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). New life in Gods kingdom is much more than going to heaven when we die - although that will be wonderful! This powerfully shows how Jesus gave everything to redeem the whole world to preserve a treasure in it, and the treasure is His people. We never can understand anything until we see it demonstrated before us. However, Jesus did not deny their claim to understand. As we learned two weeks ago, the kingdom of God will grow and grow! So he went away and sold everything he had. the possession of the forgiving and cleansing grace of God which is in Jesus Christ. The reason he joyfully goes and sells all that he has and buys that field, is that the man understands its true value. He found poverty and misery stalking the land. But when King Solomon met her he began to give presents to her, and his outweighed hers by far. [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.] He promises that it will grow - and God ALWAYS keeps His promises! All this has happened exactly as our Lord said and all of it is visible in history. The rocky places stood for the people who like hearing Gods word at first, but they dont let it take root in their hearts. Jesus came and offered the kingdom. But then they let greed and worry take over their heart and mind, and that chokes out the truth that they know. So prone is fallen man to sin, that if the enemy sow the tares, he may . The best pearls were worth extraordinary sums of money. The usual interpretation of these parables is that Christ is the hidden treasure and that he is the pearl of great price. In the parable of the soils, the seed represented the Word of God; here it represents true believers. New American Standard Version Is this not the carpenters son: Because these villagers were familiar with Jesus as a boy and accustomed to unspectacular things from Him, we may conclude that Jesus must have grown up a very normal boy unlike the fantastic stories told in apocryphal books like The Infancy of Jesus. Of greater importance in the history of the church has been the view that this actually means that the field is the church. The man was so excited to know that he could possibly own that treasure. This congressman said that Congress is really wrestling with this issue. Then he covered it over again when it was rejected by the people. These parables afford us a glimpse behind the scenes of history into factors and forces which are at work today but which we would never find reported on the pages of the newspaper. The view was largely assumed by the early church fathers, and the tendency to interpret the parable that way was reinforced by the Constantinian settlement. That treasure is the lost secret of how to get along with other nations, how to discover peace and prosperity and happiness and all the many results of peace that men have been seeking after for centuries. Then, as you can read in Mark's Gospel, our Lord went into the temple and he stopped the sacrifices. I want them to have it in the fullest possible way. (John 10:10). The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a. I. They each have the element of a man who discovers something valuable and sells all that he has and buys it. Assuming that the disciples did understand, they had an advantage over many among the multitudes. 44"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. Eventually, after several years, it ends up looking like a beautiful, shiny stone called a pearl. 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. They have not found it yet. 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. 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. As opposition began to mount against him and resistance to his message increased, our Lord withdrew from Jerusalem and went out into the desert. So they were offended at Him. They know there is some kind of tie between them, but they don't know what it is. The person who finds the treasure joyfully "sells all" to buy the field (13:44). There was no voice of God in their midst, no prophet speaking forth from God. Jesus is not saying that you must go out and sell everything you own. By that he indicated that the privilege of demonstrating the grace of God would he taken from Israel and given to the church. Ultimately it is not the job of the church to weed out those who appear to be Christians but actually are not; that is Gods job at the end of this age. So he unfolded it and unveiled it again. Jesus told a parable about a man who found something in a field that he did not own. The Communists claim that they have found it. This week I was talking with Bill Gwinn, the director of Mt. 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. The treasure is the secret of international peace, of harmony among the nations. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. Teacher Note: These parables are not a plea for us to sell all we have in order to obtain the kingdom - for we truly have nothing to offer God (Ephesians 2:5-9). He uncovered it. 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." Earlier he had pronounced judgment on the outlying cities: "Woe to you, Chorazin! (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. Click on the different category headings to find out more. He refused to go into the capital city again until his appointed hour had come. which is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost, the truth as it is in Jesus, the glad tidings. He merely states the way in which people do "actually" manage to obtain wealth. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls. 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. Yet it can also be asked out of deep appreciation of the fact that the Son of God took such a noble, lowly place. That is what our Lord wants us to ask. That shows how much he valued this pearl of great price, and how much Jesus values His people. The wheat comes into Gods barn from all over the world, from all ranks of society, from all ages of Gods church. i. 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. Pearls were highly prized in that time and place. 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. So it will be at the end of the age: There will be both the wicked and the just until the end of the age (as also demonstrated in the previous parable of the wheat and the tares). 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. He is saying that you should be willing to. Woe to you, Bethsaida! 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. 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. With a view of obtaining this, Jesus says that a man would go and sell his property and buy the field. " 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. You can see that these parables are very much alike. Now that is God's plan for the nations -- to provide a working model in the nation Israel. ii. Never, anywhere in Scripture is salvation ever offered to us as something we have to buy, or can buy. He covered it up again, buried it again. There is nothing wrong with that at all. I have this beautiful fruit. The one thing they have in common is that they were sown of the Lord, and from the good seed of His Word. He was left with nothing. 