He declared it in great messages like the Sermon on the Mount. Western democracies say that they have found it. Jesus compared the kingdom of God to the hidden treasure. ii. The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl. It is the best life possible. Jodi has over 20 years experience teaching children in large and small group settings. And when we know the value of what we have as members of the kingdom, shouldnt we share it with everyone we know? And he bought that pearl. Teacher Note: These parables are not a plea for us to sell all we have in order to obtain the kingdom - for we truly have nothing to offer God (Ephesians 2:5-9). Finally Jesus left the city once more and went out to his death. Instead, Jesus is the man who gave all that He had to buy the field. 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. i. Subject to permissions policy, all rights reserved. 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. Nations are right to try to solve their problems and reconcile their differences. It is having His peace, His joy, His love, and His power. Notice that there are two things in this story which are immediately recognizable because we have had them before. a. Here is the treasure that will make you rich, because it will pay your debts, and endow you with capacity enough to meet all future expenditure-viz. 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. b. Pearls are very valuable. These are underwater animals that live inside of a shell. By that he indicated that the privilege of demonstrating the grace of God would he taken from Israel and given to the church. Teacher: Show your pearls. They fit together but they are not talking about exactly the same thing. We need 2 cookies to store this setting. iv. 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. That means obedience. This casts special scorn upon the great evil angel. Read full chapter. 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. No one can ever give all that he has in order to purchase Jesus Christ because he has nothing to give in the first place. This treasure is freely given by God, the King, to everyone who trusts in Him. He lamented over this recalcitrant city and said, "O Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! Even though these people had been looking for Gods kingdom, when they found it, it was far greater than what they had expected. 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. We speak of the Jews as "the chosen people," and unfortunately a very grave misconception of that phrase has arisen. i. And it is hidden within that human field so that Jesus had to buy the field in order to get the treasure. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. 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 powerfully shows how Jesus gave everything to redeem the whole world to preserve a treasure in it, and the treasure is His people. The one thing they have in common is that they were sown of the Lord, and from the good seed of His Word. Ed, Issue 46, Winter 2023. 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. Just as in the first parable, the valuable pearl was a symbol of the kingdom of God. For Israel, even in rejection, even in failure, is still an example to the people of the world. Teacher: Call up a volunteer. For more than four hundred years Israel had been an obscure, tiny little nation. 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. 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. It always reminds me immediately of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, of Long John Silver, and doubloons and pieces-of-eight, pegleg pirates, and all the exciting things usually associated with the idea of buried treasure. Julian the apostate, as he is called, once asked a certain Christian, What do you think the carpenters son is doing now? Making coffins for you and for all his enemies, was the prompt reply. (Spurgeon). But is it only a dream? As we learned two weeks ago, the kingdom of God will grow and grow! They concern those aspects of the kingdom of heaven at work among men which are readily recognizable and visible in history. 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. 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. Commentary on Matthew 13:24-30. And now, lastly, let us look at the point where the parables converge. 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? All rights reserved worldwide. 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 is right that you should pursue it. And sometimes a piece of sand or shell gets in. He, too, knew that nothing he owned could compare to the great treasure he had finally found. 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. So according to the parable he hid the treasure again. Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!" He revealed for a brief flash of time the glory that was Israel. The gospel is more valuable than such a treasure, Psalm 19:10; Proverbs 3:13-15. May be reproduced for personal, nonprofit, and non-commercial uses only. He is saying that NOTHING compares in value to the new life that the King wants to give you. c. The enemy who sowed them is the devil: Clearly, the enemy plants counterfeits in the world and in the kingdom community, and this is why merely being a member of the Christian community isnt enough. goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that fieldin which case, by Jewish law, the treasure would become his own. The United Nations exists for this very purpose. This week I was talking with Bill Gwinn, the director of Mt. That is why it is not enough to preach the gospel to people; you must also live it. Yet they had lost the secret of their own lives. Take off the glasses and bandana and allow the volunteer to eat the fruit. Listen for answers. That is the story of the gospels. b. Instead, he leaves it there, sells everything he has, and buys the field in order to get the treasure it contains. The best pearls were worth extraordinary sums of money. But it is very evident that neither has found this secret. ii. In the great series of parables in Matthew13 our Lord gave us, as he said, "The secrets of the kingdom of heaven." If you belong to the kingdom, you have the greatest treasure! The shell has two parts that are hinged together like this. Psalms 135:4 KJV). 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. 