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. The Lord Jesus says that he came and uncovered for a brief time the secret of world peace and prosperity. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. Bengel's Gnomen Matthew 13:45. Something is hidden in the world. 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. iii. Where then did this Man get all these things?. i. Instead of being received by the rulers and leaders of the people he was rejected. The pearl is different than the treasure, and yet for both the Lord gave all that he had. And like the first parable, the man gladly gave up everything he owned to get the pearl. 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. He knew that the treasure was better than his home and his belongings. There was no voice of God in their midst, no prophet speaking forth from God. 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. Life outside the kingdom is sort of like this. b. This is what we human beings need. The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl. Immediately we are asking ourselves, "What is this treasure?" With these clues that our Lord himself has given us, we now have the key to the understanding of this parable. 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 our Lord said in the third parable that there would be an abnormal and an unnatural growth of the seed that he planted. III. And then he did an amazing thing. He himself is deeply involved in it. 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. a. Jesus takes away the sin of everyone who trusts in Him (John 1:29). 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. Two weeks ago, we read as Jesus compared the kingdom of God to a mustard seed. Their hearts receive the message of the kingdom, and the seed takes root and produces lots of spiritual fruit. Jesus is not pointing out what we must give up to enter His kingdom. Matthew 13:45 "The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. This congressman said that Congress is really wrestling with this issue. 44 "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. So the secret of world peace is wrapped up, bound up, in this strange nation, Israel. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. He would never have called it that. Notice that the man sold EVERYTHING. 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. 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. 4. God wants ALL people to believe in Jesus and enter into His kingdom (1 Peter 2:9). d. The reapers are angels The Son of Man will send out His angels: We often dont consider that the angels of God have a special role in the judgment of the world. Thus the extravagance of the parable dramatizes the supreme importance of the kingdom. (Carson), ii. 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. 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 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.. 2007 BibleLessons4Kidz.com All rights reserved worldwide. Yet they had lost the secret of their own lives. We need 2 cookies to store this setting. Say: This summer we have been studying the parables that Jesus taught. He went home and sold everything he owned: his house, his furniture, his jewelry, his sheep and goats. But our treasure - our immeasurably better treasure - has no limit! Western democracies say that they have found it. There are banners and placards everywhere you go in America, crying out for peace. In this parable, we learned that different people hear Gods truth and accept it in different ways. We often think that spiritual people will be much more strange than normal. There is a man, and there is a field. 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. Finally Jesus left the city once more and went out to his death. 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. 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. It would grow into an ungainly tree with many great branches, a powerful, prestigious structure that would attract birds of prey, evil men who would come into the church and build their nests there, i.e., establish their authority there, and thus would produce something entirely different than the effective, pungent, but low-profile approach to humanity that the Lord desired. But then they let greed and worry take over their heart and mind, and that chokes out the truth that they know. Hermon Christian Conference Center. Yet the point is clear, both in the world and in the kingdom community. All this has happened exactly as our Lord said and all of it is visible in history. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field. ii. It is intriguing to realize that Scripture deals with this subject as well. 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. (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. 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. Then, as you can read in Mark's Gospel, our Lord went into the temple and he stopped the sacrifices. But in this parable, the man was actively looking for the treasure. When the world sees again a visible manifestation of what God intends a nation to do, then the nations will learn world peace. 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. But he hid it again. 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). So he went away and sold everything he had. Share your treasure! He uncovered it but buried it again, and now it is hidden once more. (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.) Next, the thorny soil stood for those people who trust Gods word and begin to bear fruit. 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. i. He was very happy. But I submit to you that that is false, and obviously so. There is nothing that even compares to a loving relationship with the Creator of the universe! Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works? Jesus told a parable about a man who found something in a field that he did not own. Next week we will go on to see how this parable ties very closely with the next one, the parable of the pearl of great price. Before we read the parable, I want to tell you another true story. The discoveries disrupt normal daily life and priorities; they require risk and sacrifice. But through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. 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. These were men of the Word, and when our Lord spoke this parable, they would clearly remember the words of Exodus19. 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? - Matthew 13:44, Props: Small plate of fruit, dark glasses, bandana; Strand of pearls (artificial is fine). 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. Divide your class into at least two relay race teams. He probably laid awake each night thinking about the treasure until it was his. '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 . (Matthew 13:44-46 RSV). Matthew 13:45 Parallel Verses [ See commentary ] Matthew 13:45, NIV: Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. It is having His peace, His joy, His love, and His power. This is what Paul tells us in the ninth, tenth, and eleventh chapters of Romans. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. Matthew 13:44 Meaning of Heaven Is like Treasure Hidden in a Field Oct 15, 2020 by Editor in Chief Matthew 13:44 "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. (You see, congressmen don't spend all their time smoking cigars and kissing babies.) How do you find this secret? But you arent quite able to taste it. The United Nations exists for this very purpose. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. He, too, knew that nothing he owned could compare to the great treasure he had finally found. He ended them, and then he said to the people, "The kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a nation that will bring forth the fruits of it," (Matthew 21:43). For 1900 years Israel was utterly lost among the nations, dispersed. I can take a bite and taste the amazing flavors. God has not forgotten Israel. The nation's glory was gone. 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). You can see that these parables are very much alike. Pearls were highly prized in that time and place. 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. Of Romans this treasure? of spiritual fruit opening a new browser window or new a tab we allow to! 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