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. In Verses44 and45 Jesus says. This has certainly proved true in history. The goal of this game is to be the team who collects the most pearls in their bucket. Whatever the reason he was there, he found an amazing treasure, maybe similar to the emeralds. Notice that the man sold EVERYTHING. 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 went home and sold everything he owned: his house, his furniture, his jewelry, his sheep and goats. A buried treasure and a pricy pearl Matthew 13:44-46 44 "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. But we need to recognize that the parable of the treasure hidden in the field is the first of a series of three which our Lord gave in connection with the other four and on the same day, but, as Matthew is careful to tell us, he gave these to the disciples alone after they had gone back into the house. 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. ii. And like the first parable, the man gladly gave up everything he owned to get the pearl. He has previously identified himself as the central figure. And now, lastly, let us look at the point where the parables converge. This parable tells us that. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. 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. Nations are right to try to solve their problems and reconcile their differences. 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. 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. b. As time goes on, the sand is coated with more and more layers of this coating. One of the fascinating things about studying Scripture, especially in a series of parables, is to try to answer questions like that -- to seek to fit the puzzle of the parable to the pattern of life, and see where they correspond. 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. iii. These were men of the Word, and when our Lord spoke this parable, they would clearly remember the words of Exodus19. So according to the parable he hid the treasure again. And he bought that pearl. Was this a big hidden treasure? Read full chapter. Jesus takes away the sin of everyone who trusts in Him (John 1:29). The passage for this lection offers a counter-image to this destructive force. Instantly, the man knew that the treasure was incredibly valuable. The pearl is different than the treasure, and yet for both the Lord gave all that he had. That is why it is not enough to preach the gospel to people; you must also live it. They bring to mind the words of Philippians2: "Though he was equal with God he did not count it a thing to be held on to But he emptied himself, disenfranchised himself, pauperized himself -- he gave all that he had -- and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross," (Philippians 2:8). We want to be the kind of good soil that Jesus talked about. This storehouse contains things new and old. Divide your class into at least two relay race teams. He revealed for a brief flash of time the glory that was Israel. When our Lord came into the world and came to Israel he found that this treasure had been lost to the world. Pearls were especially valuable in Jesus day. What does Matthew 13:44 mean? There is nothing that even compares to a loving relationship with the Creator of the universe! But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. 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.. The gospel is more valuable than such a treasure, Psalm 19:10; Proverbs 3:13-15. Thank your volunteer. Notice that there are two things in this story which are immediately recognizable because we have had them before. Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. When the man found the treasure, he could have covered it back up, gone about his business, and forgotten all about it. But you arent quite able to taste it. 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. ii. The Word of God. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. 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. Before we read the parable, I want to tell you another true story. Every scribe: Jesus used the term here simply to describe a teacher. I hope that this is clear to the many of you, especially those of you who are younger, who are earnestly and zealously and quite dedicatedly trying to pursue world peace. Around us the storms may gather, but let us not shut out the hope that the burdens of fear and want may be lifted for a glorious era from the bruised and weary shoulders of mankind. That person is part of Gods kingdom. You can check these in your browser security settings. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. 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. - Matthew 13:45-46. Parables are stories about everyday people and things that help us understand spiritual truths. Treasure seekers searched the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, and the Indian Ocean to find oysters with pearls inside. Such, we may well believe, had been the history of the publicans and the fishermen who made up the company of the Twelve. 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. You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. But it is very evident that neither has found this secret. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" a. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. It is the very ordinariness of Jesus home background that causes the astonishment (cf. And he was telling me how divided among themselves the Israelis are and how they are separating into squabbling bickering groups, fighting each other, and into many political parties vying for power. Jodi is part of the Childrens Ministry team at Grace Fellowship Church, outside of Atlanta. a. The man who finds the treasure does not simply take 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. 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. b. 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. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. Brought to you by KidzLife, Unless otherwise noted the Scriptures taken from: Holy Bible, New International Readers Version, (NIrV). But is it only a dream? 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. Say: Pearls come from oysters. 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. When a man found it, he hid it again. Yet they do, and are worthy of respect because of that role. They concern things which are not quite as easily seen in the historical process. This week, well look at a parable in which Jesus told how much the kingdom of God is worth. Hard path, rocky places, thorny, and good soil. 