Treasure Hid In a Field

Q: What does the Bible say about seeking the kingdom of God?

The Bible teaches that seeking the kingdom of God should be our primary focus, as seen in Matthew 6:33. In Matthew 6:33, Jesus instructs us to 'Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.' This emphasizes the importance of putting spiritual pursuits above material concerns. Instead of being consumed by the worries of life, Christians are called to prioritize their relationship with God and the pursuit of holiness, trusting that God will provide what is necessary for life. This striving for the kingdom means actively desiring to know God and His will, leading to a deeper relationship with Him.

Q: Why is it important for Christians to not worry about material needs?

Christians are to trust in God's provision, as He knows our needs better than we do, according to Matthew 6:32. In Matthew 6:32, Jesus points out that 'your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.' This reminder is crucial for Christians as it reassures them of God's sovereign care in every aspect of life. Worrying about material needs is seen as a lack of faith; instead, believers are encouraged to trust God's providence. A preoccupation with earthly concerns can detract from one's spiritual journey, causing believers to miss the joy of seeking God and His righteousness. The focus should be to live in faith, knowing that God will fulfill the needs of His children according to His will.

Q: How do we find the treasure of the gospel according to the Bible?

The gospel is likened to a treasure hidden in a field, which one must actively seek and embrace, as stated in Matthew 13:44. Matthew 13:44 describes the kingdom of heaven as 'like unto a 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.' This illustrates that finding the gospel treasure involves recognizing its immense value and being willing to let go of lesser things to possess it fully. The treasure symbolizes the richness of God's grace and the fullness of life found in Christ. This pursuit signifies a heartfelt response to the joy of salvation, where the believer gladly prioritizes Christ over material possessions or earthly concerns.

Q: What does it mean to strive for righteousness?

Striving for righteousness involves a diligent pursuit of a right relationship with God, as indicated in Matthew 6:33. In Matthew 6:33, Jesus encourages believers to 'seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness.' Striving for righteousness means actively pursuing what is right in God's eyes, which encompasses faith, obedience, and a desire for holiness. This pursuit should be prioritized over all earthly ambitions. The appropriate response to the recognition of one's own need for righteousness is to seek it fervently in Jesus, who is the ultimate source of righteousness for believers. This striving reflects an acknowledgment of God's grace and a commitment to live in accordance with His will.

Q: Why should Christians not prioritize worldly possessions?

Worldly possessions are temporary and do not compare to the eternal value of spiritual matters, as mentioned in Matthew 6:19-21. In Matthew 6:19-21, Jesus instructs us not to lay up treasures on earth where they can decay or be stolen but to lay them up in heaven. This emphasizes that material possessions are temporary and cannot provide lasting fulfillment or security. The call for Christians is to invest in things of eternal significance, such as investing in relationships, acts of kindness, and spiritual growth. It reminds believers that where their treasure is, there will their heart be also. Consequently, the mindset should be towards valuing spiritual gains over transient material wealth.

