The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.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.The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
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… Christianity is the story of people who have discovered something, someone better. Turn to Matthew chapter 13, verse 44. Jesus says here that the kingdom is like treasure hidden in the field. All right? A man finds it, and Jesus says, In his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys the field. Did you hear that? family I think it's fair to say I think sometimes we can think radical, serious authentic Christianity is daily getting up kind of and having all the stuff that you really like that you know you shouldn't like and you're kind of like I really love God and because he's big and he's all those things that Eric said I'm going to hand my stuff to God I know he loves me here God and then guys on the other side kind of like prying the stuff out of your hand, you know. Take it, Lord. Okay, okay. And you just walk off. I know you love me. And it's like this sense of like, oh, every day it's this sense of like, I got these idols. …
… Matthew 13, 44. The kingdom of heaven like a treasure hid in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again. Then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. What that means is he's saying my entire life now for the knowledge of following Jesus. And once you find it and go full send, you fasten your seatbelts. We close here. You fasten your seatbelts. Why? When Jesus said to stay connected to the vine is to be able to bear fruit, he repeated the word abide. Abide. Abide. Remain in me. And I in you. Let my word remain in you. Let my spirit remain in you. Right? You can't disconnect a branch from the huckleberry rhizome umbilical cord and then come back periodically to get its life force, to get its essence. You have to stay put. We have to remain with Jesus. I close with an illustration from my own life that's not great. Last night, I hit a significant milestone, day 733 in my streak on Duolingo. …
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. I'd like you to have a seat. So the other night I was talking with a group of high schoolers and the topic of a man named St. Padre Pio came up. I don't know if you guys, have you guys heard of St. Padre Pio? Yes. Okay. So remarkable guy. And we just were talking about like some of the most incredible gifts. So Padre Pio was a Capuchin priest or friar. So it's a Franciscan friar. Back, he was born in the end of the 1800s. I think he died in the 1960s. So long life. But he was ordained. he was from Italy and he was ordained in a place called St. Giovanni Giovanni Rotondo and that's where he lived his entire life. But shortly after he was ordained he just started experiencing, I think even before his ordination, experienced these massive gifts. So I was asking these high schoolers like do you know about the gifts of St. Padre Pio and what are they? So they started throwing out all these gifts like among many others where St. Padre Pio had the gift of bilocation which is you could be, he was in two places at once. Like he never physically I think left St. Giovanni Rotondo. …
… Put your name in the chat. Open your Bible, please, to Matthew chapter 13, verses 31 and 32, and Matthew chapter 13, verse 44. I'm going to share a little scripture today with you that is really going to help you in your life. And if while I'm preaching, the microphone pops and struggles and strains underneath the weight of this anointing. I will scream so loud that the dude in the back row will fall down the stairs from the shock until my voice is raw and the Lord will speak. Now listen to this. This is Matthew chapter 13, verse 31 and 32, and Matthew chapter 13, verse 44. Jesus told them another parable. He said, The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field, though it is the smallest of all seeds. Yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree so that the birds come and perch in its branches. Wow. …
… the glory of this kingdom. Look at chapter 13, verse 44. It says, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again. And then in his joy, he went and sold all he had and bought that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it. Do you see the picture there in that parable? The kingdom is worth selling everything you've got in order to get it, leaving everything behind. Let me show you a practical picture of that. Go over to Matthew chapter 19. You mean literally give everything up, leave everything behind, abandon everything? to have the kingdom? Well, look at Matthew chapter 19, verse 21. This is a story known as the rich young ruler, the rich young man. It's a man who had great wealth, many possessions, comes up to Jesus, says, how can I inherit the kingdom? How can I have eternal life? What does Jesus say in verse 21? If you want to be perfect, go sell your possessions and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come follow me. Give away everything you've got. And the young man heard this and he went away sad because he had great wealth. …
According to Luke 14, they're willing to count the cost. According to the parables of Matthew 13, verses 44 to 46, they're willing to sell everything to buy the pearl of great price, sell everything to buy the treasure in the field. It's selling everything. Self-denial, take up your cross, which means may cost you your life, and follow Him. So you must enter. You must enter this gate. You must enter alone. you must enter with a certain amount of violence, difficulty, and you must enter naked, in a sense, with nothing in your hands. You can't go through the narrow gate with your baggage. It's a turnstile. It's the gate of self-denial. You can't bring everything with you. That's what our Lord said to the rich young ruler in Matthew 19. He wanted to hold on to everything that he possessed. And the Lord said, unless you're willing to give up everything you possess, even your money, you can't be in the kingdom. He wasn't about to do that because he was very rich and turned his back. …
Get out your magnifying glasses and find the scripture text on which the teaching is based. It's Matthew 13, verses 44 to 46, just three verses, but there's two whole parables in here, two of the shortest parables anywhere in here. That's just two whole parables. It's the parable of the hidden treasure and the parable of the pearl of great price. The kingdom of heaven, said Jesus, is like a treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again. And then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had. and bought it. This is God's word. We're in a time of spiritual searching. Every single week I'm tempted to give you an example of the next new thing I see of it. Columns and secular papers and magazines on spirituality, books being sold everywhere and all the major bookstores on searching for meaning and searching for God and searching for spiritual reality. …