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). If you have that, you are rich; if you do not possess it, you are poor. It is a visible example to all mankind of the way God deals with humanity. 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. "Many turned back," the record says, "and no longer walked with him," (John 6:66). Jesus is not pointing out what we must give up to enter His kingdom. 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. And now, lastly, let us look at the point where the parables converge. Yet they do, and are worthy of respect because of that role. There was no voice of God in their midst, no prophet speaking forth from God. It recognizes the allure and the mystery which always gathers around the notion of hidden treasure. God has his buried treasures and he is speaking of them in this parable. (You see, congressmen don't spend all their time smoking cigars and kissing babies.) You are in the heat of the battle, it rages around you. So they were offended at Him. The "sea" here is clearly the world, since that is where people are gathered from by the angels (Matt. As we learned two weeks ago, the kingdom of God will grow and grow! The treasure was too great to forget about! When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. The parable had its fulfilment in them when they, at the bidding of their Lord, forsook all and followed Him. Such, it need hardly be said, has been the story of thousands of the saints of God in every age of the Churchs life from that day to this. The problem with his emerald treasure was that there was a limited supply. b. Salvation is offered to us as a free gift, entirely by the grace of God. Therefore, those closest to truly spiritual people see just how normal they are and sometimes think that they arent spiritual because they are normal. So he went and sold everything he had. Matthew 13:44-46 The Word of God . The United Nations exists for this very purpose. 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. And the field, he has told us, is the world, the world of humanity, the human race, all of society. That is the story of the gospels. They will come and study this little nation of Israel in which the secret of world peace has always been hidden, the strange, chosen nation for which our Lord gave his life. 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. 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 is a dream and a vision that men have long held. Matthew 13:45 Parallel Verses [ See commentary ] Matthew 13:45, NIV: Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found it, what did he do? 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. 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. But then they let greed and worry take over their heart and mind, and that chokes out the truth that they know. The wheat comes into Gods barn from all over the world, from all ranks of society, from all ages of Gods church. Instead, they are a call for us to desire the kingdom above all else. The first four parables, at which we have already looked, were delivered by the Sea of Galilee on a single memorable occasion when Jesus spoke to a great crowd who gathered about him. 44 "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. You can check these in your browser security settings. Jesus is not saying that you must go out and sell everything you own. 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 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. Jesus is speaking in parables to describe the kingdom of heaven. 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. 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 oyster opens its shell to let water and food in. (Matthew 13:44). 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). a. There Paul too tells us that God is not through with Israel. Of greater importance in the history of the church has been the view that this actually means that the field is the church. i. But is it only a dream? Psalms 135:4 KJV). It is intriguing to realize that Scripture deals with this subject as well. A buried treasure and a pricy pearl Matthew 13:44-46 44 "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. May be reproduced for personal, nonprofit, and non-commercial uses only. 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." The nation would not have it, would not have him, and they rejected him. He was very happy. Or maybe the field was for sale and the man was looking it over before deciding whether to buy it. I want to read these twin parables of the hidden treasure and the pearl of great price because they link so closely together, although we will look only at the first one this morning. It is not full life because it is life that is separate from God (Isaiah 59:2). 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. 13:49). It was a partial demonstration, never complete, never full. How often would have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not! Two weeks ago, we read as Jesus compared the kingdom of God to a mustard seed. For 1900 years Israel was utterly lost among the nations, dispersed. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. Website 2023 by Ray Stedman Ministries. But when they do, Paul tells us, they will cause the earth to blossom and the world will move into its promised inheritance. 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). Now notice, secondly, the concealment of the treasure. She was no inconsiderable monarch herself. The Word of God. He refused to go into the capital city again until his appointed hour had come. 3. 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. i. He entered into all of that. Maybe he was a hired helper for the man who owned the field, or maybe he was just passing through. And the queen's heart melted and she said, "I didn't believe the reports until I had seen all this with my own eyes, but the half has never been told me," (1Kings 10:7). It would be his duty to inform the owner of the field of the discovery. 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. he said (Matthew 23:13, et al). When I peel it, you cant smell it like I can smell it. The truth often lies buried: it is like rich veins of ore in the sacred Scriptures; it must be searched out with diligence, and its discovery will repay a man for all his sacrifices, Luke 14:33; Philippians 3:8. the which when a man hath foundthat is, unexpectedly found. The oyster creates a coating that covers the sand or shell. Copyright 1995, 1996, 1998 by International Bible Society / Used by permission of IBS-STL. 