WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.700 Since we've built the Hubble telescope, we've looked into the heavens. 00:00:08.160 --> 00:00:08.820 He's not there. 00:00:09.700 --> 00:00:10.519 Where is he? 00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:14.800 We've looked at the atomic level. 00:00:15.599 --> 00:00:16.300 He's not there. 00:00:17.920 --> 00:00:21.879 Most of our society in Australia have concluded God isn't there. 00:00:22.760 --> 00:00:24.039 He's just not obvious. 00:00:26.140 --> 00:00:27.699 I'm so confident of this. 00:00:27.699 --> 00:00:31.399 People don't think there's some grand meaning and purpose to life. 00:00:31.919 --> 00:00:34.019 You can create your own meaning. 00:00:35.079 --> 00:00:38.420 And who are you to tell me that my meaning is wrong? 00:00:41.340 --> 00:00:46.500 Now, we Christians, apart from appealing to nature going, 00:00:47.299 --> 00:00:51.420 yeah, the images that came back from the Hubble telescope just blew our minds. 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:53.280 There's the glory there. 00:00:53.640 --> 00:00:54.859 How can you not see that? 00:00:54.859 --> 00:00:57.119 The atomic level, there's glory. 00:00:57.259 --> 00:00:59.039 There's more there than we even realise. 00:00:59.479 --> 00:01:03.980 Apart from appealing to that, we say God did show up. 00:01:06.859 --> 00:01:13.319 Jesus, God's son, came in the flesh, in real time and space. 00:01:13.700 --> 00:01:15.819 We have his words written for us. 00:01:16.140 --> 00:01:18.260 He did things that only God could do. 00:01:18.780 --> 00:01:19.980 He came back from the dead. 00:01:19.980 --> 00:01:25.140 God has revealed himself clearly in his son, Jesus. 00:01:26.439 --> 00:01:32.719 But then, even Jesus' contemporaries, who themselves were waiting for the Messiah, God's kingdom, 00:01:33.040 --> 00:01:36.260 they were the ones who were crying out, crucify him. 00:01:36.760 --> 00:01:37.700 Crucify him. 00:01:39.700 --> 00:01:43.680 He didn't restore Israel's freedom and prosperity. 00:01:43.859 --> 00:01:47.020 He didn't make Jerusalem the political capital of the world. 00:01:47.019 --> 00:01:48.019 He didn't make Jerusalem the world. 00:01:48.019 --> 00:01:49.019 He didn't make Jerusalem the world. 00:01:49.019 --> 00:01:49.659 Crucified Messiah. 00:01:50.659 --> 00:01:52.459 Where's the glory in that? 00:01:55.780 --> 00:01:59.699 The glory doesn't seem obvious either back then or today. 00:02:00.759 --> 00:02:06.659 Even as Christians, we can struggle with doubt because of the lack of this obvious glory. 00:02:07.459 --> 00:02:13.139 Can the church and the gospel really be the most significant thing about life 00:02:13.139 --> 00:02:16.159 when so few people in our society cherish it? 00:02:16.159 --> 00:02:20.240 Doesn't that just nag at you sometimes? 00:02:20.939 --> 00:02:23.319 Is this really the most significant thing? 00:02:25.000 --> 00:02:27.560 I keep struggling with my sin. 00:02:28.060 --> 00:02:34.099 If Jesus is ruling my life now, why don't I have that full glory yet? 00:02:34.099 --> 00:02:41.079 Why not devote myself and my life to things that are obviously glorious, 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:48.879 like my career and relationships and pleasure and prosperity and so on? 00:02:50.879 --> 00:02:54.180 Even as Christians, we can struggle with this sense of lack of glory. 00:02:54.180 --> 00:03:00.340 And this is where our mini-series in the parables in chapter 13, 00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:05.580 Jesus has told us the secrets of the kingdom of heaven to help us with this. 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:13.040 That before the kingdom comes in full and obvious and gloriously for all to see, 00:03:13.340 --> 00:03:14.780 it has come secretly. 00:03:14.780 --> 00:03:17.439 It is hidden. 00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:25.060 It has come through the word of the gospel about Jesus, what he has done, who he is. 00:03:26.360 --> 00:03:30.240 But like the parables of the soils we've heard, many will reject this word. 00:03:30.240 --> 00:03:37.840 But there will be a fruitful harvest with birds of the air from all over the world 00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:41.140 coming to rest in this kingdom's shade. 00:03:41.860 --> 00:03:46.860 For those with eyes to see, Jesus' death is like that small mustard seed 00:03:46.860 --> 00:03:51.740 that from that death produces this kingdom. 