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. Again, let me ask you to notice, further, the two ways of finding. That is what our Lord wants us to ask. 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. The seed starts out really small, but in time it grows to be one of the largest plants in the garden. 2007 BibleLessons4Kidz.com All rights reserved worldwide. a. He revealed for a brief flash of time the glory that was Israel. 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. If you want to see how God will act with you as an individual then look at the way he has been acting with Israel as a nation. Ask: Does anyone know where pearls come from? And yet they are extremely controlling of human events. 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. 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. We may request cookies to be set on your device. This time, He compares the kingdom of heaven to treasure found hidden in a field. I don't know what that may evoke in your mind. In the great series of parables in Matthew13 our Lord gave us, as he said, "The secrets of the kingdom of heaven." The Word of God. If you have that, you are rich; if you do not possess it, you are poor. Yet the point is clear, both in the world and in the kingdom community. This casts special scorn upon the great evil angel. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. The church would thereafter demonstrate before men the healing grace of God as we will see in our next study together. We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. 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. They concern things which are not quite as easily seen in the historical process. Yet they had lost the secret of their own lives. 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. i. He, too, knew that nothing he owned could compare to the great treasure he had finally found. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. 13:45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Instantly, the man knew that the treasure was incredibly valuable. Read full chapter. All rights reserved. Life outside of the kingdom of God is way less than God intended it to be. Yet it can also be asked out of deep appreciation of the fact that the Son of God took such a noble, lowly place. But you have refused," (Matthew 11:21, Luke 10:13). That shows how much he valued this pearl of great price, and how much Jesus values His people. The rocky places stood for the people who like hearing Gods word at first, but they dont let it take root in their hearts. They each have the element of a man who discovers something valuable and sells all that he has and buys it. 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. The conduct of the man would be dishonest. This is a dream and a vision that men have long held. Notice that there are two things in this story which are immediately recognizable because we have had them before. Justin Martyr, an ancient writer, testifieth, that our Saviour, ere he entered upon the ministry, made ploughs, yokes, and so forth. 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). [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.] (Matthew 21:9, Mark 11:9, John 12:13). This insulting question seems to intimate that our Lords family was a very obscure one; and that they were of small repute among their neighbours, except for their piety. Clarke), iii. The man in Jesus parable found a very valuable pearl. '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. This parable powerfully teaches that it is Gods job to divide in judgment. 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. 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. Then he took all the money that he had made, and he bought that field. There was no voice of God in their midst, no prophet speaking forth from God. They are part of the whole series of seven, but they were given only to the disciples, and there is something significant about that. This parable may be understood of Christ's seeking, finding, and purchasing his elect: for, certain it is, that he has sought after them; which implies, that they were lost and going astray; expresses his great love to them, value for them, and desire after them; in doing which, he took much pains, and used much diligence: and certain it also is, And in those words, "he gave all that he had," the mystery of the darkness of the cross of Jesus Christ is implied. Clearly, the treasure in that field was worth more than everything else that the man owned. The "sea" here is clearly the world, since that is where people are gathered from by the angels (Matt. Who when he had found one pearl of great price: for such who seek after wisdom and knowledge in the use of proper means, are like merchant men, that trade abroad, and for things of value; and these, under divine direction, find in the Scriptures, and through the ministry of the word, and by prayer and study, the truths of the everlasting Gospel, respecting Christ, his person, office, grace and righteousness; which are equal to, yea transcend a pearl of the highest price; for their original, coming from a far country, from heaven; for their brightness, clearness, and perspicuity; for their ornament and glory; for their firmness and solidity; for their virtue and value, to them that know the worth of them; and such will buy, but not sell them; reckon all things but loss and dung, in comparison of them; and will contend for them, and stand fast in them. These were men of the Word, and when our Lord spoke this parable, they would clearly remember the words of Exodus19. This storehouse contains things new and old. 44 "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. b. ii. It is the best life possible. But when they do, Paul tells us, they will cause the earth to blossom and the world will move into its promised inheritance. He probably laid awake each night thinking about the treasure until it was his. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. i. 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! But you arent quite able to taste it. (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. Say: Jesus often used parables to teach what the kingdom of God is like. 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). The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a. I. Place your hands together like an oyster shell. "We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, against the spirit forces that are in high places." 5. Just as in the first parable, the valuable pearl was a symbol of the kingdom of God. 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). 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. 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 person who finds the treasure joyfully "sells all" to buy the field (13:44). Treasure seekers searched the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, and the Indian Ocean to find oysters with pearls inside. We can see the treasure and we can just go back to our old way of life. It is having His peace, His joy, His love, and His power. 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. The man was so excited to know that he could possibly own that treasure. 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. 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. So prone is fallen man to sin, that if the enemy sow the tares, he may . We want to be the kind of good soil that Jesus talked about. Now that is God's plan for the nations -- to provide a working model in the nation Israel. And for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field: The treasure so wonderful that Jesus would give all to purchase is the individual believer. Eventually he came again into the city and there he pronounced solemn and serious words of judgment against the nation. 13:44 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. They said to Him, Yes, Lord. We wonder if the disciples really did understand Jesus here. As we learned two weeks ago, the kingdom of God will grow and grow! He merely states the way in which people do "actually" manage to obtain wealth. But these last three were spoken only to the men of faith, the disciples, who were ready to believe what God said. We have nothing to offer him, nothing that we can give in return. i. Last week, we read Jesus parable about the four soils. For more than four hundred years Israel had been an obscure, tiny little nation. When our Lord came into the world and came to Israel he found that this treasure had been lost to the world. III. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. But such is not the case; God did not choose Israel for that purpose. And then he went and gave all that he had and bought the field in which it is hidden. