But through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. - Matthew 13:44, Props: Small plate of fruit, dark glasses, bandana; Strand of pearls (artificial is fine). Instantly, the man knew that the treasure was incredibly valuable. 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. Read full chapter. Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works? 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 iii. He found poverty and misery stalking the land. May be reproduced for personal, nonprofit, and non-commercial uses only. 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. 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. You see, as our Lord indicates, it is something related to the field, to humanity. ii. Paul says of Israel, So I ask, have they stumbled so as to fall? 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. 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. So he unfolded it and unveiled it again. This parable and the one following are different in character than the previous three. It turns out that Mr. Hills emeralds were some of the best quality emeralds in North America. In these actions, the power of that which has been found is seen to be at work. It is recorded in the motto of that fiftieth state. Learning Context: Sunday School Target Time Frame: 45 minutes Memory Verse: Matthew 13:44 "The kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. He merely states the way in which people do "actually" manage to obtain wealth. 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). There is additional significance in saying, The field is the world instead of The field is Israel. This brief statement presupposes a mission beyond Israel. (Carson). As time goes on, the sand is coated with more and more layers of this coating. They have not yet grasped again the lost secret of their nation -- that the nation which walks in right relationship to him, God will heal. A furnace of fire represents one destiny and radiant glory (shine forth as the sun) the other destiny. 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. And then he went and gave all that he had and bought the field in which it is hidden. 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. When I peel it, you cant smell it like I can smell it. Life outside of the kingdom of God is way less than God intended it to be. But you have refused," (Matthew 11:21, Luke 10:13). So it will be at the end of the age. I have never forgotten something I learned years ago when in Hawaii. Clearly, the treasure in that field was worth more than everything else that the man owned. But our treasure - our immeasurably better treasure - has no limit! 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. "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!" 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. Eventually he came again into the city and there he pronounced solemn and serious words of judgment against the nation. This time, He compares the kingdom of heaven to treasure found hidden in a field. It is knowing the Father, the King. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. [That is, Israel had obviously stumbled at that time, but have they fallen completely?] But was not that an honest occupation? (Trapp), iii. Life outside the kingdom is sort of like this. But these last three were spoken only to the men of faith, the disciples, who were ready to believe what God said. Say: This summer we have been studying the parables that Jesus taught. Now notice, secondly, the concealment of the treasure. This parable powerfully teaches that it is Gods job to divide in judgment. This is a dream and a vision that men have long held. This stood for the people who hear Gods word and believe it fully. And she brought with her a great retinue bearing exotic spices, gold, silver, precious stones, beautiful cloth, an amazing array of presents for King Solomon. 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. Mr. Hill, the man who found emeralds in his backyard, hired guards to keep watch over his treasure. Such, we may well believe, had been the history of the publicans and the fishermen who made up the company of the Twelve. John 6:42). (France), ii. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. How do you find this secret? You are in the heat of the battle, it rages around you. Eventually, after several years, it ends up looking like a beautiful, shiny stone called a pearl. Before we read the parable, I want to tell you another true story. Special thanks to John R. Cross, The Stranger on the Road to Emmaus, GoodSeed International. It was a partial demonstration, never complete, never full. This storehouse contains things new and old. The man who finds the treasure does not simply take it. There is a man, and there is a field. Nations are right to try to solve their problems and reconcile their differences. 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. 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.. He is saying that you should be willing to. Take off the glasses and bandana and allow the volunteer to eat the fruit. If you have that, you are rich; if you do not possess it, you are poor. Jesus is not pointing out what we must give up to enter His kingdom. But it is very evident that neither has found this secret. Both men GLADLY, JOYFULLY gave up everything else to claim their new found treasure. The kingdom of God is wherever the will of God is done. 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. The kingdom of God is the treasure. i. The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a. I. 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. 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. 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. They fit together but they are not talking about exactly the same thing. Yet it can also be asked out of deep appreciation of the fact that the Son of God took such a noble, lowly place. 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. 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. 3. It is having His peace, His joy, His love, and His power. 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. Matthew 13:45 Parallel Verses [ See commentary ] Matthew 13:45, NIV: Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. 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. Then he took all the money that he had made, and he bought that field. That is the story of the gospels. The previous three parables (the wheat and the tares, the mustard seed, and the leaven) each spoke of corruption in the kingdom community. You need only read the book of Deuteronomy to know that God set aside this people, the Jews, in order that they should be a showcase of theocracy to all the other nations of the world. However, Jesus did not deny their claim to understand. a. She has also spent many years mentoring Middle School and High School girls. He promises that it will grow - and God ALWAYS keeps His promises! Yet He carefully said that the field is the world. (Matthew 13:44). Parables are stories about everyday people and things that help us understand spiritual truths. ii. 