00:03:54.260 --> 00:03:58.120 Reconciled to God the Father, people from all over the world, anyone who believes, 00:03:58.120 --> 00:04:00.039 the kingdom has come. 00:04:00.259 --> 00:04:04.439 It's just come hidden, secret, through the word of Jesus, 00:04:05.200 --> 00:04:08.780 starting from the inside, working in the hearts of people. 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:10.439 That's where you'll find it. 00:04:13.140 --> 00:04:17.120 So, this morning, we have two final parables. 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:22.280 Jesus finishes this block of teaching with this first parable, 00:04:22.379 --> 00:04:24.240 which is going to answer this question, I think. 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:29.480 Why do people need to find the kingdom now when it's still hidden? 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:32.620 If it's so hidden, why do people need to find it? 00:04:33.879 --> 00:04:36.840 I think the second parable is going to answer this question. 00:04:37.379 --> 00:04:42.240 How will people see and hear this hidden kingdom? 00:04:44.759 --> 00:04:46.800 Okay, so let's get into these parables. 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:50.840 So first, why do people need to find this hidden kingdom now? 00:04:50.839 --> 00:04:54.739 The answer, because the net is coming. 00:04:56.299 --> 00:05:00.519 One day, the kingdom will come very observably, 00:05:01.099 --> 00:05:02.579 as people claim that they want. 00:05:02.819 --> 00:05:06.739 It will be plain for all to see, but in that day, it will be too late. 00:05:07.259 --> 00:05:08.879 It is a terrifying day. 00:05:10.819 --> 00:05:16.259 A simple fishing story carries the weight of the eternal destiny 00:05:16.259 --> 00:05:17.879 of yourself and everyone you know. 00:05:17.879 --> 00:05:20.659 Jesus says, 00:05:20.659 --> 00:05:26.120 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea 00:05:26.120 --> 00:05:28.240 and gathered fish of every kind. 00:05:28.639 --> 00:05:33.980 When it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good 00:05:33.980 --> 00:05:36.819 into containers but threw away the bad. 00:05:38.920 --> 00:05:44.279 The net isn't about the church going about the missionary Great Commission. 00:05:44.279 --> 00:05:46.059 We're given the explanation. 00:05:46.059 --> 00:05:48.579 So it will be at the end of the age. 00:05:48.659 --> 00:05:52.959 This is a picture at the end of history as we know it. 00:05:54.199 --> 00:06:00.159 So the parable of the wheat and the weeds with things being mixed now. 00:06:00.439 --> 00:06:02.119 There's those who believe, those who don't. 00:06:02.859 --> 00:06:04.899 But Christ's priority was his wheat. 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:07.979 So the focus was on things being mixed now, 00:06:07.980 --> 00:06:12.379 whereas this parable seems to focus just on the end of time. 00:06:13.960 --> 00:06:15.860 And the point is clear and obvious, isn't it? 00:06:16.259 --> 00:06:18.180 Marie's already brought it out in the kids' talk. 00:06:18.400 --> 00:06:19.759 Kids can understand this. 00:06:20.740 --> 00:06:23.759 A great sorting will occur. 00:06:25.759 --> 00:06:32.080 Don't confuse the hiddenness now for the fact that it will be obvious one day 00:06:32.079 --> 00:06:34.139 and a sorting will occur. 00:06:35.979 --> 00:06:36.939 So this image. 00:06:37.539 --> 00:06:40.639 Please don't picture this little handheld fishing net. 00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:42.120 That's not what it's talking about. 00:06:42.459 --> 00:06:47.039 This is a huge drag net that would be attached to either two boats 00:06:47.039 --> 00:06:50.060 and just sweep whatever comes between the two boats 00:06:50.060 --> 00:06:52.120 or it would be attached to the shore 00:06:52.120 --> 00:06:55.479 and attached to a boat that just sweeps the whole area. 00:06:56.219 --> 00:06:58.759 So none of this punzi handheld thing. 00:06:58.860 --> 00:07:00.139 This is a huge net. 00:07:00.139 --> 00:07:05.120 And the fish in its path can do nothing to avoid it. 00:07:05.319 --> 00:07:07.419 Like I'm picturing little Nemo swimming 00:07:07.419 --> 00:07:10.959 with this net going to the bottom of the ocean floor 00:07:10.959 --> 00:07:12.899 to the rim of the surface. 00:07:13.339 --> 00:07:15.180 And you can't go under it. 00:07:15.539 --> 00:07:16.680 You can't go over it. 00:07:17.159 --> 00:07:18.379 You will not go through it. 00:07:20.959 --> 00:07:22.560 Everyone will be caught in it. 00:07:25.779 --> 00:07:27.060 You can't avoid it. 00:07:27.060 --> 00:07:28.719 Your neighbour can't avoid it. 00:07:30.139 --> 00:07:33.379 Fish of every kind will be caught. 