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. But I submit to you that that is false, and obviously so. Jesus said, I have come so they can have life. He was in Israel not long ago. 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. But you know what happened. This parable and the one following are different in character than the previous three. They put their trust in Jesus. Or we can see Gods kingdom, full of peace, love, forgiveness, freedom, and joy, and want that more than anything else. He bought the field in order that someday he might use that treasure to cause the whole world to blossom and to fill the earth with peace and happiness. This congressman said that Congress is really wrestling with this issue. 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. a. - Matthew 13:44, Props: Small plate of fruit, dark glasses, bandana; Strand of pearls (artificial is fine). So he went away and sold everything he had. The treasure was too great to forget about! But in our own time we are facing an amazing wonder, one of the most remarkable things that has ever taken place in the annals of men, and one of the most dramatic demonstrations of the truth of the Word of God! 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. Pearls are very valuable. The merchant "sold all" to buy the pearl. 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. Jesus told a parable about a man who found something in a field that he did not own. This stood for the people who hear Gods word and believe it fully. 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 MATTHEW 13:45-46. Never, anywhere in Scripture is salvation ever offered to us as something we have to buy, or can buy. On our own, we cannot be part of Gods kingdom. 45 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. Earlier he had pronounced judgment on the outlying cities: "Woe to you, Chorazin! He is not weary of the old; he is not afraid of the new. (Spurgeon), i. 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). Kingdom life is here and now. (You see, congressmen don't spend all their time smoking cigars and kissing babies.) How do you find this secret? iii. But the exciting thing about Scripture is that in it we are always dealing with fact, not fancy. 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 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. . Eventually, after several years, it ends up looking like a beautiful, shiny stone called a pearl. But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. i. The pearl is different than the treasure, and yet for both the Lord gave all that he had. The total weight of the emeralds was about 3,300 carats. The battle is over the control of man who was created by God and was endowed by God with the power of choice. But it is very evident that neither has found this secret. 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. 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. Teacher: Call up a volunteer. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. ii. The first four stories were given to the unbelieving seaside crowd. These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience. 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 was reminded by that conversation of the words of the Secretary General of the United Nations, UThant. Thank your volunteer. i. Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. And His sisters, are they not all with us? He felt the condemnation of a righteous God. Let me ask you to think that the true treasure for a man lies in the kingdom of God. Finally, there was good soil. - Matthew 13:44 We are not sure what this man was doing in someone else's field. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.. Mr. Hill, the man who found emeralds in his backyard, hired guards to keep watch over his treasure. But there would be one kind of heart in which the seed would grow up into a harvest and produce fruit. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. II. Jesus is speaking in parables to describe the kingdom of heaven. Take off the glasses and bandana and allow the volunteer to eat the fruit. 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. 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. And do you know that all this is not without its application to us as individuals as well? Why? i. The best pearls were worth extraordinary sums of money. ii. In 1998, a man named James Hill found a small cave full of emeralds on his familys property in North Carolina. We often think that spiritual people will be much more strange than normal. b. It is right that you should pursue it. he said (Matthew 23:13, et al). We need 2 cookies to store this setting. Only when Israel comes again into its right relationship to God is it ever possible to have world peace. Matthew 13:44 "The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid; and from joy over it he goes and sells all he has, and buys that field. He hideth - That is, he conceals the fact that he has found it; he does not tell of it. The kingdom of God is the treasure. But, nevertheless, the Scriptures tell us that the secret is hidden from men until it be revealed through Israel. 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. Magistrates and churches may remove the openly wicked from their society; the outwardly good who are inwardly worthless they must leave; for the judging of hearts is beyond their sphere. (Spurgeon), iv. Before we read the parable, I want to tell you another true story. 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. And Congress is trying to put its finger on where you begin and how you relate peace of heart in an individual to peace among men. Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean! 3. He was left with nothing. All this has happened exactly as our Lord said and all of it is visible in history. Say: Jesus began His story with the words, The kingdom of heaven is like Lets talk about the kingdom of heaven for a minute. For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'" 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. But was not that an honest occupation? (Trapp), iii. Life outside the kingdom is sort of like this. The Communists claim that they have found it. Website 2023 by Ray Stedman Ministries. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. So according to the parable he hid the treasure again. When they were cut and polished, they were worth millions of dollars. 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. The sacred writings should be his treasure, and he should properly understand them his knowledge consists in being well instructed in the things concerning the kingdom of heaven, and the art of conducting men thither. (Clarke), v. Ministers of the gospel should not be novices, 1 Timothy 3:6, raw and ignorant men; but men mighty in the Scriptures, well acquainted with the writings of the Old and New Testament, and the sense of them; men that have a stock of spiritual knowledge, able readily to speak a word to the weary, and to speak to men and womens particular cases and questions. (Poole), Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, that He departed from there. He promises that it will grow - and God ALWAYS keeps His promises! 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. Satan has a shoot of iniquity for every shoot of grace; and, when God revives his work, Satan revives his also. (Clarke), iii. For permission to use this content, please review 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. It was now subject to the Romans, crushed under the heel of an iron-hearted oppressor. 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. 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.. i. 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. Then he covered it over again when it was rejected by the people. She reviewed all the glories of the kingdom of Solomon and was amazed and staggered by what she saw. 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. The shell has two parts that are hinged together like this. With these clues that our Lord himself has given us, we now have the key to the understanding of this parable. law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus makes him free from the law of sin and death, , ut pleno jure thesaurum possideret omnemque litium occasionem praecideret, , Three other parables: the Treasure, the Pearl, the Net. 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. Jesus is not saying that you must go out and sell everything you own. The oyster opens its shell to let water and food in. Matthew 12. That is why it is not enough to preach the gospel to people; you must also live it. 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