My message this morning begins
in Matthew chapter 6. Matthew 6. Let's read verses 28 through
34 in Matthew 6. Now, here in this passage of
Scripture, our Master condemns anxious worry. and fretful care
about material and physical things. Now, we're all plagued with this.
It's a troublesome, troublesome thing. But our Lord nevertheless
condemns this attitude and spirit, anxiety and fretful care, anxious
care about material things, physical things. He says in verse 28,
why take ye thought for raiment, clothing? Consider the lilies
of the field, how they grow. They toil not, neither do they
spin. And yet I say unto you that even
Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these
lilies. Wherefore if God, your Father, my Father, so clothe
the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is withered
dead, cast into the oven. Shall he not much more clothe
you, O ye of little faith? Therefore, take no thought."
Now, our Lord is not, I know my Master is not telling me to
be lazy and indifferent regarding the needs of my family and my
children and this church. Our Lord's not encouraging that
kind of flippant, careless, indifferent attitude at all. I know you men
look at your children, they have to have shoes and clothes and
food. And you look at your houses,
they have to be painted. furniture has to be put in there.
You look at your old car, and it has to be carried far, and
your job. The Bible teaches us to work
for and on our jobs as if we're working for God himself. That's
what it's saying. That's right. It tells us to
take pride in workmanship and do the same right. So when I
learned, it says, take no thought, he's saying here, The physical,
the material, the carnal things of this earth are not to have
first thought, anxious thought, fretful thought. We're to have
our priorities right. These things are not the end,
they're means. See what I'm saying? That's what
he's saying. Don't give it all your thought and fretful thought
and anxiety as if it were all dependent on you. Your father
knows you have needed these things. He knows I have needed these
things. That's what he's saying. Take no anxious thoughts. Say,
what am I going to eat? What am I going to drink? What
am I going to wear? I tell you this, it's not only
needless for the people of God to be overly concerned about
the material and the physical, our Father will feed and clothe
us, but it's useless really. If my garden needs rain, worry
about it, it's not going to make it rain. I'm not going to change
the providence of God. and the purpose of God by walking
the floor. I was lying awake the other night.
I couldn't sleep thinking about something. I thought, I said,
Sir, what are you going to do about it lying here? Why are you doing this? Why are
you lying here awake when you're not going to help this situation,
you're not going to change it, you're not even going to make
a contribution to it here at midnight? in the darkness of
your room or your bed, in that right end, you're not going to
change it. So it's needless and it's useless. And it's unbelief, really. Aren't
we guilty? It's not believing our God. For
he says in verse 32, after all these things do the heathens
seek. That's their one goal and one
end, to prosper. eat, drink, and be merry. That's
their one goal, that's their end. For your heavenly Father
knoweth that you have need of these things. He knows you have
need of these things. Besides that, these things that
are temporary, they pass with the using. The fashion of this
world fadeth away. And what shall it profit me if
all these things are abundantly, luxuriously taken care of and
I lose my soul? What if I gain the whole world
and lose my soul? Well, in verse 33, he does tell
us something to be anxious about. In verse 33, he does tell us
something worth being concerned about. He starts off telling
us, don't be overly concerned about what you're going to wear
and what you're going to eat, what you're going to drink, but
I'll tell you something to be concerned about. I'll tell you
something to be anxious about. In fact, the Word of God says,
strive to enter in. Isn't that what it says? Strive
to enter in. For many shall seek to enter
in when once the master is risen and shut the door. He says in
verse 33, but seek ye, seek ye the kingdom of God and his righteousness. That's something to be concerned
about. Blessed is the man that hungers
and thirsts for righteousness. Blessed is the man that hungers
and thirsts for the kingdom of God. I know you look at businessmen
and the world in general and the folks out there and they're
just clamoring and reaching, trying to be promoted and trying
to get a better job and trying to get a better salary and trying
to get a bigger home and trying to do all these things, you know,
giving it all they've got, all their effort, concern, anxiety,
fretfulness, giving it everything. And our Lord said, if you're
a believer, these things will be added to you. But I'll tell
you something to give all you've got. in anxiety and concern and
diligence, and that is to seek the kingdom of God, his righteousness. For blessed is that man that
pants after, like the thirsty deer pants after the water brooks,
the living God. Blessed is that man who hungers
and thirsts for righteousness. Peter said, give diligence to
make your calling and election sure. If you do this, you'll
never fail. Examine yourselves whether you
be in the faith. Now, there is an anxiety. You
see, in this Matthew 6, anxious, fretful concern and care for
the world on the part of God's people is condemned. But anxious,
diligent concern And anxiety and care for the kingdom of God