00:07:33.560 --> 00:07:36.379 Now that might be suggesting every kind is in every culture, 00:07:36.879 --> 00:07:38.139 people all over the world. 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:41.740 Maybe it's just saying every kind is in those good, those bad. 00:07:41.839 --> 00:07:42.919 Everyone will be caught up. 00:07:44.120 --> 00:07:44.919 Once it's full, 00:07:46.300 --> 00:07:50.279 once everyone, those alive and those in their graves coming out, 00:07:50.639 --> 00:07:52.500 not even death will hide you from this net. 00:07:52.500 --> 00:07:55.699 You'll be brought ashore for sorting. 00:07:59.779 --> 00:08:01.040 There's a very clear point. 00:08:02.040 --> 00:08:04.480 The kingdom will come obviously one day. 00:08:05.079 --> 00:08:06.300 It will come obviously. 00:08:07.079 --> 00:08:09.319 And a great sorting will take place. 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:10.459 It is unavoidable. 00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:13.079 And there's only two groups, two outcomes, 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:14.360 the righteous and the wicked, 00:08:14.360 --> 00:08:15.740 those kept, 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:18.240 those thrown in the fiery furnace. 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:24.600 So the question I've been wrestling with is, 00:08:25.040 --> 00:08:26.520 what does this parable add? 00:08:27.400 --> 00:08:29.900 That the parable of the wheat and the weeds, 00:08:30.939 --> 00:08:36.399 it talked about the weeds being burnt up in the fiery furnace. 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:38.379 It's exactly the same phrase. 00:08:39.340 --> 00:08:41.259 And the wheat gathered into the barn, 00:08:41.579 --> 00:08:42.620 shining like the sun. 00:08:44.840 --> 00:08:45.899 Now maybe this picture, 00:08:46.079 --> 00:08:46.939 this water picture, 00:08:47.159 --> 00:08:49.439 complements the agricultural picture. 00:08:49.899 --> 00:08:50.419 Maybe. 00:08:50.860 --> 00:08:52.019 Maybe it's a reminder. 00:08:53.139 --> 00:08:54.299 I think there's more to it. 00:08:55.079 --> 00:08:57.459 I think there's two details that add a new emphasis. 00:08:58.199 --> 00:08:59.659 Not necessarily anything new, 00:08:59.740 --> 00:09:00.620 but a new emphasis. 00:09:02.059 --> 00:09:05.019 Notice that the focus here is on what happens to the evil. 00:09:05.019 --> 00:09:09.819 Parable, we only get shown the negative outcome. 00:09:10.799 --> 00:09:12.659 In verses 49 and 50, 00:09:13.679 --> 00:09:19.100 it's the fiery furnace where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth. 00:09:20.559 --> 00:09:22.319 So it doesn't talk about heaven. 00:09:24.539 --> 00:09:26.980 Now the parable shouldn't be pushed too far. 00:09:27.100 --> 00:09:30.120 This is an important point with interpreting parables. 00:09:30.299 --> 00:09:32.759 It usually only has one main point. 00:09:32.759 --> 00:09:37.519 Otherwise, the good fish are kept for eating. 00:09:38.580 --> 00:09:39.899 That's not what it's saying. 00:09:40.659 --> 00:09:41.580 And it's a bit odd, 00:09:41.939 --> 00:09:44.740 picturing fish sitting around the great heavenly banquet. 00:09:45.379 --> 00:09:47.539 So let's not push this parable too far. 00:09:48.439 --> 00:09:50.759 The focus is on what happens to the evil. 00:09:50.759 --> 00:09:56.000 The other detail that helps us understand this, 00:09:56.159 --> 00:09:58.019 I think, is how it starts. 00:09:58.159 --> 00:09:59.200 Notice in verse 47. 00:09:59.679 --> 00:10:00.120 Again. 00:10:01.559 --> 00:10:03.379 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like. 00:10:04.179 --> 00:10:06.340 In verse 45, last week, 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:10.279 we very easily accepted the again. 00:10:11.220 --> 00:10:13.039 Combining those two parables about 00:10:13.039 --> 00:10:15.679 the treasure hidden in the field, 00:10:15.779 --> 00:10:16.279 and again, 00:10:16.779 --> 00:10:18.539 the kingdom of heaven is like a great pearl. 00:10:18.539 --> 00:10:20.439 But here we have another again. 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:23.579 Which probably shows that we 00:10:23.579 --> 00:10:27.019 stuffed up how we broke up this passage. 00:10:27.599 --> 00:10:28.120 But, 00:10:28.439 --> 00:10:31.059 these three parables seem to be linked. 