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. All this has happened exactly as our Lord said and all of it is visible in history. People bring the same charge against Jesus today; I see those associated with Him, and they seem lowly or very normal; Jesus must also not be special., c. Where then did this Man get all these things: Their reception of Jesus was not welcoming or friendly. It is a visible example to all mankind of the way God deals with humanity. 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? 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." Brought to you by KidzLife, Unless otherwise noted the Scriptures taken from: Holy Bible, New International Readers Version, (NIrV). The person who finds the treasure joyfully "sells all" to buy the field (13:44). We ask it in Jesus' name, Amen. He is telling us that it is worth more than everything else. The truth often lies buried: it is like rich veins of ore in the sacred Scriptures; it must be searched out with diligence, and its discovery will repay a man for all his sacrifices, Luke 14:33; Philippians 3:8. the which when a man hath foundthat is, unexpectedly found. 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. They are part of the whole series of seven, but they were given only to the disciples, and there is something significant about that. 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. The United Nations exists for this very purpose. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.. 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. It recognizes the allure and the mystery which always gathers around the notion of hidden treasure. 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. There is an honest cry from the harassed heart of a statesman who is desperately trying to find the treasure that is hidden in man, the secret of world peace. 44 "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. God has not forgotten Israel. The word peace is on everyone's lips today. Say: Jesus often used parables to teach what the kingdom of God is like. a. 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 nation would not have it, would not have him, and they rejected him. Pearls were especially valuable in Jesus day. Finally, there was good soil. 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). 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. He was in Israel not long ago. the pearl of great price: who is of an unspeakable brightness and glory, of intrinsic worth and value; who is enriching to those that possess him, and precious to them that believe; and of such a price, that no valuable consideration can be given for him: wherefore such a soul is willing to part with all for him; with sinful self, and righteous self; and with the honours, riches, and profits of this world; and buy him, his grace and righteousness, without money, and without price. We may request cookies to be set on your device. It is the very ordinariness of Jesus home background that causes the astonishment (cf. He hideth - That is, he conceals the fact that he has found it; he does not tell of 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. Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. The pearl is different than the treasure, and yet for both the Lord gave all that he had. That is Israel's purpose and there was a time in their developing history when it was partially fulfilled. I was reminded by that conversation of the words of the Secretary General of the United Nations, UThant. 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. 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. This parable likely also fired the imaginations of Jesus' listeners, because it pictures unexpected good fortune. 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. He declared it in great messages like the Sermon on the Mount. He went home and sold everything he owned: his house, his furniture, his jewelry, his sheep and goats. We come to the fifth parable this morning, the parable of the buried treasure. Jesus came and offered the kingdom. '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. Something was hidden, lost in the human race, but he uncovered it. But when King Solomon met her he began to give presents to her, and his outweighed hers by far. 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. So they were offended at Him. We never can understand anything until we see it demonstrated before us. Ask: Who can remember the four different soils Jesus talked about? Subject to permissions policy, all rights reserved. Though they are surrounded and ringed by enemies armed to the teeth who are vowing to wipe every Jew off the face of the earth, Nevertheless, as is obvious, they do not understand the secret of their own life and are trying to produce peace and stability by democratic methods and consensus and compromise. Because each of us sins, none of us can do the perfect will of God. 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. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. III. And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas? The shell has two parts that are hinged together like this. 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. 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. That is why it is not enough to preach the gospel to people; you must also live it. Bengel's Gnomen Matthew 13:45. And yet they are extremely controlling of human events. Therefore, those closest to truly spiritual people see just how normal they are and sometimes think that they arent spiritual because they are normal. And do you know that all this is not without its application to us as individuals as well? Is this not the carpenters son: This question was asked out of ignorant prejudice. (Matthew 13:44-46 RSV). But such is not the case; God did not choose Israel for that purpose. This treasure is freely given by God, the King, to everyone who trusts in Him. In these two parables our Lord is telling us the reasons for the cross. Main Point: The Kingdom of God is worth far more than anything else. She was a great queen in her own right. "Many turned back," the record says, "and no longer walked with him," (John 6:66). They know there is some kind of tie between them, but they don't know what it is. 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. This one features a merchant in search of fine pearls. It is not full life because it is life that is separate from God (Isaiah 59:2). Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. His conscience is uneasy. i. Jesus told a parable about a man who found something in a field that he did not own. 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. 45 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. But with those dark glasses on, you cant see all the nice colors. He uncovered it. This has certainly proved true in history. They concern things which are not quite as easily seen in the historical process. 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). 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. Thank God for those documents, but they have no power to hold us together as a people, to preserve our national liberties or our national life. We are absolute paupers in God's sight.
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