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. When the world sees again a visible manifestation of what God intends a nation to do, then the nations will learn world peace. In these actions, the power of that which has been found is seen to be at work. RayStedman.org/permissions. 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. 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. They have erected great organizations to try to bring it about, to produce this hidden treasure. There was no voice of God in their midst, no prophet speaking forth from God. 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.. 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. The treasure was so important to him, that he joyfully gave up everything else in the world to gain that treasure. 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. 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. Around us the storms may gather, but let us not shut out the hope that the burdens of fear and want may be lifted for a glorious era from the bruised and weary shoulders of mankind. The problem with his emerald treasure was that there was a limited supply. (Just as a comparison, the diamond on a womans wedding ring may be about one-quarter or one-half of a carat.) It is recorded in the motto of that fiftieth state. Website 2023 by Ray Stedman Ministries. But in this parable, the man was actively looking for the treasure. But through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. It is the very ordinariness of Jesus home background that causes the astonishment (cf. The battle is over the control of man who was created by God and was endowed by God with the power of choice. Ask: Who can remember the four different soils Jesus talked about? The man in Jesus parable found a very valuable pearl. Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. 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. He was left with nothing. 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. This parable likely also fired the imaginations of Jesus' listeners, because it pictures unexpected good fortune. 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 I rather think, that in connection and agreement with the other parables, this is to be understood of such, who are seeking after knowledge in every branch of it, natural, moral, and spiritual; and so may be compared to a "merchant man, seeking goodly pearls"; and who find the Gospel, and prefer it to everything else. He understands that even though he is selling everything to buy that field he is becoming exponentially richer because of the unseen treasure that will belong to whomever owns the field. Is this not the carpenters son: Because these villagers were familiar with Jesus as a boy and accustomed to unspectacular things from Him, we may conclude that Jesus must have grown up a very normal boy unlike the fantastic stories told in apocryphal books like The Infancy of Jesus. He was in Israel not long ago. 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. 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." 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. They each have the element of a man who discovers something valuable and sells all that he has and buys it. I was reminded by that conversation of the words of the Secretary General of the United Nations, UThant. 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). 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. 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. That is Israel's purpose and there was a time in their developing history when it was partially fulfilled. Bengel's Gnomen Matthew 13:45. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. 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! He was full of joy over this discovery. Then, as you can read in Mark's Gospel, our Lord went into the temple and he stopped the sacrifices. (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. It is listening to His voice. That means a change of mind, repentance, turning again to God and recognizing his presence in our midst. 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. A buried treasure and a pricy pearl Matthew 13:44-46 44 "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. ii. Matthew 13:44-50; Acts 26:9-20; Ephesians 2:8-9; Jeremiah 29:13; Luke 14:25-33; Lesson Introduction Game: Pearl Race. When a man found it, he hid it again. And yet they are extremely controlling of human events. They are intended to demonstrate how any nation can be blessed and fulfilled and find prosperity and peace and harmony and happiness if they discover the secret of their relationship to God. He uncovered it. It would be his duty to inform the owner of the field of the discovery. This is why this nation is here. But when King Solomon met her he began to give presents to her, and his outweighed hers by far. 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. iii. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. The kingdom of heaven is God's work among men, God's rule and authority in the midst of human affairs. 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. You can read them in Matthew23 in the sharp series of woes that he pronounced against the Pharisees and the scribes. THE PARABLE OF THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls" (v. 45). 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. You can check these in your browser security settings. That is what our Lord wants us to ask. the possession of the forgiving and cleansing grace of God which is in Jesus Christ. Jesus is not pointing out what we must give up to enter His kingdom. The main idea is that the disciples who had just claimed to understand what Jesus taught are now responsible to bring forth their understanding to others, as if they were distributing from the storehouse of their wisdom and understanding. 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. Before we read the parable, I want to tell you another true story. These two parables speak of how highly the King values the people of His kingdom. The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls: Again, Jesus is the buyer and the individual believer is the pearl that He sees as so valuable that He would happily give all to have it forever. Say: Jesus began His story with the words, The kingdom of heaven is like Lets talk about the kingdom of heaven for a minute. When our Lord came into the world and came to Israel he found that this treasure had been lost to the world. 