and his righteousness is encouraged. That's what it's to it. Seek ye first and foremost and
primarily the kingdom of God. Now watch this. And all these
things will be added to you. added to you. You are in his
kingdom. You are his child. You are naked
or whatever. You are accepted and the beloved,
holy and righteous. And these things, these things,
material, physical, whatever, are just additions. You're complete
in Christ without any of them. They're added. They're added. And someday they'll be subtracted.
Isn't that right? These things will be added to
you. My God shall supply all your wants, no, your needs, according
to his riches in glory through Christ Jesus. And I'll tell you
this, a lot of our wants are not necessities. A lot of our wants would be detrimental
to us. Do you know that? They'd be detrimental. He knows they're not needs, they're
wants. And how detrimental they'd be
to us. All things work together for good to them who love God,
who are called according to his purpose. Cast your care on him,
he cares for you. I'm talking to me now, not just
to you. Matthew 13. That's where I want to go. So, here in Matthew 13, our Lord
illustrates what this seeking of the kingdom of God is. Now
don't be overly concerned and anxious and fretful about these
things, but seek ye first the kingdom of God. Set your affection
on things above, hunger and thirst, and pant up to God's kingdom
and his righteousness. Seek ye the kingdom of God. What
is it to seek the kingdom of God? I'll tell you this, I'm going
to show you from Matthew 13, but I can tell you this to begin
with. It's a whole lot more, this seeking
the kingdom of God, is a whole lot more than a nominal interest
in religion. All of your co-workers and schoolmates
and friends have a nominal interest in religion. Are you a Christian?
Yeah, I'm a Methodist or a Baptist or a Protestant. We always, we
go to church, we're identified. It's more than that. I tell you
this too, it's more than a mental agreement with a theological
system. You may be a Calvinist or free
will, you may be a Protestant or a Catholic, you may be a Baptist
or Pentecostal. This seeking the kingdom of God
is a whole lot more than entering into mentally a theological system. This is the way I see it. That's
usually how these things are prefaced. Seeking the kingdom
of God is a whole lot more than just changing your way of living. I'm going to get religion and
change my way of living. I'm going to start doing what's
right. Seeking the kingdom of God is a whole lot more than
that. It's more than reformation of life. It's a whole lot more
than the fear of death. A lot of people get old and get
religious. They finally get to what they
think is the end of the way, and they start trying to pay
attention, they start cramming for their final exam, as somebody
says. Establishing a positive attitude
by which to die. What is this seeking the kingdom
of God? Well, Matthew 13, I'm going to
read you something here, verse 44, okay? Matthew 13, verse 44. Now, give heed to what our Lord
says. I'm going to let the Master's
words be my my points in this message, my outline. Matthew 13, 44, again, the kingdom
of heaven is likened to a 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 buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven,
seeking first the kingdom of heaven. The kingdom of heaven
is likened to a merchant man seeking, seeking the kingdom
of heaven. That's what we're talking about,
isn't it? Seeking goodly pearls, who, when he found, when he had
found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had
and bought it. Now, let's go back to verse 44.
Let's just look at these words one at a time. In verse 44, he
said, again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hid in
a field. The word treasure here, in one
The word treasure, what is it? It's the gospel of the Lord Jesus
Christ. That's what this treasure is,
it's the gospel. You see, as I told my Christ
this morning, all that God has purposed, planned, and given
to sinners, everything spiritually, eternally, godly, holy, sacred,
is in Christ. It's in his gospel. See, the
gospel of Jesus Christ is the gospel of the kingdom of God.
And in the gospel is the everlasting covenant. In the gospel, that's
the Magna Carta. That's our liberty, the proclamation
of freedom to the captive. The gospel, that's the power
of God unto salvation. The gospel, that which enables
God to be just and justified. The gospel lifts the beggar from
the dunghill and seats him on the throne. The gospel gives
sight to the blind, healing to the dead, strength to the lame,
life to the dead, freedom to the captives, good news to the
poor. The gospel is our wisdom, righteousness,
sanctification, and redemption. The gospel is our hope and guarantee
of no condemnation and eternal glory. This is the treasure.
The treasure. Give your whole life to the study
of the gospel. For as you study it, you'll find
every day new riches, new nuggets, new blessings. It's all in Christ. You'll never exhaust the study
of Christ and the gospel. And that's what this treasure
is. This man, the kingdom of heaven, is like a treasure! Treasure! Oh, what a treasure. God satisfied, this sinner accepted,
glory, hope, life. That's a treasure. Well, it says
here it's hid. What does the word hid mean?
Well, take your concordance when you get home and look it up.
Hid. It means simply this. In the
Greek language, the word hid is to conceal. It's to keep secret. A thing is hid when it's concealed. It's a secret. But a thing might be hid and be in a very prominent place.
It may be hid and it may be in a very obvious place. It may
