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. There is nothing wrong with that at all. The Lord Jesus says that he came and uncovered for a brief time the secret of world peace and prosperity. But then they let greed and worry take over their heart and mind, and that chokes out the truth that they know. A furnace of fire represents one destiny and radiant glory (shine forth as the sun) the other destiny. But it is very evident that neither has found this secret. And there it remains until our Lord's return. 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). We may request cookies to be set on your device. Immediately we are asking ourselves, "What is this treasure?" a. But, nevertheless, the Scriptures tell us that the secret is hidden from men until it be revealed through Israel. We speak of the Jews as "the chosen people," and unfortunately a very grave misconception of that phrase has arisen. It would be his duty to inform the owner of the field of the discovery. ii. But you know what happened. Jesus compared the kingdom of God to the hidden treasure. Life outside of the kingdom of God is way less than God intended it to be. There is nothing that even compares to a loving relationship with the Creator of the universe! 13:49). 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. We ask it in Jesus' name, Amen. And sometimes a piece of sand or shell gets in. It is knowing the Father, the King. So he went away and sold everything he had. b. Such, we may well believe, had been the history of the publicans and the fishermen who made up the company of the Twelve. Every scribe: Jesus used the term here simply to describe a teacher. 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. Say: Jesus continued by telling another, similar parable. The word peace is on everyone's lips today. 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. a. Read full chapter. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. They have not found it yet. (Romans 11:15 RSV). When our Lord came into the world and came to Israel he found that this treasure had been lost to 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. And then he went and gave all that he had and bought the field in which it is hidden. 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. I want them to have it in the fullest possible way. (John 10:10). So we already have clues as to what these mean.The man in these parables is always Jesus himself. But then the parable says, "Then in his joy the man went and gave all that he had and bought the field." Jodi is part of the Childrens Ministry team at Grace Fellowship Church, outside of Atlanta. That is what our Lord wants us to ask. If you belong to the kingdom, you have the greatest treasure! Matthew 13:44-46 The Word of God . Earlier he had pronounced judgment on the outlying cities: "Woe to you, Chorazin! All rights reserved worldwide. Jesus came, he says, and found a treasure hidden in humanity. But the exciting thing about Scripture is that in it we are always dealing with fact, not fancy. Hard path, rocky places, thorny, and good soil. That is Israel's purpose and there was a time in their developing history when it was partially fulfilled. And in that we can see revealed the heart of God who looks at this broken and fragmented world, with all its injustice, heartache, sorrow, violence, and slaughter, and yet has not forgotten his purposes and has preserved the secret of world peace in a treasure hidden among the nations which he shall someday bring forth again. When they were cut and polished, they were worth millions of dollars. It is listening to His voice. 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. Subject to permissions policy, all rights reserved. he hideth, and for joy thereofon perceiving what a treasure he had lighted on, surpassing the worth of all he possessed. 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. This one features a merchant in search of fine pearls. That is what keeps a nation strong. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. The bigger and more perfectly round the pearl, the more valuable it is. Jesus came and offered the kingdom. So he went and sold everything he had. (Matthew 13:44-46 RSV). "Many turned back," the record says, "and no longer walked with him," (John 6:66). Even the Jewish people themselves misunderstand it to a large degree. This is what Paul tells us in the ninth, tenth, and eleventh chapters of Romans. '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 crowd was large that he moved out from shore in a boat to be able to speak to them and teach them these parables. But such is not the case; God did not choose Israel for that purpose. Mr. Hill, the man who found emeralds in his backyard, hired guards to keep watch over his treasure. 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. 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. a. But I submit to you that that is false, and obviously so. c. He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief: It is truly remarkable that Jesus was, in some manner, limited by their unbelief. He uncovered it but buried it again, and now it is hidden once more. He chose them to be a representative nation, to be a working model of what a nation ought to be, in order that other nations might share that knowledge. . The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. Is this not the carpenters son: This question was asked out of ignorant prejudice. This was a great surprise! These were men of the Word, and when our Lord spoke this parable, they would clearly remember the words of Exodus19. iii. She was no inconsiderable monarch herself. The United Nations exists for this very purpose. The oyster opens its shell to let water and food in. All this has happened exactly as our Lord said and all of it is visible in history. b. i. 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. They have erected great organizations to try to bring it about, to produce this hidden treasure. We want to be the kind of good soil that Jesus talked about. Notice that the man sold EVERYTHING. Yet the point is clear, both in the world and in the kingdom community. These are underwater animals that live inside of a shell. The "sea" here is clearly the world, since that is where people are gathered from by the angels (Matt. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. Instead, Jesus is the man who gave all that He had to buy the field. This motto is a result of the work of the early Christian missionaries who came from New England in the 19th century. Jodi has over 20 years experience teaching children in large and small group settings. 