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. (Romans 11:15 RSV). The treasure was so important to him, that he joyfully gave up everything else in the world to gain that treasure. 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. Bengel's Gnomen Matthew 13:45. goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that fieldin which case, by Jewish law, the treasure would become his own. II. 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. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. The seed starts out really small, but in time it grows to be one of the largest plants in the garden. When problems come, they forget all about Gods word. He was left with nothing. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. And the crowds who had followed him, the multitudes who had hung upon his words faded away. ii. b. 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. b. The man who finds the treasure does not simply take it. [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!] Click to enable/disable Google reCaptcha. And yet they are extremely controlling of human events. John 6:42). (France), ii. When the world sees again a visible manifestation of what God intends a nation to do, then the nations will learn world peace. This parable powerfully teaches that it is Gods job to divide in judgment. 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. You should not love anything or anyone more than you love the King, God Himself. On our own, we cannot be part of Gods kingdom. III. He lamented over this recalcitrant city and said, "O Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a trader who was looking for fine pearls. Listen to these words from Romans11. 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. Now, lets turn to Matthew 13:44 and read what Jesus said about hidden treasure. (As we saw last time, the parable of the leaven also has been misconstrued to mean something quite different from what our Lord ever intended.) Ask: Who can remember the four different soils Jesus talked about? 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. Then, as you can read in Mark's Gospel, our Lord went into the temple and he stopped the sacrifices. She has also spent many years mentoring Middle School and High School girls. Western democracies say that they have found it. And then he did an amazing thing. 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. Yet it can also be asked out of deep appreciation of the fact that the Son of God took such a noble, lowly place. This one features a merchant in search of fine pearls. Jodi is part of the Childrens Ministry team at Grace Fellowship Church, outside of Atlanta. Matthew 13:45-46. Instead, he leaves it there, sells everything he has, and buys the field in order to get the treasure it contains. But then the parable says, "Then in his joy the man went and gave all that he had and bought the field." So he unfolded it and unveiled it again. Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. i. 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. Is this not the carpenters son? i. They are part of the whole series of seven, but they were given only to the disciples, and there is something significant about that. 45 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. This congressman said that Congress is really wrestling with this issue. They said to Him, Yes, Lord. We wonder if the disciples really did understand Jesus here. He went home and sold everything he owned: his house, his furniture, his jewelry, his sheep and goats. Treasure seekers searched the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, and the Indian Ocean to find oysters with pearls inside. When they were cut and polished, they were worth millions of dollars. How do you find this secret? Instead of being received by the rulers and leaders of the people he was rejected. But with those dark glasses on, you cant see all the nice colors. (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. 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. If our country forgets that, it will lose its ability to stand as a nation among the other nations of the world. 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. But Jesus came to make the kingdom available to everyone (Mark 1:15). There is nothing wrong with that at all. Well, is it not obvious that there is something lost with relation to humanity, something every human being seems to be seeking, consciously or unconsciously, something every thinking person in this room and throughout the world is searching for and longing for with an ache that is almost physical? These are underwater animals that live inside of a shell. Yesterday I spent a few hours with Dr.Billy Graham. They know there is some kind of tie between them, but they don't know what it is. 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. Augustine made the interpretation official struggling against the DonatistsMost Reformers followed the same line. (Carson). The man was so excited to know that he could possibly own that treasure. Yet He carefully said that the field is the world. The total weight of the emeralds was about 3,300 carats. This is what Paul tells us in the ninth, tenth, and eleventh chapters of Romans. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. b. By that he indicated that the privilege of demonstrating the grace of God would he taken from Israel and given to the church. But our treasure - our immeasurably better treasure - has no limit! We are absolute paupers in God's sight. Commentary on Matthew 13:24-30. They put their trust in Jesus. i. Matthew 13, verse 44: "In his joy, he went and sold all he had and bought that field." These two short parables tell the story of the whole Bible. The reason he joyfully goes and sells all that he has and buys that field, is that the man understands its true value. God has gathered this nation together again, brought in the people from the outlying countries of the world, gathered his dispersed from the four corners of the earth, and brought them back into the land. And they would remember the words of Psalm 135:4: For the Lord hath chosen Jacob [another name for Israel] unto himself for his peculiar treasure. Thank your volunteer. Jesus said, "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. i. In a land as frequently ravaged as Palestine, many people doubtless buried their treasures; butto actually find a treasure would happen once in a thousand lifetimes. Jodi has over 20 years experience teaching children in large and small group settings. 