00:10:32.639 --> 00:10:35.599 The net seems to be the negative side 00:10:35.599 --> 00:10:37.219 to the positive appeal of 00:10:37.219 --> 00:10:38.299 find the treasure, 00:10:38.939 --> 00:10:39.799 find the pearl, 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:42.059 otherwise the net. 00:10:42.059 --> 00:10:46.959 There's those who, 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:47.959 in this life, 00:10:48.099 --> 00:10:49.019 find Jesus 00:10:49.019 --> 00:10:50.139 and the treasure 00:10:50.139 --> 00:10:52.679 of living under his good rule. 00:10:53.799 --> 00:10:54.179 Who, 00:10:54.299 --> 00:10:55.119 who, 00:10:55.119 --> 00:10:55.459 who, 00:10:55.459 --> 00:10:57.779 who sacrifice everything under his feet. 00:10:58.099 --> 00:10:59.459 And don't count it as loss, 00:10:59.699 --> 00:11:00.359 but gain. 00:11:00.939 --> 00:11:01.679 There's those. 00:11:03.219 --> 00:11:03.539 But if, 00:11:03.739 --> 00:11:05.279 those who fail to find that, 00:11:06.279 --> 00:11:07.139 fail to, 00:11:07.139 --> 00:11:09.139 see Jesus as worthy 00:11:09.139 --> 00:11:10.500 of your life, 00:11:11.460 --> 00:11:12.980 treat him as insignificant, 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:14.319 well, 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:18.100 there's only a terrible outcome. 00:11:20.019 --> 00:11:22.019 An unavoidable outcome. 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:25.500 I think these three parables 00:11:25.500 --> 00:11:26.759 paint a picture of what Jesus 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:27.580 has already said 00:11:27.580 --> 00:11:29.340 in chapter 10, 00:11:29.399 --> 00:11:29.980 verse 39. 00:11:30.819 --> 00:11:32.600 Whoever finds his life here, 00:11:33.600 --> 00:11:34.799 will lose it. 00:11:37.139 --> 00:11:39.500 But whoever loses his life 00:11:39.500 --> 00:11:40.340 for my sake, 00:11:40.740 --> 00:11:41.480 will find it. 00:11:43.699 --> 00:11:44.139 Now, 00:11:44.179 --> 00:11:45.139 I don't think this is trying 00:11:45.139 --> 00:11:46.139 to scare you 00:11:46.139 --> 00:11:47.279 into becoming a Christian. 00:11:49.960 --> 00:11:51.840 I think it's a very good thing 00:11:51.840 --> 00:11:53.059 that God hates evil. 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:55.000 And he's going to do 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:55.819 something about it. 00:11:57.720 --> 00:11:59.779 How awful a God 00:11:59.779 --> 00:12:01.179 would be 00:12:01.179 --> 00:12:03.139 if he didn't care 00:12:03.139 --> 00:12:04.179 about evil. 00:12:04.939 --> 00:12:06.659 That is a terrifying thought. 00:12:07.139 --> 00:12:08.500 It is a good thing 00:12:08.500 --> 00:12:09.439 that God hates evil 00:12:09.439 --> 00:12:10.340 and that he's going to do 00:12:10.340 --> 00:12:11.059 something about it. 00:12:12.080 --> 00:12:13.659 The terrifying thing is 00:12:13.659 --> 00:12:15.299 if you're someone 00:12:15.299 --> 00:12:16.279 who does that evil, 00:12:16.519 --> 00:12:17.840 standing before such a God, 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:19.340 which is all of us, 00:12:19.419 --> 00:12:19.779 isn't it? 00:12:21.899 --> 00:12:23.100 Jesus is loving us 00:12:23.100 --> 00:12:24.220 by warning you 00:12:24.220 --> 00:12:26.399 of what will occur 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:27.559 if you reject 00:12:27.559 --> 00:12:28.519 eternal life. 00:12:28.519 --> 00:12:29.519 God hates evil. 00:12:29.519 --> 00:12:30.199 Now, 00:12:30.259 --> 00:12:31.799 I heard someone 00:12:31.799 --> 00:12:32.500 the other day 00:12:32.500 --> 00:12:33.460 dismiss 00:12:33.460 --> 00:12:36.059 the resurrection 00:12:36.059 --> 00:12:37.159 saying, 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:37.340 yeah, 00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:37.799 I don't really 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:40.220 believe all those stories 00:12:40.220 --> 00:12:40.779 about people 00:12:40.779 --> 00:12:41.879 seeing a great light 00:12:41.879 --> 00:12:42.819 when they're on 00:12:42.819 --> 00:12:43.740 the operating table, 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:44.620 those kind of things. 00:12:47.100 --> 00:12:48.419 The person saying this 00:12:48.419 --> 00:12:49.399 isn't one of those people 00:12:49.399 --> 00:12:50.639 who saw a light. 00:12:50.860 --> 00:12:52.120 The person saying this 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:53.259 is the one 00:12:53.259 --> 00:12:54.480 who rose from the dead. 00:12:54.480 --> 00:12:56.720 He has authority 00:12:56.720 --> 00:12:57.440 over death. 00:12:58.440 --> 00:12:59.960 He has tasted hell 00:12:59.960 --> 00:13:00.779 on the cross. 