Finding the treasure appears to be by chance. 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. Such that have ability and leisure, may consult a controversy in Philostratus (l), between two persons, the buyer and seller of a field; in which, after the purchase, a treasure was found, when the seller claimed it as his; urging, that had he known of it, he would never have sold him the field: the buyer, on the other hand, insisted on its being his property; alleging that all was his which was contained in the land bought by him. The kingdom of heaven is like treasure that was hidden in a field. Jesus said, "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. When 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 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. This treasure is freely given by God, the King, to everyone who trusts in Him. Place your hands together like an oyster shell. The kingdom of God is wherever the will of God is done. He declared it in great messages like the Sermon on the Mount. The treasure was so important to him, that he joyfully gave up everything else in the world to gain that treasure. It is hidden from most people. 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. The United Nations exists for this very purpose. We are absolute paupers in God's sight. God is in control. He would never have called it that. Augustine made the interpretation official struggling against the DonatistsMost Reformers followed the same line. (Carson). They speak skeptically and will refer to Him only as this Man.. Bengel's Gnomen Matthew 13:45. For more than four hundred years Israel had been an obscure, tiny little nation. [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 total weight of the emeralds was about 3,300 carats. To the ancient peoples, as we have just seen, a pearl was the loveliest of all possessions; that means that the Kingdom of Heaven is the loveliest thing in the world. (Barclay). So he unfolded it and unveiled it again. In this parable, we learned that different people hear Gods truth and accept it in different ways. 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. Matthew 12. 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). This casts special scorn upon the great evil angel. This is what we human beings need. Never, anywhere in Scripture is salvation ever offered to us as something we have to buy, or can buy. a. But Jesus came to make the kingdom available to everyone (Mark 1:15). 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. She reviewed all the glories of the kingdom of Solomon and was amazed and staggered by what she saw. He knew the aching loneliness, the heartache, the misery, the rejection, the sense of despair, of self-loathing, of emptiness and worthlessness and meaninglessness, and the awful hostility that sin engenders. 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 to enable/disable essential site cookies. 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. 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 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. They said to Him, Yes, Lord. We wonder if the disciples really did understand Jesus here. Say: Pearls come from oysters. 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 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. We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. The Parable of the Hidden Treasure (Matthew 13:44) "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure 1 hidden 2 in a field. All this has happened exactly as our Lord said and all of it is visible in history. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. Matthew 13:44-50; Acts 26:9-20; Ephesians 2:8-9; Jeremiah 29:13; Luke 14:25-33; Lesson Introduction Game: Pearl Race. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. They concern things which are not quite as easily seen in the historical process. I have this beautiful fruit. THE PARABLE OF THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls" (v. 45). 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. '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 . '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 nation would not have it, would not have him, and they rejected him. But there would be one kind of heart in which the seed would grow up into a harvest and produce fruit. Their hearts receive the message of the kingdom, and the seed takes root and produces lots of spiritual fruit. Then he went and gave all that he had and bought that field of humanity. When our Lord came into the world and came to Israel he found that this treasure had been lost to the world. They each have the element of a man who discovers something valuable and sells all that he has and buys it. How do you find this secret? "We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, against the spirit forces that are in high places." 5. he hideth, and for joy thereofon perceiving what a treasure he had lighted on, surpassing the worth of all he possessed. And when He had come to His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works? Such, we may well believe, had been the history of the publicans and the fishermen who made up the company of the Twelve. Or maybe the field was for sale and the man was looking it over before deciding whether to buy it. b. iv. which is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost, the truth as it is in Jesus, the glad tidings. 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). i. Jesus is not pointing out what we must give up to enter His kingdom. - Matthew 13:45-46. Hermon Christian Conference Center. 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. Thank your volunteer. When the man found the treasure, he could have covered it back up, gone about his business, and forgotten all about it. She has also spent many years mentoring Middle School and High School girls. But the exciting thing about Scripture is that in it we are always dealing with fact, not fancy. i. God wants ALL people to believe in Jesus and enter into His kingdom (1 Peter 2:9). When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. We may request cookies to be set on your device. This week, well look at a parable in which Jesus told how much the kingdom of God is worth. After you have been instructed by me, you have the knowledge, not only of the things you used to know, but of things you never knew before, and even the knowledge which you had before is illuminated by what I have told to you. (Barclay), iv. ii. 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