be concealed and be in a very obvious place. You say, how can that be? If
the person's blind, he may be laying right here on
this table. Maybe right here in this flowerpot, the object,
the treasure. That glorious thing may be hid
right there, but if the person's blind, it's concealed, isn't
it? It's kept secret, isn't it? He's
not going to find it. If our gospel be hid, it is hid
to them that are lost, in whom the God of this world hath blinded
their minds. Christ said, you have eyes, but
you can't see. The gospel is very obvious. It's
preached right here. It's in a very prominent place.
This pulpit is elevated almost two feet. Ed built this church,
he elevated this pulpit. Why? So I'd be obvious. So the
message, isn't that right? So the message would be clear.
Those old time churches that I preached in in England, the
pulpit is as high as that light right there. I preached in Zion
Chapel Church in London, England, and the folks were all twenty
feet below me. You know why they did that? Elevating
the gospel. giving it prestige and place
and prominence. They put it up there so that
people all break their necks looking up, you know. But that's
where it was. How else they could get it? In
the building. But they still didn't see it. Prominence. But if you're blind,
it doesn't matter where it is. And I'll tell you something else.
It may be in a prominent place and be hid if the person's looking
for it somewhere else. The gospel's in Christ, but if
you're looking for the gospel in the law, it's hid to you.
Freedom's in Christ, but if you're looking for freedom in the law,
you're going to miss it. It's hid to you. Righteousness
is in his obedience, but if you're looking for it in your obedience,
it's hidden to you. You see, Bob, what I'm saying?
This is a treasure. It's hidden. It's concealed. It's kept secret. Why? Men are
blind. Men are looking for it somewhere
else. They're not looking for it where it is, Garrett. If you know where it is, it ain't
hidden no more. And thirdly, it's hid if a person
doesn't know what it is he's seeking. That's a problem. They don't even know what it
is they're seeking. When Christ came, they didn't recognize him.
Why? They were looking for a lamb, not a lamb. He came and was on his own this
evening, not. He was in a world, the world
knew him not. But they weren't looking for a man despised and
rejected of me and a man of sours equated with greed. They were
looking for a satin-clad, crown-wearing, victorious, conquering king to
ride in and throw the yoke of the Romans off. They were looking for something
else. So this treasure is hid, and it's hid simply for three
reasons. The natural man is blind. The
natural man is looking for God's mercy somewhere else besides
in Christ. And besides that, because preachers
have lied to people so long, they don't know what they're
looking for. That's the sad thing. They don't
even know. I've heard people, like Ed, you
said this one time, I don't know what I'm not hearing, but I just
know I'm not hearing what I need to hear. Isn't that right? Went
to church all his life and finally came to his pastor and he said,
I'm not hearing anything. And he said, what is it you want
to hear? And he said, I don't even know what I want to hear,
but I just know I'm not hearing what I ought to hear. And that's
the mess that the church is in right now. The folks aren't hearing
anything, and most of them know they're not hearing anything,
but they don't know where to go to hear it. Because they don't
know what they're looking for. Well, it's hid in a field. What's
the field? Right here. There it is. It's hid right here in this field.
The Word of God. Faith comes by hearing the Word
of God. Christ is here. He's here in
the promises. I found Him over here in this
field. Genesis 3.15. Oh boy, the seed of woman will
bruise the serpent's head. I found him over here in Genesis
when God said, Abraham, I'm going to raise up from you a seed,
and through him the world is going to be blessed. I found
him over here in Deuteronomy when God said, when Moses said,
God will raise up a prophet like unto me, him you shall hear.
I found him here in the brazen serpent and the rock smitten
and the tabernacle erected and the offering sacrifices made.
I see him in the field! Every promise of God, every tithe,
the tabernacle, every sacrifice, and then I see him born of the
virgin, like God said he would be, in Bethlehem. He's a treasure. All that God
is, has, decrees, promises is in Christ. He's right there. Right there in that field. Alright,
read on. So this fellow, some fellow found
him. The witch, when a man has found,
he found him. Woo! He found him. Look at here
what I found! I found the Lamb. I found Him. When's a man going to find Him? Well, he's not by nature going
to find Him. He's not going to accidentally
find Him. Blind people don't accidentally see nothing. That's
right. He's not going to accidentally
find Him. Job says, can you by searching find out God? It's
higher than the heavens, what can you know? Deeper than hell,
what can you know? People, blind people, read the
Bible all the time. I'm not talking about physical
blind, I'm talking about spiritually blind. Folks who are looking
for salvation in their works read the Bible and prove it by
the Bible. Doesn't the Bible say, God's
going to judge you according to your works? That's what the good book
says. They twist the scriptures and
prove their error by the Word of God. When's a man going to find it?
I'll tell you when he's going to find it. Number one, when
it pleases the Lord. That's what Paul said. He said,
