The first four parables, at which we have already looked, were delivered by the Sea of Galilee on a single memorable occasion when Jesus spoke to a great crowd who gathered about him. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.. Divide your class into at least two relay race teams. (Matthew 23:37, Luke 13:34). So, if there are some among us here, who, like Israel, have temporarily turned away from God and have been walking away from him, who may, like Israel, once have had sweet fellowship with the Lord but lately have been resisting, have turned aside and gone back, have lost faith and now are wandering in perplexity, puzzlement, and bewilderment, in obscurity, weakness, and defeat, nevertheless God's promises to you are just as sure as they are to Israel. Life outside of the kingdom of God is way less than God intended it to be. 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. We ask it in Jesus' name, Amen. 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. 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. -- for if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon [which were pagan communities], they would have repented long ago. 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. 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). 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. 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. That means obedience. The Lord Jesus says that he came and uncovered for a brief time the secret of world peace and prosperity. The one thing they have in common is that they were sown of the Lord, and from the good seed of His Word. 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. 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. But you arent quite able to taste it. b. The first four stories were given to the unbelieving seaside crowd. Justin Martyr, an ancient writer, testifieth, that our Saviour, ere he entered upon the ministry, made ploughs, yokes, and so forth. 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. Something was hidden, lost in the human race, but he uncovered it. They know there is some kind of tie between them, but they don't know what it is. It is not full life because it is life that is separate from God (Isaiah 59:2). 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. If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. Salvation is offered to us as a free gift, entirely by the grace of God. i. But Jesus came to make the kingdom available to everyone (Mark 1:15). 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. The parable of the hidden treasure found. ii. But our treasure - our immeasurably better treasure - has no limit! 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. The wheat comes into Gods barn from all over the world, from all ranks of society, from all ages of Gods church. 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 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. So they were offended at Him. But such is not the case; God did not choose Israel for that purpose. He refused to go into the capital city again until his appointed hour had come. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. You can read them in Matthew23 in the sharp series of woes that he pronounced against the Pharisees and the scribes. Now, what is it? i. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. Notice that the man sold EVERYTHING. That means a recognition of his healing power, and of the fact forgiveness is available for all the injuries and mistakes and wrong doings of our past. This is like the kingdom of God because it grows in the hearts of believers, and it grows throughout the world as more and more people enter the kingdom. b. 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. Jesus came and offered the kingdom. 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. They are part of the whole series of seven, but they were given only to the disciples, and there is something significant about that. Immediately we are asking ourselves, "What is this treasure?" 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. But, nevertheless, the Scriptures tell us that the secret is hidden from men until it be revealed through Israel. The discoveries disrupt normal daily life and priorities; they require risk and sacrifice. In a land as frequently ravaged as Palestine, many people doubtless buried their treasures; butto actually find a treasure would happen once in a thousand lifetimes. He has previously identified himself as the central figure. 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. a. 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. 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. This is why this nation is here. These two parables speak of how highly the King values the people of His kingdom. Finally, there was good soil. Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. He would never have called it that. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. Now that is God's plan for the nations -- to provide a working model in the nation Israel. Where then did this Man get all these things?. 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. However, Jesus did not deny their claim to understand. Thank your volunteer. And the crowds who had followed him, the multitudes who had hung upon his words faded away. 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. Such, we may well believe, had been the history of the publicans and the fishermen who made up the company of the Twelve. The kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet: Jesus shows that the world will remain divided right up until the end, and the Church will not reform the world, ushering in the kingdom. Place your hands together like an oyster shell. Men have dreamed of finding it for centuries. But these last three were spoken only to the men of faith, the disciples, who were ready to believe what God said. 44 "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. There they stand ready, being prepared right now to discover again, finally, the secret of their life. Share your treasure! Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. 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. Both men GLADLY, JOYFULLY gave up everything else to claim their new found treasure. If our country forgets that, it will lose its ability to stand as a nation among the other nations of the world. It was now subject to the Romans, crushed under the heel of an iron-hearted oppressor. The kingdom of God is the treasure. The pearl is different than the treasure, and yet for both the Lord gave all that he had. That means a change of mind, repentance, turning again to God and recognizing his presence in our midst. Then, as you can read in Mark's Gospel, our Lord went into the temple and he stopped the sacrifices. God has not forgotten Israel. In this parable, we learned that different people hear Gods truth and accept it in different ways. His conscience is uneasy. 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). The treasure was so important to him, that he joyfully gave up everything else in the world to gain that treasure. ii. It is recorded in the motto of that fiftieth state. The usual interpretation of these parables is that Christ is the hidden treasure and that he is the pearl of great price. Instantly, the man knew that the treasure was incredibly valuable. Matthew 13:44-46 The Word of God . Pearls were especially valuable in Jesus day. Application: When we discover that we can enter Gods kingdom, we have a choice to make, just as the man in the field did. He himself is deeply involved in it. All rights reserved worldwide. But through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. 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 went home and sold everything he owned: his house, his furniture, his jewelry, his sheep and goats. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. Eventually he came again into the city and there he pronounced solemn and serious words of judgment against the nation. And there it remains until our Lord's return. 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. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. Is this not the carpenters son: This question was asked out of ignorant prejudice. We pray, Lord Jesus, that we may all apply this to our lives, and that we may understand that you desire to heal us and bring us right now into an experience of joy and glory and gladness and fruitfulness. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. (Romans 11:15 RSV). (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.) If you belong to the kingdom, you have the greatest treasure! This casts special scorn upon the great evil angel. Copyright 1995, 1996, 1998 by International Bible Society / Used by permission of IBS-STL. 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. It is listening to His voice. 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. The success and glory of Jesus seemed only to make them more resentful towards Him. They put their trust in Jesus. Woe to you, Bethsaida! This time, He compares the kingdom of heaven to treasure found hidden in a field. God wants ALL people to believe in Jesus and enter into His kingdom (1 Peter 2:9). The old Puritan commentator John Trapp here remarked that unbelief was A sin of that venomous nature, that it transfuseth, as it were, a dead palsy into the hands of omnipotency., 2018 David Guzik No distribution beyond personal use without permission. "Many turned back," the record says, "and no longer walked with him," (John 6:66). He is saying that NOTHING compares in value to the new life that the King wants to give you. 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. Hermon Christian Conference Center. (Matthew 13:44-46 RSV). But in this parable, the man was actively looking for the treasure. They have erected great organizations to try to bring it about, to produce this hidden treasure. (Matthew uses the phrase kingdom of heaven while the other authors use kingdom of God, but they are one and the same.) It sure was, and it was right in the mans own backyard! There would be a partial failure of the seed of the Word because of the conditions of some of the hearts into which it fell. Of greater importance in the history of the church has been the view that this actually means that the field is the church. Never, anywhere in Scripture is salvation ever offered to us as something we have to buy, or can buy. Every scribe: Jesus used the term here simply to describe a teacher. 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. 44"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. Psalms 135:4 KJV). And when we know the value of what we have as members of the kingdom, shouldnt we share it with everyone we know? The kingdom of God is wherever the will of God is done. So he unfolded it and unveiled it again. Teacher: Call up a volunteer. 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. 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. 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. This stood for the people who hear Gods word and believe it fully. He knew that the treasure was better than his home and his belongings. 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. Under rabbinic law if a workman came on a treasure in a field and lifted it out, it would belong to his master, the fields owner; but here the man is careful not to lift the treasure out till he has bought the field. (Carson). They concern things which are not quite as easily seen in the historical process. 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When the man found the treasure, he could have covered it back up, gone about his business, and forgotten all about it. 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 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. 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. In these two parables our Lord is telling us the reasons for the cross. The man was so excited to know that he could possibly own that treasure. But the wonderful thing the Lord tells us here is that he has not given up his purpose. He was full of joy over this discovery. When I peel it, you cant smell it like I can smell it. The problem with his emerald treasure was that there was a limited supply. 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. I have never forgotten something I learned years ago when in Hawaii. So we already have clues as to what these mean.The man in these parables is always Jesus himself. The life of this land, like that of any other land, is preserved by righteousness. 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. " 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. But with those dark glasses on, you cant see all the nice colors. The treasure was too great to forget about! God has his buried treasures and he is speaking of them in this parable. He entered into all of that. 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. For more than four hundred years Israel had been an obscure, tiny little nation. 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. The seed starts out really small, but in time it grows to be one of the largest plants in the garden. We have nothing to offer him, nothing that we can give in return. This treasure is freely given by God, the King, to everyone who trusts in Him. iii. The merchant "sold all" to buy the pearl. goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that fieldin which case, by Jewish law, the treasure would become his own. Maybe he was a hired helper for the man who owned the field, or maybe he was just passing through. I was reminded by that conversation of the words of the Secretary General of the United Nations, UThant. Ask: Does anyone know where pearls come from? For Israel, even in rejection, even in failure, is still an example to the people of the world. (Just as a comparison, the diamond on a womans wedding ring may be about one-quarter or one-half of a carat.) Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works? ii. For permission to use this content, please review Then he covered it over again when it was rejected by the people. Matthew 13:45 Parallel Verses [ See commentary ] Matthew 13:45, NIV: Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. 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. Let me ask you to think that the true treasure for a man lies in the kingdom of God. She wasn't just Queen for a Day. He uncovered it but buried it again, and now it is hidden once more. And then he demonstrated it by healing the multitudes, by driving the moneychangers out of the temple, by feeding the thousands with bread and fish, and by rebuking death and evil everywhere he went. 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. All rights reserved. Instead, he leaves it there, sells everything he has, and buys the field in order to get the treasure it contains. 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. That is the story of the gospels. 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. Yet the point is clear, both in the world and in the kingdom community. But it is very evident that neither has found this secret. Jodi has a passion for Biblical ac More, The Net Pastors Journal, Eng. [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.] Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. This parable tells us that. 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. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. Nations are right to try to solve their problems and reconcile their differences. In these actions, the power of that which has been found is seen to be at work. He probably laid awake each night thinking about the treasure until it was his. Everyone who chooses to trust in Him has kingdom life - life to the fullest! b. But Christ does not intend to vindicate his conduct. Clearly, the treasure in that field was worth more than everything else that the man owned. The Word of God. 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). Click on the different category headings to find out more. Two weeks ago, we read as Jesus compared the kingdom of God to a mustard seed. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. I can take a bite and taste the amazing flavors. 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