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:03.300 He knows the fiery furnace. 00:13:06.139 --> 00:13:07.460 The son of God 00:13:07.460 --> 00:13:09.720 sweated drops of blood 00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:11.500 anticipating what he was 00:13:11.500 --> 00:13:12.240 about to endure. 00:13:12.240 --> 00:13:12.419 over. 00:13:16.919 --> 00:13:18.220 He went to the cross 00:13:18.220 --> 00:13:20.060 feeling the full force 00:13:20.060 --> 00:13:21.680 of God's anger 00:13:21.680 --> 00:13:22.680 so that you and I 00:13:22.680 --> 00:13:23.500 would escape 00:13:23.500 --> 00:13:24.980 this fiery furnace. 00:13:26.060 --> 00:13:27.120 He has displayed 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:27.820 his love 00:13:27.820 --> 00:13:28.799 so incredibly, 00:13:30.139 --> 00:13:31.460 sacrificing his son 00:13:31.460 --> 00:13:32.879 to give you 00:13:32.879 --> 00:13:33.779 eternal life. 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:38.840 If you reject that, 00:13:38.840 --> 00:13:42.860 you reject that love. 00:13:43.680 --> 00:13:44.700 You will only face 00:13:44.700 --> 00:13:45.300 God's anger. 00:13:47.500 --> 00:13:48.379 The weeping 00:13:48.379 --> 00:13:49.680 pictures the suffering. 00:13:50.160 --> 00:13:51.280 The gnashing of teeth 00:13:51.280 --> 00:13:52.340 pictures despair 00:13:52.340 --> 00:13:53.200 in that place. 00:13:54.460 --> 00:13:55.580 And what's scary 00:13:55.580 --> 00:13:56.879 in these images 00:13:56.879 --> 00:13:58.100 is that they're images, 00:13:58.320 --> 00:13:59.200 they're metaphors. 00:14:00.800 --> 00:14:01.899 Heaven for the righteous 00:14:01.899 --> 00:14:03.379 is described as a banquet 00:14:03.379 --> 00:14:05.019 as I referred to earlier. 00:14:05.340 --> 00:14:06.560 But that's just using 00:14:06.560 --> 00:14:08.120 imagery so that we can 00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:08.960 understand it. 00:14:09.100 --> 00:14:10.179 It's better than a banquet. 00:14:10.700 --> 00:14:11.799 It's still a picture. 00:14:12.659 --> 00:14:13.580 So too with these 00:14:13.580 --> 00:14:14.019 descriptions. 00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:15.120 It's just a picture 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:18.560 of the awfulness. 00:14:21.600 --> 00:14:23.060 Come to Jesus now. 00:14:25.500 --> 00:14:26.399 You will find 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:27.299 full forgiveness. 00:14:28.679 --> 00:14:29.620 He wants you 00:14:29.620 --> 00:14:30.179 to find him 00:14:30.179 --> 00:14:30.580 his treasure. 00:14:30.700 --> 00:14:31.840 He doesn't want you 00:14:31.840 --> 00:14:33.360 in the fiery furnace. 00:14:33.480 --> 00:14:34.820 He takes no delight 00:14:34.820 --> 00:14:35.580 in the death 00:14:35.580 --> 00:14:36.060 of the wicked. 00:14:36.480 --> 00:14:37.740 No delight whatsoever. 00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:43.240 Come to him. 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:44.279 You will find forgiveness. 00:14:44.539 --> 00:14:45.240 You will find 00:14:45.240 --> 00:14:46.759 a treasure 00:14:46.759 --> 00:14:47.820 better than anything 00:14:47.820 --> 00:14:48.960 else you know in life. 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:50.940 Come before 00:14:50.940 --> 00:14:51.860 that net arrives. 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:55.460 Find God's love 00:14:55.460 --> 00:14:56.860 before you face 00:14:56.860 --> 00:14:57.940 God's anger. 00:14:57.940 --> 00:14:58.060 treasure. 00:15:03.060 --> 00:15:04.180 It's hard to be sure 00:15:04.180 --> 00:15:05.300 whether Jesus 00:15:05.300 --> 00:15:05.840 is speaking 00:15:05.840 --> 00:15:06.440 these parables 00:15:06.440 --> 00:15:07.120 to the crowd 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:08.100 still or just 00:15:08.100 --> 00:15:08.840 his disciples. 00:15:09.520 --> 00:15:10.260 I'm not sure 00:15:10.260 --> 00:15:10.920 we can be certain 00:15:10.920 --> 00:15:11.320 on that. 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:13.480 But the implication 00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:14.160 for us 00:15:14.160 --> 00:15:15.220 who have already 00:15:15.220 --> 00:15:16.200 found this treasure 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:19.400 shouldn't it fill us 00:15:19.400 --> 00:15:20.600 with thankfulness? 