The angels will come forth, separate the wicked from among the just, and cast them into the furnace of fire. [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.] III. 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. When a man found it, he hid it again. This motto is a result of the work of the early Christian missionaries who came from New England in the 19th century. - Matthew 13:44 We are not sure what this man was doing in someone else's field. The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field. But the exciting thing about Scripture is that in it we are always dealing with fact, not fancy. When the man found the treasure, he could have covered it back up, gone about his business, and forgotten all about it. By no means! 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. And yet they are extremely controlling of human events. Jodi has over 20 years experience teaching children in large and small group settings. Something was hidden, lost in the human race, but he uncovered it. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. 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 word peace is on everyone's lips today. Thank your volunteer. a. But Jesus came to make the kingdom available to everyone (Mark 1:15). The first four stories were given to the unbelieving seaside crowd. 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 man in Jesus parable found a very valuable pearl. 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 nation would not have it, would not have him, and they rejected him. The battle is over the control of man who was created by God and was endowed by God with the power of choice. With a view of obtaining this, Jesus says that a man would go and sell his property and buy the field. To follow knowledge, like a sinking star. Jesus is speaking in parables to describe the kingdom of heaven. The discoveries disrupt normal daily life and priorities; they require risk and sacrifice. i. Next, the thorny soil stood for those people who trust Gods word and begin to bear fruit. Instead, he leaves it there, sells everything he has, and buys the field in order to get the treasure it contains. Yet they had lost the secret of their own lives. Never, anywhere in Scripture is salvation ever offered to us as something we have to buy, or can buy. The oyster opens its shell to let water and food in. 2007 BibleLessons4Kidz.com All rights reserved worldwide. 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. 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. Everyone who chooses to trust in Him has kingdom life - life to the fullest! Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. b. But then they let greed and worry take over their heart and mind, and that chokes out the truth that they know. [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!] Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. b. 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. It is not full life because it is life that is separate from God (Isaiah 59:2). 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. a. (You see, congressmen don't spend all their time smoking cigars and kissing babies.) This is why this nation is here. 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. Then he took all the money that he had made, and he bought that field. Life outside the kingdom is sort of like this. All rights reserved. But there would be one kind of heart in which the seed would grow up into a harvest and produce fruit. 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. 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. And His sisters, are they not all with us? That treasure is the lost secret of how to get along with other nations, how to discover peace and prosperity and happiness and all the many results of peace that men have been seeking after for centuries. Our heavenly Father, how we thank you for the marvelous truth that you, Lord, have bought the world, that it belongs to you, and that you shall some day rule and reign in power and glory in its midst and all your promises shall be fulfilled. 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. She has also spent many years mentoring Middle School and High School girls. -- for if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon [which were pagan communities], they would have repented long ago. 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. How do you find this secret? But through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. He was very happy. Matthew 12. 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. It is knowing the Father, the King. Application: When we discover that we can enter Gods kingdom, we have a choice to make, just as the man in the field did. We come to the fifth parable this morning, the parable of the buried treasure. 4. You should not love anything or anyone more than you love the King, God Himself. 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. The United Nations exists for this very purpose. Yet the point is clear, both in the world and in the kingdom community. The kingdom of heaven is God's work among men, God's rule and authority in the midst of human affairs. There they stand ready, being prepared right now to discover again, finally, the secret of their life. Yet it can also be asked out of deep appreciation of the fact that the Son of God took such a noble, lowly place. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. There was no voice of God in their midst, no prophet speaking forth from God. The merchant "sold all" to buy the pearl. For Israel, even in rejection, even in failure, is still an example to the people of the world. Instead, they are a call for us to desire the kingdom above all else. Finally Jesus left the city once more and went out to his death. But then the parable says, "Then in his joy the man went and gave all that he had and bought the field." Of greater importance in the history of the church has been the view that this actually means that the field is the church. The rocky places stood for the people who like hearing Gods word at first, but they dont let it take root in their hearts. It is recorded in the motto of that fiftieth state. (Matthew 21:9, Mark 11:9, John 12:13). And he bought that pearl. Eventually he came again into the city and there he pronounced solemn and serious words of judgment against the nation. Jesus is not pointing out what we must give up to enter His kingdom. Matthew 13:44-46 The Word of God . It recognizes the allure and the mystery which always gathers around the notion of hidden treasure. The usual interpretation of these parables is that Christ is the hidden treasure and that he is the pearl of great price. The old Puritan commentator John Trapp here remarked that unbelief was A sin of that venomous nature, that it transfuseth, as it were, a dead palsy into the hands of omnipotency., 2018 David Guzik No distribution beyond personal use without permission. Now, lets turn to Matthew 13:44 and read what Jesus said about hidden treasure. He has but hidden them away again. 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). The treasure was too great to forget about! And do you know that all this is not without its application to us as individuals as well? And there it remains until our Lord's return. ii. b. 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. We can see the treasure and we can just go back to our old way of life. Is this not the carpenters son: This question was asked out of ignorant prejudice. He is saying that you should be willing to. 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. And like the first parable, the man gladly gave up everything he owned to get the pearl. But, nevertheless, the Scriptures tell us that the secret is hidden from men until it be revealed through Israel. He uncovered it. a. But you arent quite able to taste it. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. That means a change of mind, repentance, turning again to God and recognizing his presence in our midst. (Matthew 23:37, Luke 13:34). The parable of the hidden treasure found. But these last three were spoken only to the men of faith, the disciples, who were ready to believe what God said. 