b. He entered into all of that. The word peace is on everyone's lips today. 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. Special thanks to John R. Cross, The Stranger on the Road to Emmaus, GoodSeed International. 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. iii. 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. He himself is deeply involved in it. 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. 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. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. 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. And the field, he has told us, is the world, the world of humanity, the human race, all of society. iv. Say: This summer we have been studying the parables that Jesus taught. 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. the possession of the forgiving and cleansing grace of God which is in Jesus Christ. Notice that the man sold EVERYTHING. It would be his duty to inform the owner of the field of the discovery. New American Standard Version Notice that there are two things in this story which are immediately recognizable because we have had them before. We pray, Lord Jesus, that we may all apply this to our lives, and that we may understand that you desire to heal us and bring us right now into an experience of joy and glory and gladness and fruitfulness. And he bought that pearl. But there would be one kind of heart in which the seed would grow up into a harvest and produce fruit. 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). Even the Jewish people themselves misunderstand it to a large degree. Is this not the carpenters son: This question was asked out of ignorant prejudice. Listen for answers. He would never have called it that. i. There is nothing that even compares to a loving relationship with the Creator of the universe! 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. b. Nederlandstalige Bijbelstudies door Stan Marinussen, Copyright - Enduring Word | . And sometimes a piece of sand or shell gets in. He is not weary of the old; he is not afraid of the new. (Spurgeon), i. It is the very ordinariness of Jesus home background that causes the astonishment (cf. Jesus said, I have come so they can have life. 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. So he went and sold everything he had. The church would thereafter demonstrate before men the healing grace of God as we will see in our next study together. 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. When they were cut and polished, they were worth millions of dollars. i. The best pearls were worth extraordinary sums of money. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. 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. If you have that, you are rich; if you do not possess it, you are poor. When the man found the treasure, he could have covered it back up, gone about his business, and forgotten all about it. i. He has but hidden them away again. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. 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. i. Say: Jesus continued by telling another, similar parable. Thank your volunteer. 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 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. This parable powerfully teaches that it is Gods job to divide in judgment. The oyster creates a coating that covers the sand or shell. The Lord Jesus says that he came and uncovered for a brief time the secret of world peace and prosperity. Jesus is not pointing out what we must give up to enter His kingdom. Whatever the reason he was there, he found an amazing treasure, maybe similar to the emeralds. But through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. But then the parable says, "Then in his joy the man went and gave all that he had and bought the field." This is like the kingdom of God because it grows in the hearts of believers, and it grows throughout the world as more and more people enter the kingdom. 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. It is having His peace, His joy, His love, and His power. Nations are right to try to solve their problems and reconcile their differences. Instantly, the man knew that the treasure was incredibly valuable. (Matthew 21:9, Mark 11:9, John 12:13). 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. This is a dream and a vision that men have long held. a. Matthew 13:45 Parallel Verses [ See commentary ] Matthew 13:45, NIV: Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. 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. i. All rights reserved. But it is very evident that neither has found this secret. iii. 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. Then he went and gave all that he had and bought that field of humanity. Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works? 45 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. God wants ALL people to believe in Jesus and enter into His kingdom (1 Peter 2:9). 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. You can check these in your browser security settings. And do you know that all this is not without its application to us as individuals as well? '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. which is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost, the truth as it is in Jesus, the glad tidings. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. 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. But the exciting thing about Scripture is that in it we are always dealing with fact, not fancy. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. His conscience is uneasy. He revealed for a brief flash of time the glory that was Israel. But Christ does not intend to vindicate his conduct. Jesus told a parable about a man who found something in a field that he did not own. He found poverty and misery stalking the land. Now notice, secondly, the concealment of the treasure. 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. 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). She reviewed all the glories of the kingdom of Solomon and was amazed and staggered by what she saw. [That is, when Israel comes back into its right relationship with God, how much more blessing will this world understand and realize when they see worked out before their eyes what a nation can be with God in its midst!] And the crowds who had followed him, the multitudes who had hung upon his words faded away. These parables afford us a glimpse behind the scenes of history into factors and forces which are at work today but which we would never find reported on the pages of the newspaper. But Jesus came to make the kingdom available to everyone (Mark 1:15). 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. 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. 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. In the parable of the soils, the seed represented the Word of God; here it represents true believers. It was now subject to the Romans, crushed under the heel of an iron-hearted oppressor. Just as in the first parable, the valuable pearl was a symbol of the kingdom of God. 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. This stood for the people who hear Gods word and believe it fully. Say: Jesus began His story with the words, The kingdom of heaven is like Lets talk about the kingdom of heaven for a minute. Such, we may well believe, had been the history of the publicans and the fishermen who made up the company of the Twelve. 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. He told me that this congressman had said that the House of Representatives today is struggling with the question: What is the relationship between peace in the individual heart and peace between nations -- world peace -- and how do you move from one to the other? Ed, Issue 46, Winter 2023. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it. 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. This parable tells us that. Instead, he leaves it there, sells everything he has, and buys the field in order to get the treasure it contains. Immediately we are asking ourselves, "What is this treasure?" Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. 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. 13:45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: New life in Gods kingdom is much more than going to heaven when we die - although that will be wonderful! They have erected great organizations to try to bring it about, to produce this hidden treasure. He hideth - That is, he conceals the fact that he has found it; he does not tell of it. So it will be at the end of the age. 