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. This congressman said that Congress is really wrestling with this issue. It is recorded in the motto of that fiftieth state. 44"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When the man found the treasure, he could have covered it back up, gone about his business, and forgotten all about it. Now that is God's plan for the nations -- to provide a working model in the nation Israel. Salvation is offered to us as a free gift, entirely by the grace of God. By no means! He uncovered it. MATTHEW 13:45-46. And the field, he has told us, is the world, the world of humanity, the human race, all of society. 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. 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. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. 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. You should not love anything or anyone more than you love the King, God Himself. On our own, we cannot be part of Gods kingdom. 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. 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. Jesus takes away the sin of everyone who trusts in Him (John 1:29). It is the best life possible. And His sisters, are they not all with us? We often think that spiritual people will be much more strange than normal. The kingdom of heaven is like treasure that was hidden in a field. 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. The man was so excited to know that he could possibly own that treasure. That is why it is not enough to preach the gospel to people; you must also live it. 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. I can take a bite and taste the amazing flavors. He knew that the treasure was better than his home and his belongings. Hermon Christian Conference Center. Assuming that the disciples did understand, they had an advantage over many among the multitudes. You see, as our Lord indicates, it is something related to the field, to humanity. 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. 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. 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 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. He covered it up again, buried it again. 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. Click to enable/disable Google reCaptcha. What a beautiful dream. 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). 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. 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). Click on the different category headings to find out more. Ask: Does anyone know where pearls come from? He probably laid awake each night thinking about the treasure until it was his. Matthew 13:45 Parallel Verses [ See commentary ] Matthew 13:45, NIV: Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. 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). How often would have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not! I hope you never open your Bibles without the sense that here is a book which gives you vital, inside information which you can get from no other source and which will help you to understand yourself, and life, and the mystery of history, more than you possibly could in any other way. That means obedience. 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. 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 man who finds the treasure does not simply take it. But in this parable, the man was actively looking for the treasure. Then he took all the money that he had made, and he bought that field. This parable likely also fired the imaginations of Jesus' listeners, because it pictures unexpected good fortune. The angels will come forth, separate the wicked from among the just, and cast them into the furnace of fire. The nation would not have it, would not have him, and they rejected him. Parables are stories about everyday people and things that help us understand spiritual truths. When our Lord covered the treasure over it was hidden completely in the field of humanity again. 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. Bengel's Gnomen Matthew 13:45. It was hidden when our Lord came. Matthew 13:45-46. Jesus wants it to grow! This has certainly proved true in history. 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. Main Point: The Kingdom of God is worth far more than anything else. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. 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. This week, well look at a parable in which Jesus told how much the kingdom of God is worth. 2007 BibleLessons4Kidz.com All rights reserved worldwide. We need 2 cookies to store this setting. Finally Jesus left the city once more and went out to his death. This treasure is freely given by God, the King, to everyone who trusts in Him. The reference, as in the weeds, is not primarily to a mixed church, but to the division among mankind in general which the last judgment will bring to light. (France), Jesus said to them, Have you understood all these things? They said to Him, Yes, Lord. Then He said to them, Therefore every scribe instructed concerning the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old.. We come to the fifth parable this morning, the parable of the buried treasure. Jesus told a parable about a man who found something in a field that he did not own. 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. Paul says of Israel, So I ask, have they stumbled so as to fall? The previous three parables (the wheat and the tares, the mustard seed, and the leaven) each spoke of corruption in the kingdom community. which is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost, the truth as it is in Jesus, the glad tidings. Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. 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. If you have that, you are rich; if you do not possess it, you are poor. ii. The rocky places stood for the people who like hearing Gods word at first, but they dont let it take root in their hearts. Last week, we read Jesus parable about the four soils. But you arent quite able to taste it. But thats not what he did. 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. "We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, against the spirit forces that are in high places." 