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. The person who finds the treasure joyfully "sells all" to buy the field (13:44). 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. He found poverty and misery stalking the land. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.. 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 following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them: You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page. 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. 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. It is knowing the Father, the King. We want to have a teachable heart where Gods truth can produce good fruit. Let me ask you to think that the true treasure for a man lies in the kingdom of God. ii. With a view of obtaining this, Jesus says that a man would go and sell his property and buy the field. III. There is nothing that even compares to a loving relationship with the Creator of the universe! 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. 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. And do you know that all this is not without its application to us as individuals as well? 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. This has certainly proved true in history. 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. The Word of God. 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. 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. 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. It is intriguing to realize that Scripture deals with this subject as well. i. He would never have called it that. Matthew 12. 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. No! The passage for this lection offers a counter-image to this destructive force. Kingdom life is here and now. 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. For 1900 years Israel was utterly lost among the nations, dispersed. But with those dark glasses on, you cant see all the nice colors. Now, what is it? Is this not the carpenters son? In this parable, we learned that different people hear Gods truth and accept it in different ways. 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). This man was like the people who had listened to Gods promises of long ago, and were waiting for the Messiah, the Savior, to come. In this little parable he reveals that he came and found this treasure, the secret of world peace and prosperity, hidden in this nation. 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. 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). And he bought that field. 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 have that, you are rich; if you do not possess it, you are poor. But thats not what he did. That person is part of Gods kingdom. Brought to you by KidzLife, Unless otherwise noted the Scriptures taken from: Holy Bible, New International Readers Version, (NIrV). Then he went and gave all that he had and bought that field of humanity. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a trader who was looking for fine pearls. This stood for the people who hear Gods word and believe it fully. a. 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. 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! (Matthew 13:44-46 RSV). Then it is up to us to sell all that we have, give it all up, and buy him at any cost. And the nations of earth will never learn this righteousness finally, until Israel stands once again as a nation before God, recognizing the presence of God in their midst and providing a working model of how every nation ultimately shall be run by the provision and power of God. The rocky places stood for the people who like hearing Gods word at first, but they dont let it take root in their hearts. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. Why? So he unfolded it and unveiled it again. "We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, against the spirit forces that are in high places." 5. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls. The kingdom of God is the treasure. He is saying that you should be willing to. The Parable of the Hidden Treasure (Matthew 13:44) "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure 1 hidden 2 in a field. The wheat comes into Gods barn from all over the world, from all ranks of society, from all ages of Gods church. With these clues that our Lord himself has given us, we now have the key to the understanding of this parable. Ask: Does anyone know where pearls come from? a. All rights reserved. Now that is God's plan for the nations -- to provide a working model in the nation Israel. If our country forgets that, it will lose its ability to stand as a nation among the other nations of the world. So he went and sold everything he had. Jesus makes it clear that we should not let anything keep us from entering the kingdom of God. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. 45 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. We often think that spiritual people will be much more strange than normal. Jesus wants it to grow! He promises that it will grow - and God ALWAYS keeps His promises! We have nothing to offer him, nothing that we can give in return. He was very happy. Yet they do, and are worthy of respect because of that role. This congressman said that Congress is really wrestling with this issue. 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. They speak skeptically and will refer to Him only as this Man.. iii. They concern things which are not quite as easily seen in the historical process. But in that same parable he said that an enemy would come and sow tares, or weeds, are that these would grow up right alongside the wheat. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" And like the first parable, the man gladly gave up everything he owned to get the pearl. Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. We are not sure what this man was doing in someone elses field. The goal of this game is to be the team who collects the most pearls in their bucket. i. This parable and the one following are different in character than the previous three. 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