when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb. Paul
was a student of the Bible for forty years and never saw Christ. Forty years. Forty years in the
synagogue. Forty years in the seminary.
Forty years in religion. Forty years in the Sanhedrin. Forty years a teacher. And blind
as a bat. But one day God opened his eyes
on the road to Damascus. And one day, if you ever find
that treasure, he'll have to open your eyes. That's what he
said to Peter. Blessed are your eyes, they see.
And your ears, they hear. Flesh and blood didn't reveal
this to you, Peter, but my Father which is in heaven. That's when
you found out who I am. When it pleased God. I tell you,
when a man's going to find this treasure, when it pleases God,
secondly, when that man needs it. When he really needs it. You
know when a man finds the best physician? Do you know who the best heart
doctor is in Cincinnati? You don't know, do you? I tell
you, if you had heart trouble, you'd find out. Isn't that right,
Mike? Where's the best cancer center
in America? I don't know. If I had cancer,
I'd find out. Where's God's mercy? I'm going
to find out when I need it. The well have no need of the
physician, but they that are sick. That's when people start looking
for something when they need it. And that's when you start seeking
the kingdom of God. That's when you go find it. I
tell you when a man's going to find the treasure, when the gospel's
preached to him. For in the gospel is the power
of God and salvation. In the gospel is the righteousness
of God revealed. He's going to have to hear the
gospel. The most foolish statement a
man ever made is to say that a fellow can be saved without
hearing the gospel. That's as dumb as you can get.
For the gospel is the power of God unto salvation. And in the
gospel is the righteousness of God revealed. And he hath begotten us again
through the word, the gospel. You know something? Turn to John
1. I want to show you something.
We'll find Him when He finds us. Did you know that? We'll find Him when He finds
us. We'll call on Him when He calls
us. In chapter 1 of John, verse 43.
Listen. John 1, 43. The day following, Jesus, would go forth into Galilee,
and findeth Philip, and said to him, Now you follow me. Who
found whom? He found Philip. And he said,
Philip, you follow me. Listen to Philip tell about it.
Verse 45, Philip findeth Nathanael, and said to him, We found the
Lord. We found him of whom Moses in
the Law and the Prophets did write with Jesus of Nazareth.
Yeah, Philip found him when he found Philip. Look down here
at verse 48. Well, Nathanael came to the Lord.
Verse 47, Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said, Behold,
an Israelite indeed is whom no God. Nathanael said unto him,
Whence knowest thou me? And Jesus said, Before that Philip
called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you. Before you
heard old Mahan preach the gospel, Christ said, I saw you. I was
the one that sent him to you. I had my hand on you before I
ever sent you Philip. That's right. Alright, let's
go back to our text. I want us to get the rest of
this. This is so rich. Matthew 13. Listen. So a fellow
finds a treasure. Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven,
verse 44, is like a treasure hid in a field that which when
a man has found, he hides it. He hides it. What's this mean? I'll tell you what it means.
For the joy, for the joy of what he's discovered. He sees God's mercy and grace
in Christ. He sees the fulfillment of all
things in Christ. He sees God being just and justifying
Christ. It's so rich, so new. God has
shown him the Savior that he stores this good news personally
in his heart. He hides it in his heart for
fear of ever losing it or it ever being taken away from him.
He holds to it. He hides it in His eyes and begins
to search the Scriptures to see if these things be so. That's
what the noble Bereans did. Personally, he sits there and
he hears this Gospel, and he says, that man's talking about
the Redeemer. I say, this is so clear, and
he begins to read The Word. He begins to search the Scripture.
He begins to compare Scripture with Scripture. He begins to
do that himself for fear of losing it. And he doesn't go to men for
their assessment or for their assurance. The Apostle Paul said,
when God was pleased to reveal his Son to me, immediately I
conferred not with flesh and blood. But I went alone into
Arabia. I went alone. He hides it in
his heart. He hides it in his soul. He clutches
to it. He clings to it. He embraces
it. Look at the next line. And for
joy. And for joy there are. For the
joy. of finding all I need, Jesus
Christ is made to me, all I need, and for the joy of finding that,
he goes and sells all that he has. All that he has, and buys that
field. This is what Moses did. Turn
to Hebrews chapter 11. Hebrews chapter 11. This is what Moses did. It says in verse 24 of Hebrews 11,
by faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called
the son of Pharaoh's daughter. That's what he had. He had a
title, choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of
God. than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. That's what
he had, luxury, pleasures, esteem, power. Esteeming the reproach
of Christ, he wasn't reproached, he was hailed everywhere. But
the reproach of Christ, he esteemed greater riches than the treasures
of Egypt. He found something better than
the treasures of Egypt. For he had respect unto the recompense
of the reward, so by faith he forsook Egypt." This is what
Moses did. You say, how does this apply
to me? I don't have riches, material possessions, and besides, I couldn't
