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Show THE CHIEF TREASURE "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 13: 44) This buyeth that field." (Matthew chapter is pregnant with parables by Jesus Himself. In fact there are seven parables in this chapter alone. There is inverses 1-23, the parable of the sower with seed falling some on wayside soil. some on stony soil, some on thorny soil, and some on good soil. In verses 24-30, we have the parable of the good told seed at sower night. In and tares verse among them the mustard sower 31-3 2, 1 seed a parable illustrates the little faith. In verse importance of 33, Jesus talks about the leaven and three measures of 45-46, the merchants and the pearl of great price is described. The meal. In verses parables conclude with verses 47-52 the fishing net catching all kinds of fish. In our text for today, we have the parable of the treasure found in Notice, Jesus the crowd here a was as field. trying to help not in the first four but His small crowd of disciples to understand what the is a Kingdom of heaven was treasure hid in a like. It field. There is value in the field. That value is unwrapped in Jesus the Christ. It is value of incomparable worth and beauty and purity. The treasure includes pardon 2 and forgiveness and redemption and justification and ultimately glorification in everlasting life. It is hidden from those who are wise in their own sight and the self-conceited, from the self righteous, from the sensual. Oh praise God, it is revealed to the spiritual mature. The man an4 found the treasure re-hid it. He realized the value and wanted to keep bought not just the buy it. t::: +;t"oJJ He +::5 t.:N treasure but the whole field. Can I remind you that this precious treasure is in the world today, it is in the Word of God and can be found by repenting, believing hearts. The first thing to remember about this treasure is that it was found by the 3 ajJ md t:;_ it from the swine. He sold all that he had in order to S-<!lWl<2-01\)e, t;N(':;f! t/ INDIVIDUAL. It is not what others have done but what the soul must discover the man found. Each spiritual treasure her self. You remember, David tried to make his interaction with for him or Nathan a general interaction but Nathan tum and reminded man." It met was the him, "Thou woman art the at the well that Jesus, discovered who He was, acknowledged His nature, and ran to share the good news with others. I often wonderweren't there other women at the well? The Bible does not say. We try to explain it away by talking about the time of day being unusual character of the Nicodemus woman. I don't suppose only high ranking came to Jesus by night. For was official who and the bad the 4 I read how Saul saw the Lord on to Damascus but the others that the road were going on. "And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice but seeing no man." (Acts 9: 7) Finding the hidden treasure is an individual dig and with him did not know what an was individual find. Furthermore, this treasure is worthy of all you can as an INVESTMENT. The man who found the treasure in the field took time to hide it. He went all of his worthless other pieces a sold of property, sold everything that he had. He came back and bought not only the treasure but the whole field. . When you discover God's Divine treasure, give up everything else to possess it. Jacob 5 recognized the treasure in wrestling with the angel and said, "I will not let you go until you bless my soul." That what the four men did when Jesus was passing by they could not get their friend to Him in ordinary ways. They took him up on the roof, tore it open, and let him down into the presence of the Lord. The Syro and Phoenician woman came pleaded with Him to Jesus and and would not leave until she got what she needed. Finally, finding and buying this bring you INSPIRATION. says, "For the joy thereof." His treasure will The text purpose was clear. From the time he founded the treasure, everything the man who found the treasure did, he did it for the joy that it brought him. There was 6 the joy of finding the treasure. There was the joy of hiding the treasure and keeping the swine away form it. There was the joy of unloading what he already had that was not so valuable. There was the joy of corning back to the field. There was the joy of buying the treasure and the field. Jesus sold carne everything. down form heaven. He died cross. having on He the from the grave injoy for purchased the whole field. When He rose you sell all your worthless property and buy the field to gain Christ, your soul ought to rejoice. Paul sums it up, "Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice." (Philippians 4: 4) 7 |
