SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 4/28/2022 9:02 AM
My Worship Time Focus:
PT-2 “The Kingdom Is Priceless”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference:
Matt. 13:44-46
Message of the verses: “44 "The
kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and
hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and
buys that field. 45 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant
seeking fine pearls, 46 and upon finding
one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.”
We
begin with a quotation from John MacArthur’s commentary: “The blessing of being a child of God through
faith in Christ is utterly priceless, more valuable than all the possessions
the richest man could acquire. There is absolutely
nothing to compare to it in worth and beauty because it is ‘an inheritance
which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away’ (1 Pet. 1:4). It is forgiveness, love, peace, happiness,
virtue, purity, righteousness, eternal life, glory, and more.”
Here
is a story about a man who had 300 million dollars and owned 180 newspapers,
now one can tell this story is older because the newspaper business is
certainly not what it use to be, and also 300 million dollars in today’s world
is really not as impressive as what it used to be considering that Twitter was
just bought by the richest man in the world for 44 billion dollars. So the numbers are inflated, but the story
still goes on today as this man Robert Herbert Thompson was asked if given the
opportunity to buy the New York Times would
he do it and his reply was “I’s mortgage my soul to buy that paper.” The truth is that if they could, many people
would do just that in order to achieve the possessions, fame, or power for
which they lust. The truth is there will
come a man, the Antichrist, who will in a sense own the whole world, but will
lose his soul and end up in hell. The
world is looking for a man like that right now, and I believe that this man is
now alive somewhere in Europe.
The
truth is that the value of God’s kingdom far exceeds that of all earthly riches
and advantages together—and would still exceed them in worth even if they
brought the satisfaction of the promise, and that will not really ever
happen. Yet God offers His priceless
kingdom to any person, no matter how poor, or how insignificant, how sinful,
who trusts in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. The price is the same for everyone and that
is all that they have as illustrated in these two parables. For those whose hearts are genuinely turned
to Christ, whatever values they have clung to in the past will be exchanged eagerly
for this priceless treasure.
Lord
willing we will look at “The Kingdom is not Superficially Visible” in our next
SD as we continue to look at meaning from these two parables.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I have to say that in the first parable that
I was like that man who seemingly stumbled onto a priceless treasure even
though he was not looking for it and he bought the field in order to get that
treasure. On January 26, 1974 I
seemingly stumbled onto the greatest treasure in all the world, and that was
realizing that I was a sinner as I listened to cassette tapes on the end times
and realized that I needed the Lord and found the greatest treasure anyone
could ever find.
My Steps of Faith for Today Trust
the Lord that through the filling of His Holy Spirit I will live for the cause of
Christ this day and every day.
4/28/2022 9:27 AM
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