00:15:22.280 --> 00:15:23.280 That awful 00:15:23.280 --> 00:15:24.140 fiery furnace, 00:15:24.640 --> 00:15:25.300 I should have been 00:15:25.300 --> 00:15:26.100 that bad fish 00:15:26.100 --> 00:15:26.800 thrown away. 00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:29.200 But he was 00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:29.740 thrown away 00:15:29.740 --> 00:15:30.320 so that I'm 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:30.879 gathered in. 00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:32.000 It should fill us 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:33.500 with incredible 00:15:33.500 --> 00:15:34.259 thankfulness. 00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:35.700 And there is 00:15:35.700 --> 00:15:36.279 zero, 00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:37.759 zero room 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:38.580 for pride 00:15:38.580 --> 00:15:39.259 in the Christian 00:15:39.259 --> 00:15:40.139 life that I 00:15:40.139 --> 00:15:40.960 believed while 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:41.639 others didn't. 00:15:41.899 --> 00:15:42.639 There's no room 00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:42.980 for that. 00:15:43.379 --> 00:15:44.680 He gave us 00:15:44.680 --> 00:15:45.320 the secrets 00:15:45.320 --> 00:15:45.860 of the kingdom. 00:15:45.860 --> 00:15:48.440 There is no room 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:49.000 for pride. 00:15:51.220 --> 00:15:52.360 I don't have 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:52.919 to fear, 00:15:53.259 --> 00:15:53.960 if you've found 00:15:53.960 --> 00:15:54.320 Jesus, 00:15:54.680 --> 00:15:55.800 you do not have 00:15:55.800 --> 00:15:56.180 to fear 00:15:56.180 --> 00:15:57.120 this final sorting. 00:15:59.220 --> 00:15:59.899 You're one 00:15:59.899 --> 00:16:00.440 of the righteous, 00:16:00.620 --> 00:16:01.139 I'm one of the 00:16:01.139 --> 00:16:01.399 righteous, 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:02.139 not because of 00:16:02.139 --> 00:16:02.940 us of course, 00:16:03.740 --> 00:16:04.440 but because 00:16:04.440 --> 00:16:05.100 his death 00:16:05.100 --> 00:16:05.879 washes us 00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:07.139 and his righteousness 00:16:07.139 --> 00:16:08.340 is counted to us. 00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:09.879 We don't have to 00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:10.500 fear this 00:16:10.500 --> 00:16:11.259 for our sake, 00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:12.080 but we should 00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:12.700 fear it 00:16:12.700 --> 00:16:13.200 for others' 00:16:13.200 --> 00:16:13.539 sake. 00:16:13.539 --> 00:16:15.939 that treasure 00:16:15.939 --> 00:16:16.779 we talk about, 00:16:16.939 --> 00:16:17.620 that is not 00:16:17.620 --> 00:16:18.839 for us to keep. 00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:20.799 We need to feel 00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:21.659 the urgency, 00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:23.419 the seriousness 00:16:23.419 --> 00:16:24.740 of what's coming. 00:16:25.599 --> 00:16:26.219 That treasure, 00:16:26.719 --> 00:16:27.259 we're meant to 00:16:27.259 --> 00:16:27.919 bring it out 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:28.779 so that others 00:16:28.779 --> 00:16:29.740 see it, 00:16:30.059 --> 00:16:30.539 hear it, 00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:31.860 before the net 00:16:31.860 --> 00:16:32.219 comes. 00:16:33.419 --> 00:16:34.219 Share your 00:16:34.219 --> 00:16:34.799 treasure with 00:16:34.799 --> 00:16:35.339 whoever will 00:16:35.339 --> 00:16:35.779 take it. 00:16:37.179 --> 00:16:37.819 And I don't 00:16:37.819 --> 00:16:38.379 think it's easy 00:16:38.379 --> 00:16:39.059 to believe this 00:16:39.059 --> 00:16:40.179 because there's 00:16:40.179 --> 00:16:40.459 going to be 00:16:40.459 --> 00:16:41.079 family members 00:16:41.079 --> 00:16:41.839 who don't believe 00:16:41.839 --> 00:16:42.339 and that is 00:16:42.339 --> 00:16:43.000 just agony. 00:16:44.339 --> 00:16:45.000 It's like 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:45.480 the Apostle 00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:45.799 Paul. 00:16:46.139 --> 00:16:46.819 He wished 00:16:46.819 --> 00:16:47.860 he himself 00:16:47.860 --> 00:16:48.240 could be 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:48.839 cut off 00:16:48.839 --> 00:16:49.699 just so his 00:16:49.699 --> 00:16:50.319 own people 00:16:50.319 --> 00:16:50.799 could be 00:16:50.799 --> 00:16:51.259 brought into 00:16:51.259 --> 00:16:51.659 Christ. 