow knowledge, like a sinking star. That person is part of Gods kingdom. So did Jesus himself, at the utmost cost, buy the world to gain his church, which was the treasure which he desired. (Spurgeon), Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it.. This parable powerfully teaches that it is Gods job to divide in judgment. And do you know that all this is not without its application to us as individuals as well? [That is, when God set Israel aside, he allowed his delivering word to go out directly to Gentile peoples everywhere so that they might be the visible demonstration of how God can heal and fulfill human life, and Israel was watching -- at least individual Jews have been, all along.] The Word of God. 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. And you and I are making a great mistake if, as Americans, we think that this country is being held together by the Constitution of the United States or by the Declaration of Independence. 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. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. The kingdom of heaven is God's work among men, God's rule and authority in the midst of human affairs. The church would thereafter demonstrate before men the healing grace of God as we will see in our next study together. [That is, Israel had obviously stumbled at that time, but have they fallen completely?] '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 . All rights reserved. Jodi is part of the Childrens Ministry team at Grace Fellowship Church, outside of Atlanta. i. He uncovered it. 13:45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: 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. 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. And His sisters, are they not all with us? Matthew 13, verse 44: "In his joy, he went and sold all he had and bought that field." These two short parables tell the story of the whole Bible. Only when Israel comes again into its right relationship to God is it ever possible to have world peace. 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. This treasure is freely given by God, the King, to everyone who trusts in Him. Maybe he was a hired helper for the man who owned the field, or maybe he was just passing through. He was left with nothing. ii. God is in control. 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. Jesus had entered Jerusalem in what we call the triumphal entry. Assuming that the disciples did understand, they had an advantage over many among the multitudes. Then he took all the money that he had made, and he bought that field. Message transcript and recording 1971 by Ray Stedman Ministries, owner of sole copyright by assignment from the author. God has his buried treasures and he is speaking of them in this parable. Say: Jesus often used parables to teach what the kingdom of God is like. God is speaking to this nation which he has given the Law and he says, "Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then you shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people:" Exodus 19:5a KJV). Place your hands together like an oyster shell. He lamented over this recalcitrant city and said, "O Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! Subject to permissions policy, all rights reserved. - Matthew 13:44 We are not sure what this man was doing in someone else's field. So prone is fallen man to sin, that if the enemy sow the tares, he may . Mr. Hill, the man who found emeralds in his backyard, hired guards to keep watch over his treasure. In the days of David, and especially in those of Solomon who followed, the world beat a path to Israel to see what God was doing. iii. 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). Pearls were especially valuable in Jesus day. The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. It always reminds me immediately of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, of Long John Silver, and doubloons and pieces-of-eight, pegleg pirates, and all the exciting things usually associated with the idea of buried treasure. 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. 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. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website. Let me ask you to think that the true treasure for a man lies in the kingdom of God. They have erected great organizations to try to bring it about, to produce this hidden treasure. the possession of the forgiving and cleansing grace of God which is in Jesus Christ. Listen for answers. But I submit to you that that is false, and obviously so. 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