buy the gospel if I did have it. That wouldn't make me any
better off if I, I wouldn't be better off in a castle or in peon's hut. What is this? Well, Paul describes it over
here in Philippians 3, selling all that he has. Philippians
3. Let's see if we can make good on this. Philippians chapter
3, verse 4. This is a story, this is a parable. It concerns a man that came to
a field and found a treasure hid. Treasure hid. Now if he took it out of the
field, he'd be stealing. So he left it right where he
found it. He hid it there. He covered it up. Don't want
to lose it. Covered it up. He went down,
he sold everything he had, disposed of all his possessions, and came
back and bought the field. Now it's here. He bought the
whole field. Now how does that apply to us
who find by grace the gospel of Christ? in this field right
here. No amount of material possessions
can buy the gospel. I don't go off somewhere and
fix myself up so that I can embrace the gospel. But listen to what
Paul said in Philippians 3. Verse 4, Though I might also
have confidence in the flesh, if any man thinketh he hath whereof
he might trust in the flesh, I am I will circumcise the eighth
day of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew
of Hebrews as touching the law, a Pharisee concerning zeal. I
persecute the church as touching the righteousness which is in
the law, blameless." In other words, here's Paul. Religious,
denominational, righteous, proud, place of position of prestige,
Sanhedrin, Pharisee, on top of the world. All this sort of thing,
just like some of you were and I was in religion years ago.
And he met Christ. Now then, it's certain a man
cannot have Christ and hold on to his religious traditions.
It's certain that a man cannot have Christ and hold on to his
own righteousness. It's certain a man cannot have
Christ and have friendship with those who oppose Christ. Paul
couldn't stay in the Sanhedrin. Paul couldn't keep on talking
about how holy he is, and righteous he is, and have the righteousness
of Christ. Paul couldn't hold on to that
old religious experience, and old religious tradition, and
old baptisms, and heritages, and experiences, and profession,
and have Christ. Isn't that right? It's certain he cannot please
men and please Christ. He cannot hold to the honors
and praise which come from men. It's certain he cannot serve
Christ and serve mammon, no man can have two masters. It's certain he cannot have his
will and God's will, so he said in verse 7, those things that
were gained to me, those things that were so important, so important, I count but loss, I sold them. disposed of for Christ. I got to have that treasure. All that a man hath which is
contrary to and opposed to his relationship with Christ, he
disposes of it. And he buys the whole field.
He embraces all that God says. All that God says, he embraces
it all. Not my will, but thy will. Not
my way, but thy way. Not my righteousness, but his
righteousness. Not my honor, but his honor.
Not my glory, but his glory. It's Christ. Does that make sense,
what I'm saying? He's willing to dispose of all
that he has, for Christ's sake. Go back to the text a minute.
Matthew 13. Let me show you something else
before Mike sings for us. Matthew 13. He sells all that he has, disposes
of all that he has, and bought that field. He buys that field. Now that's the gospel. Now watch
verse 45. The kingdom of heaven again is
like unto a merchant, man seeking goodly pearls. Here's one object.
who, when he found that one pearl of great price, he went and sold
all that he had and bought it. That pearl is Christ. Now, the
treasure in the field is the gospel in the Word, the whole
scheme of God. We believe the record that God
hath given concerning his Son. We buy the whole thing, the gospel. And that pearl is Christ. And
we buy that pearl. Now, what's the next line? Now
again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net cast into the sea
and gathers of every kind. You men, a lot of you are fishermen.
You don't fish with a net and you don't fish with dynamite
either, do you? But back then they fished with
a net. They threw this huge net and pulled it in. Well, they
got some good fish, but they got some they didn't want. They got some they didn't want. So he says here, Verse 48, when
the net was full, they drew it to shore, and sat down, and gathered
the good, and threw away the bad. So shall it be at the end
of the world, the angels shall come. As we preach the gospel,
our Lord preached the gospel, and some people followed Him
because of the loaves and fishes, bad. Some followed Him because
of the miracles, bad. But they followed, they got in
the net. Some followed Him Because they thought he was going to
establish an earthly kingdom. They threw their garments in the way.
Hosanna. Remember? Bad. Some followed him like Simon
Magus. Sell me this power that on whomsoever
hand I put my hands, you'll get the Holy Ghost. Power and prestige.
Bad. See? So the kingdom of God, if
somebody says, well down at the church you've got some good people,
you've got some bad people. Yeah, the net, the kingdom of
God is a net. The gospel is preached. And when
the nail is thrown out, yeah, there's going to be some fish
in there that are not usable, but there will be some that are.
And I'm going to keep preaching it. See, the tires and the wheat
grow together. I don't know. You don't know me. I don't know
you. God knows us. You know ourselves. So see that? when it's drawn to show her. When it's drawn to show her.
All right, that's my message. Mike Kumsinga, Special Forest.

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