00:16:52.039 --> 00:16:53.000 To believe 00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:53.519 this net 00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:53.980 is coming 00:16:53.980 --> 00:16:54.539 is actually 00:16:54.539 --> 00:16:56.059 a painful 00:16:56.059 --> 00:16:56.539 path. 00:16:57.980 --> 00:16:58.980 But we need 00:16:58.980 --> 00:16:59.620 to see people 00:16:59.620 --> 00:17:00.000 with the 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:00.839 seriousness of 00:17:00.839 --> 00:17:01.159 who they 00:17:01.159 --> 00:17:01.939 are and 00:17:01.939 --> 00:17:02.519 these outcomes. 00:17:05.879 --> 00:17:06.420 I'm going 00:17:06.420 --> 00:17:06.759 to quote 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:07.200 C.S. 00:17:07.259 --> 00:17:07.759 Lewis because 00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:08.440 I think he 00:17:08.440 --> 00:17:08.799 just paints 00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:09.480 a picture of 00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:10.500 how serious 00:17:10.500 --> 00:17:11.920 our interactions 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:13.120 with each 00:17:13.120 --> 00:17:13.700 other are. 00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:15.400 Let me 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:15.940 quote C.S. 00:17:15.940 --> 00:17:16.160 Lewis. 00:17:18.019 --> 00:17:19.240 The load 00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:20.120 or weight 00:17:20.120 --> 00:17:21.000 or burden 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:21.400 of my 00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:21.920 neighbour's 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:22.360 glory 00:17:22.360 --> 00:17:22.980 should be 00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:23.779 laid daily 00:17:23.779 --> 00:17:24.140 on my 00:17:24.140 --> 00:17:24.500 back, 00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:25.380 a load 00:17:25.380 --> 00:17:26.080 so heavy 00:17:26.080 --> 00:17:27.039 that only 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:27.600 humility 00:17:27.600 --> 00:17:28.220 can carry 00:17:28.220 --> 00:17:28.560 it and 00:17:28.560 --> 00:17:28.980 the backs 00:17:28.980 --> 00:17:29.220 of the 00:17:29.220 --> 00:17:29.480 proud 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:29.759 will be 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:30.100 broken. 00:17:30.099 --> 00:17:31.839 It is 00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:32.339 a serious 00:17:32.339 --> 00:17:33.459 thing to 00:17:33.459 --> 00:17:33.859 live in 00:17:33.859 --> 00:17:34.539 a society 00:17:34.539 --> 00:17:35.240 of possible 00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:36.159 gods and 00:17:36.159 --> 00:17:36.779 goddesses 00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:37.859 to remember 00:17:37.859 --> 00:17:38.259 that the 00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:38.839 dullest, 00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:39.399 most 00:17:39.399 --> 00:17:40.619 uninteresting 00:17:40.619 --> 00:17:41.359 person you 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:41.879 talk to 00:17:41.879 --> 00:17:42.419 may one 00:17:42.419 --> 00:17:43.139 day be a 00:17:43.139 --> 00:17:43.579 creature 00:17:43.579 --> 00:17:44.359 which if 00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:44.899 you saw 00:17:44.899 --> 00:17:45.359 it now 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:46.659 you would 00:17:46.659 --> 00:17:47.599 be strongly 00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:48.719 tempted to 00:17:48.719 --> 00:17:49.099 worship 00:17:49.099 --> 00:17:51.119 or else 00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:51.719 a horror, 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:53.519 a corruption 00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:54.359 such as you 00:17:54.359 --> 00:17:54.879 now meet 00:17:54.879 --> 00:17:55.399 if at all 00:17:55.399 --> 00:17:56.099 only in a 00:17:56.099 --> 00:17:56.500 nightmare. 00:17:57.559 --> 00:17:58.079 All day 00:17:58.079 --> 00:17:59.119 long in 00:17:59.119 --> 00:17:59.819 some degree 00:17:59.819 --> 00:18:00.619 we are 00:18:00.619 --> 00:18:01.199 helping each 00:18:01.199 --> 00:18:01.699 other to 00:18:01.699 --> 00:18:02.299 one or 00:18:02.299 --> 00:18:02.799 other of 00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:03.159 these 00:18:03.159 --> 00:18:03.899 destinations. 