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. 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. Then she asked him for the secret and Solomon took her to the temple and there he showed her the worship of Jehovah, showed her how this nation was related to the God of glory and that it was their understanding of God which produced the magnificence she had seen. The first four stories were given to the unbelieving seaside crowd. Finally Jesus left the city once more and went out to his death. Notice that the man sold EVERYTHING. Jesus came, he says, and found a treasure hidden in humanity. That person is part of Gods kingdom. Last week, we read Jesus parable about the four soils. She reviewed all the glories of the kingdom of Solomon and was amazed and staggered by what she saw. He is saying that you should be willing to. If you belong to the kingdom, you have the greatest treasure! These were men of the Word, and when our Lord spoke this parable, they would clearly remember the words of Exodus19. Divide your class into at least two relay race teams. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. But there would be one kind of heart in which the seed would grow up into a harvest and produce fruit. It is listening to His voice. Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works? The usual interpretation of these parables is that Christ is the hidden treasure and that he is the pearl of great price. Is not His mother called Mary? Men have dreamed of finding it for centuries. The kingdom of God is wherever the will of God is done. We want to be the kind of good soil that Jesus talked about. a. 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. There are banners and placards everywhere you go in America, crying out for peace. 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. I was reminded by that conversation of the words of the Secretary General of the United Nations, UThant. Never, anywhere in Scripture is salvation ever offered to us as something we have to buy, or can buy. They concern things which are not quite as easily seen in the historical process. I want them to have it in the fullest possible way. (John 10:10). Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. He has been at work ever since, sending men into all parts of the earth and into all levels of society, among all kinds of people, putting them there in order that there may be a testimony of the Word. The shell has two parts that are hinged together like this. Mr. Hill, the man who found emeralds in his backyard, hired guards to keep watch over his treasure. 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). Why? Before we read the parable, I want to tell you another true story. 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). Application: The point of these two parables is the great value of being a part of Gods kingdom. ii. Say: Pearls come from oysters. - Matthew 13:44, Props: Small plate of fruit, dark glasses, bandana; Strand of pearls (artificial is fine). Pearls were especially valuable in Jesus day. This was a great surprise! This treasure is freely given by God, the King, to everyone who trusts in Him. No! The Lord Jesus says that he came and uncovered for a brief time the secret of world peace and prosperity. -- for if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon [which were pagan communities], they would have repented long ago. The person has a change of heart, and he or she truly wants to do Gods will. 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. But even that partial realization was a magnificent model of what God could do with any nation. He declared it in great messages like the Sermon on the Mount. Pearls are very valuable. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. Put dark glasses on her and tie the handkerchief LOOSELY to cover her nose and mouth (bandit style). So prone is fallen man to sin, that if the enemy sow the tares, he may . 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. The kingdom of God is the treasure. Only when Israel comes again into its right relationship to God is it ever possible to have world peace. 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? 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. But was not that an honest occupation? (Trapp), iii. III. She wasn't just Queen for a Day. In the days of David, and especially in those of Solomon who followed, the world beat a path to Israel to see what God was doing. We ask it in Jesus' name, Amen. His conscience is uneasy. He probably laid awake each night thinking about the treasure until it was his. 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. Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. The parable of the hidden treasure found. For permission to use this content, please review The merchant "sold all" to buy the pearl. He, too, knew that nothing he owned could compare to the great treasure he had finally found. 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. But, nevertheless, the Scriptures tell us that the secret is hidden from men until it be revealed through Israel. 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. But Christ does not intend to vindicate his conduct. 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. 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. 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. We can see the treasure and we can just go back to our old way of life. Take off the glasses and bandana and allow the volunteer to eat the fruit. In these two parables our Lord is telling us the reasons for the cross. He revealed for a brief flash of time the glory that was Israel. 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. 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). He was full of joy over this discovery. a. 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