5. Or maybe the field was for sale and the man was looking it over before deciding whether to buy it. His conscience is uneasy. 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. Then, as you can read in Mark's Gospel, our Lord went into the temple and he stopped the sacrifices. He was in Israel not long ago. a. - Matthew 13:45-46. Because each of us sins, none of us can do the perfect will of God. 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. 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. 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.. Then he covered it over again when it was rejected by the people. When I peel it, you cant smell it like I can smell it. i. Something is hidden in the world. Matthew 13:44-50; Acts 26:9-20; Ephesians 2:8-9; Jeremiah 29:13; Luke 14:25-33; Lesson Introduction Game: Pearl Race. Notice that there are two things in this story which are immediately recognizable because we have had them before. In the short course of the three and a half years of our Lord's ministry he uncovered the treasure of Israel, the secret of this nation's life. 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. 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. 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. Yet it can also be asked out of deep appreciation of the fact that the Son of God took such a noble, lowly place. 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. Matthew 12. A crowd of children and humble folk were the only ones who recognized him and went ahead of him waving palm branches and crying, "Hosanna! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. 45 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. It sure was, and it was right in the mans own backyard! 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. However, Jesus did not deny their claim to understand. 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). If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. 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. And yet they are extremely controlling of human events. 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.. a. Maybe he was a hired helper for the man who owned the field, or maybe he was just passing through. The Parable of the Hidden Treasure (Matthew 13:44) "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure 1 hidden 2 in a field. (Matthew 21:9, Mark 11:9, John 12:13). 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 know there is some kind of tie between them, but they don't know what it is. 44 "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. 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. Nations are right to try to solve their problems and reconcile their differences. It is not full life because it is life that is separate from God (Isaiah 59:2). You can check these in your browser security settings. He felt the condemnation of a righteous God. Put dark glasses on her and tie the handkerchief LOOSELY to cover her nose and mouth (bandit style). Application: The point of these two parables is the great value of being a part of Gods kingdom. Even though these people had been looking for Gods kingdom, when they found it, it was far greater than what they had expected. 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. He was left with nothing. The parable of the hidden treasure found. The problem with his emerald treasure was that there was a limited supply. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. But the wonderful thing the Lord tells us here is that he has not given up his purpose. The tares represent false believers in the world, the sons of the wicked one, who (like tares among wheat) may superficially look like Gods true people. She has also spent many years mentoring Middle School and High School girls. Then she asked him for the secret and Solomon took her to the temple and there he showed her the worship of Jehovah, showed her how this nation was related to the God of glory and that it was their understanding of God which produced the magnificence she had seen. Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. And our Lord found the nation in bondage, the temple overrun with moneychangers, commercial charlatans making a fast buck by preying upon the worship of the people. When he found it, what did he do? Teacher: Show your pearls. Commentary on Matthew 13:24-30. This parable tells us that. And do you know that all this is not without its application to us as individuals as well? 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. 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 are banners and placards everywhere you go in America, crying out for peace. We are not sure what this man was doing in someone elses field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a trader who was 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. i. iv. 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. The wheat comes into Gods barn from all over the world, from all ranks of society, from all ages of Gods church. Pearls were especially valuable in Jesus day. Say: The hard path was a symbol for people who hear Gods word but ignore it. 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 is it only a dream? 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 Yet He carefully said that the field is the world. 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. So the secret of world peace is wrapped up, bound up, in this strange nation, Israel. In this parable, we learned that different people hear Gods truth and accept it in different ways. (You see, congressmen don't spend all their time smoking cigars and kissing babies.) The church would thereafter demonstrate before men the healing grace of God as we will see in our next study together. You remember that in the first parable our Lord informed us by means of the story that he would engage in a great sowing of the Word of God throughout the world and that it would fall on four kinds of hearts. 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. Or maybe the field was for sale and the man was looking it over before deciding whether to buy it. 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. It is having His peace, His joy, His love, and His power. He would never have called it that. 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. The discoveries disrupt normal daily life and priorities; they require risk and sacrifice. He found that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site functions different.! 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