Main Idea: The immense and incomparable value of Jesus and His kingdom.
Application: Because having the saving reign of Christ in our lives is so valuable – if we sacrifice everything to have it, it is a joyful sacrifice.
I. Treasure Hidden – Matthew 13:44
What Jesus means by the Kingdom of Heaven
- The Kingdom of Heaven is the or the of God
- The Kingdom of Heaven is God’s It is His reign
- The Kingdom of God is in and in (Already/Not yet)
- The Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of God are one in the same Jesus makes no distinction –
Matthew 19:23-24, ESV: “Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Truly I tell you; it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.'”
II. Treasure Searching – Matthew 13:45-46
The Reasons Why Jesus Is So Valuable:
Who He
What He has
What He
He can never be from you
Philippians 3:7-8, ESV: “But everything that was a gain to me, I have considered to be a loss because of Christ. More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them as dung, so that I may gain Christ.”
Matthew 6:33, ESV: “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.”