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. The usual interpretation of these parables is that Christ is the hidden treasure and that he is the pearl of great price. Brought to you by KidzLife, Unless otherwise noted the Scriptures taken from: Holy Bible, New International Readers Version, (NIrV). We ask it in Jesus' name, Amen. We may request cookies to be set on your device. If you want to put that treasure into one word, as revealed by the Scriptures, that word is Israel, the nation of Israel. 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. Two weeks ago, we read as Jesus compared the kingdom of God to a mustard seed. And yet they are extremely controlling of human events. 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. 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. i. The success and glory of Jesus seemed only to make them more resentful towards Him. Both men GLADLY, JOYFULLY gave up everything else to claim their new found 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. 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. We can see the treasure and we can just go back to our old way of life. He was full of joy over this discovery. Instead, they are a call for us to desire the kingdom above all else. 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. If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. Augustine made the interpretation official struggling against the DonatistsMost Reformers followed the same line. (Carson). Read full chapter. He sows the tares, and tries to destroy the harvest; and, therefore, the good angels are brought in to celebrate his defeat, and to rejoice together with their Lord in the success of the divine husbandry. (Spurgeon). The "sea" here is clearly the world, since that is where people are gathered from by the angels (Matt. 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. He had been in Washington,D.C., spending some time with a young congressman who is a mutual friend of ours. a. 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. She has also spent many years mentoring Middle School and High School girls. - Matthew 13:44 We are not sure what this man was doing in someone else's field. We are not sure what this man was doing in someone elses field. 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. I am sure that these disciples understood this because they were Jews themselves, and they knew their people's history, and what the Old Testament revealed about them. I have this beautiful fruit. 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. Say: The hard path was a symbol for people who hear Gods word but ignore it. Maybe he was a hired helper for the man who owned the field, or maybe he was just passing through. 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. Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. he hideth, and for joy thereofon perceiving what a treasure he had lighted on, surpassing the worth of all he possessed. Therefore, those closest to truly spiritual people see just how normal they are and sometimes think that they arent spiritual because they are normal. The man who finds the treasure does not simply take it. So they were offended at Him: When we think of how strongly Jesus is identified with Nazareth (see at Matthew 2:23), it is even more surprising to note that the people of Nazareth did not appreciate it. 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. Only when Israel comes again into its right relationship to God is it ever possible to have world peace. He probably laid awake each night thinking about the treasure until it was his. Or maybe the field was for sale and the man was looking it over before deciding whether to buy it. Yet He carefully said that the field is the world. But when they do, Paul tells us, they will cause the earth to blossom and the world will move into its promised inheritance. And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas? Earlier he had pronounced judgment on the outlying cities: "Woe to you, Chorazin! They are part of the whole series of seven, but they were given only to the disciples, and there is something significant about that. 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. May be reproduced for personal, nonprofit, and non-commercial uses only. 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. 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. You can see that these parables are very much alike. Then he took all the money that he had made, and he bought that field. a. b. So prone is fallen man to sin, that if the enemy sow the tares, he may . He found one that was very valuable. 3. Teacher: Call up a volunteer. The parable of the hidden treasure found. The nation's glory was gone. Clearly, the treasure in that field was worth more than everything else that the man owned. 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. By that he indicated that the privilege of demonstrating the grace of God would he taken from Israel and given to the church. Instead of being received by the rulers and leaders of the people he was rejected. This was a great surprise! Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. The passage for this lection offers a counter-image to this destructive force. 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. (Matthew 13:44-46 RSV). Eventually, after several years, it ends up looking like a beautiful, shiny stone called a pearl. 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. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. RayStedman.org/permissions. We speak of the Jews as "the chosen people," and unfortunately a very grave misconception of that phrase has arisen. 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. (You see, congressmen don't spend all their time smoking cigars and kissing babies.) The Parable of the Hidden Treasure (Matthew 13:44) "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure 1 hidden 2 in a field. Jesus came, he says, and found a treasure hidden in humanity. 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. And then he went and gave all that he had and bought the field in which it is hidden. Matthew 12. 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. Every scribe: Jesus used the term here simply to describe a teacher. We need 2 cookies to store this setting. They have not found it yet. These were men of the Word, and when our Lord spoke this parable, they would clearly remember the words of Exodus19. 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. These two parables speak of how highly the King values the people of His kingdom. Bengel's Gnomen Matthew 13:45. 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. Not every oyster has a pearl, and not every pearl is big or round. This parable likely also fired the imaginations of Jesus' listeners, because it pictures unexpected good fortune. i. 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! 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. And then he did an amazing thing. MATTHEW 13:45-46. This is what we human beings need. Life outside the kingdom is sort of like this. But these last three were spoken only to the men of faith, the disciples, who were ready to believe what God said. [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.] Jodi is part of the Childrens Ministry team at Grace Fellowship Church, outside of Atlanta. 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. [That is, Israel had obviously stumbled at that time, but have they fallen completely?] That means obedience. goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that fieldin which case, by Jewish law, the treasure would become his own. The kingdom of heaven is God's work among men, God's rule and authority in the midst of human affairs. That is the story of the gospels. 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. I want them to have it in the fullest possible way. (John 10:10). As long as God chooses to work in concert with human agency, developing our ability to partner with Him, our unbelief can and may hinder the work of God. Never, anywhere in Scripture is salvation ever offered to us as something we have to buy, or can buy. Hermon Christian Conference Center. 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. 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