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. (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.) 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. 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. Usually people take it to mean that God has chosen the Jews for a special destiny, to mean that they are to have special and uniquely privileged treatment, different than any other nation enjoys. Where then did this Man get all these things?. It is recorded in the motto of that fiftieth state. "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!" The oyster opens its shell to let water and food in. But with those dark glasses on, you cant see all the nice colors. But through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. I was reminded by that conversation of the words of the Secretary General of the United Nations, UThant. (Just as a comparison, the diamond on a womans wedding ring may be about one-quarter or one-half of a carat.) Something is hidden in the world. In 1998, a man named James Hill found a small cave full of emeralds on his familys property in North Carolina. The bigger and more perfectly round the pearl, the more valuable it is. He went into the city riding upon an ass in fulfillment of the prophecy of Zechariah, "Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on an ass, on a colt the foal of an ass," (Matthew 21:5, Zechariah 9:9). Maybe he was a hired helper for the man who owned the field, or maybe he was just passing through. And in those words, "he gave all that he had," the mystery of the darkness of the cross of Jesus Christ is implied. He declared it in great messages like the Sermon on the Mount. 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. I can take a bite and taste the amazing flavors. It turns out that Mr. Hills emeralds were some of the best quality emeralds in North America. And it is hidden within that human field so that Jesus had to buy the field in order to get the treasure. Yet He carefully said that the field is the world. But such is not the case; God did not choose Israel for that purpose. Even though these people had been looking for Gods kingdom, when they found it, it was far greater than what they had expected. Jodi has a passion for Biblical ac More, The Net Pastors Journal, Eng. Special thanks to John R. Cross, The Stranger on the Road to Emmaus, GoodSeed International. That is the story of the gospels. - Matthew 13:44, Props: Small plate of fruit, dark glasses, bandana; Strand of pearls (artificial is fine). And the nations of earth will never learn this righteousness finally, until Israel stands once again as a nation before God, recognizing the presence of God in their midst and providing a working model of how every nation ultimately shall be run by the provision and power of God. We are absolute paupers in God's sight. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. "Many turned back," the record says, "and no longer walked with him," (John 6:66). She was no inconsiderable monarch herself. i. By the grace of God, He sends His Holy Spirit to live inside of that person, and he or she is then able to do Gods will. Yet the point is clear, both in the world and in the kingdom community. He hideth - That is, he conceals the fact that he has found it; he does not tell of it. Matthew 13:45-46. - Matthew 13:44 We are not sure what this man was doing in someone else's field. He would be really endeavoring to gain property belonging to another at far less than its real value, and the principle of real integrity would require him to inform the owner of the discovery. For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'" We often think that spiritual people will be much more strange than normal. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. b. 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! 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. Jodi has over 20 years experience teaching children in large and small group settings. Application: The point of these two parables is the great value of being a part of Gods kingdom. Then he took all the money that he had made, and he bought that field. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. He has but hidden them away again. 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. i. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. God has his buried treasures and he is speaking of them in this parable. (Matthew uses the phrase kingdom of heaven while the other authors use kingdom of God, but they are one and the same.) 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! Say: Jesus often used parables to teach what the kingdom of God is like. Paul says of Israel, So I ask, have they stumbled so as to fall? This is what Paul tells us in the ninth, tenth, and eleventh chapters of Romans. 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. Men have dreamed of finding it for centuries. Let me ask you to think that the true treasure for a man lies in the kingdom of God. Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. And then he did an amazing thing. 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. 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. She has also spent many years mentoring Middle School and High School girls. Matthew 13:45 Parallel Verses [ See commentary ] Matthew 13:45, NIV: Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. 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. That means a change of mind, repentance, turning again to God and recognizing his presence in our midst. You can also change some of your preferences. We can see the treasure and we can just go back to our old way of life. Matthew 13:44-46 The Word of God . He was very happy. And then he went and gave all that he had and bought the field in which it is hidden. Immediately we are asking ourselves, "What is this treasure?" 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. Yet they had lost the secret of their own lives. Or maybe the field was for sale and the man was looking it over before deciding whether to buy it. Their hearts receive the message of the kingdom, and the seed takes root and produces lots of spiritual fruit. The church would thereafter demonstrate before men the healing grace of God as we will see in our next study together. If our country forgets that, it will lose its ability to stand as a nation among the other nations of the world. I have never forgotten something I learned years ago when in Hawaii. They fit together but they are not talking about exactly the same thing. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some of every kind, which, when it was full, they drew to shore; and they sat down and gathered the good into vessels, but threw the bad away. The oyster creates a coating that covers the sand or shell. 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