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. New American Standard Version Years ago I was struck by the closing words of a great address that Winston Churchill gave at Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1950: What prizes lie before all the people if they are worthy of them: peace, food, happiness, leisure, wealth for the masses never known nor dreamed of, the glorious advance into a period of rest and safety for all the hundreds of millions of homes where little children play by the fire, and girls grow up in all their beauty, and young men strive and win in the free enterprise of life. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. Jesus said, I have come so they can have life. 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. Instead, Jesus is the man who gave all that He had to buy the field. What does Matthew 13:44 mean? Matthew 13:44-50; Acts 26:9-20; Ephesians 2:8-9; Jeremiah 29:13; Luke 14:25-33; Lesson Introduction Game: Pearl Race. With these clues that our Lord himself has given us, we now have the key to the understanding of this parable. Instead of being received by the rulers and leaders of the people he was rejected. And then he went and gave all that he had and bought the field in which it is hidden. It is the best life possible. They bring to mind the words of Philippians2: "Though he was equal with God he did not count it a thing to be held on to But he emptied himself, disenfranchised himself, pauperized himself -- he gave all that he had -- and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross," (Philippians 2:8). Ask: Who can remember the four different soils Jesus talked about? You can read them in Matthew23 in the sharp series of woes that he pronounced against the Pharisees and the scribes. And sometimes a piece of sand or shell gets in. 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. This casts special scorn upon the great evil angel. 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 When I peel it, you cant smell it like I can smell it. You see, as our Lord indicates, it is something related to the field, to humanity. 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. Then, building on that, in the second parable the Lord said that he would take the sons of the kingdom, who are produced by the seed of the Word, and sow them like wheat throughout the world. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. This parable and the one following are different in character than the previous three. The kingdom of God is the treasure. The nation's glory was gone. The passage for this lection offers a counter-image to this destructive force. This powerfully shows how Jesus gave everything to redeem the whole world to preserve a treasure in it, and the treasure is His people. Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. which is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost, the truth as it is in Jesus, the glad tidings. 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. 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. The field is the world: Significantly, this parable illustrates not necessarily that there will be false believers among true believers in the church (though that is also true to some extent); otherwise Jesus would have explained that the field is thechurch. In these two parables our Lord is telling us the reasons for the cross. ii. 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. 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. We need 2 cookies to store this setting. Is this not the carpenters son? But was not that an honest occupation? (Trapp), iii. I. Eventually, after several years, it ends up looking like a beautiful, shiny stone called a pearl. Jodi has a passion for Biblical ac More, The Net Pastors Journal, Eng. But our treasure - our immeasurably better treasure - has no limit! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field." Explanation and Commentary of Matthew 13:44 And it is hidden within that human field so that Jesus had to buy the field in order to get the treasure. And then he demonstrated it by healing the multitudes, by driving the moneychangers out of the temple, by feeding the thousands with bread and fish, and by rebuking death and evil everywhere he went. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he . 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? Every scribe: Jesus used the term here simply to describe a teacher. He felt the condemnation of a righteous God. 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). Hermon Christian Conference Center. 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. Jesus came and offered the kingdom. These were the best she had to offer. 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. We often think that spiritual people will be much more strange than normal. So they were offended at Him. Politicians have struggled for centuries to try to find the secret of world peace. However, Jesus did not deny their claim to understand. He entered into all of that. i. Then he went and gave all that he had and bought that field of humanity. The treasure was so important to him, that he joyfully gave up everything else in the world to gain that treasure. Notice that there are two things in this story which are immediately recognizable because we have had them before. It is a visible example to all mankind of the way God deals with humanity. If you have that, you are rich; if you do not possess it, you are poor. God has his buried treasures and he is speaking of them in this parable. When they were cut and polished, they were worth millions of dollars. The kingdom of God is FAR more valuable than anything in this world. The reference, as in the weeds, is not primarily to a mixed church, but to the division among mankind in general which the last judgment will bring to light. (France), Jesus said to them, Have you understood all these things? They said to Him, Yes, Lord. Then He said to them, Therefore every scribe instructed concerning the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old.. Where then did this Man get all these things?. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house. Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief. What is it that inhibits us from going forward together to enjoy the fruits of human endeavor and to reap the harvest of human experience? b. 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. They have erected great organizations to try to bring it about, to produce this hidden treasure. Jesus wants it to grow! Put dark glasses on her and tie the handkerchief LOOSELY to cover her nose and mouth (bandit style). The Lord Jesus says that he came and uncovered for a brief time the secret of world peace and prosperity. The wheat comes into Gods barn from all over the world, from all ranks of society, from all ages of Gods church. When our Lord covered the treasure over it was hidden completely in the field of humanity again. Click on the different category headings to find out more. 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). The shell has two parts that are hinged together like this. Now, what is it? 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. 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. The reason he joyfully goes and sells all that he has and buys that field, is that the man understands its true value. 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. iii. 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). But when King Solomon met her he began to give presents to her, and his outweighed hers by far. Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works? Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. They speak skeptically and will refer to Him only as this Man.. 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. These two parables speak of how highly the King values the people of His kingdom. And then our Lord said in the third parable that there would be an abnormal and an unnatural growth of the seed that he planted. Even the Jewish people themselves misunderstand it to a large degree. (Just as a comparison, the diamond on a womans wedding ring may be about one-quarter or one-half of a carat.) You can check these in your browser security settings. Ask: Does anyone know where pearls come from? 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. But in this parable, the man was actively looking for the treasure. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. 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. That means obedience. 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