00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:05.879 It is in 00:18:05.879 --> 00:18:06.419 the light of 00:18:06.419 --> 00:18:07.279 these overwhelming 00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:08.000 possibilities, 00:18:08.439 --> 00:18:08.799 it is with 00:18:08.799 --> 00:18:09.379 the awe 00:18:09.379 --> 00:18:11.179 proper to 00:18:11.179 --> 00:18:11.619 them that 00:18:11.619 --> 00:18:11.979 we should 00:18:11.979 --> 00:18:12.739 conduct all 00:18:12.739 --> 00:18:13.299 our dealings 00:18:13.299 --> 00:18:13.639 with one 00:18:13.639 --> 00:18:13.939 another, 00:18:14.059 --> 00:18:14.779 all friendships, 00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:15.639 all loves, 00:18:15.779 --> 00:18:16.279 all play, 00:18:16.419 --> 00:18:17.079 all politics. 00:18:17.459 --> 00:18:18.059 There are no 00:18:18.059 --> 00:18:19.239 ordinary people. 00:18:19.699 --> 00:18:20.199 You have never 00:18:20.199 --> 00:18:21.359 talked to a 00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:21.879 mere mortal. 00:18:22.699 --> 00:18:23.139 Nations, 00:18:23.399 --> 00:18:23.739 cultures, 00:18:23.919 --> 00:18:24.179 arts, 00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:24.919 civilisation, 00:18:25.059 --> 00:18:25.359 these are 00:18:25.359 --> 00:18:25.659 mortal. 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:26.579 Their life 00:18:26.579 --> 00:18:27.039 is the 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:28.279 ours like 00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:28.699 the life 00:18:28.700 --> 00:18:28.980 of a 00:18:28.980 --> 00:18:29.240 gnat, 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:30.580 but it 00:18:30.580 --> 00:18:30.779 is 00:18:30.779 --> 00:18:31.660 immortals 00:18:31.660 --> 00:18:32.360 whom we 00:18:32.360 --> 00:18:33.000 joke with, 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:34.660 work with, 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:35.279 marry, 00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:35.900 snub, 00:18:36.299 --> 00:18:36.880 exploit, 00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:38.640 immortal 00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:39.440 horrors or 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:39.980 everlasting 00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:40.640 splendours. 00:18:46.580 --> 00:18:47.319 So how 00:18:47.319 --> 00:18:47.500 are you 00:18:47.500 --> 00:18:48.200 helping people 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:49.279 prepare for 00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:49.740 this net? 00:18:53.700 --> 00:18:54.180 Interest 00:18:54.180 --> 00:18:54.519 rates, 00:18:54.700 --> 00:18:55.059 costs of 00:18:55.059 --> 00:18:55.460 living are 00:18:55.460 --> 00:18:55.840 rising. 00:18:57.259 --> 00:18:57.640 What 00:18:57.640 --> 00:18:58.100 expenses 00:18:58.100 --> 00:18:58.360 are you 00:18:58.360 --> 00:18:58.560 going to 00:18:58.560 --> 00:18:58.960 cut back 00:18:58.960 --> 00:18:59.180 on? 00:19:01.259 --> 00:19:01.660 Missionary 00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:02.259 support? 00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:06.740 How could 00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:07.300 you connect 00:19:07.300 --> 00:19:07.520 your 00:19:07.520 --> 00:19:07.920 Christian 00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:08.140 and 00:19:08.140 --> 00:19:08.680 non-Christian 00:19:08.680 --> 00:19:10.560 friends? 00:19:11.020 --> 00:19:11.420 Make them 00:19:11.420 --> 00:19:12.040 rub shoulders. 00:19:13.420 --> 00:19:14.000 Obviously we 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:14.680 can take those 00:19:14.680 --> 00:19:15.259 fleeting 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.900 opportunities, 00:19:16.080 --> 00:19:16.620 like I 00:19:16.620 --> 00:19:16.940 think I 00:19:16.940 --> 00:19:17.480 wait too 00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:17.940 much to 00:19:17.940 --> 00:19:18.100 go, 00:19:18.259 --> 00:19:18.520 oh, 00:19:18.660 --> 00:19:19.020 I'm 00:19:19.020 --> 00:19:19.200 going to 00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:19.620 wait for 00:19:19.620 --> 00:19:19.980 the right 00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:20.480 moment to 00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:20.800 have that 00:19:20.800 --> 00:19:21.340 conversation. 00:19:23.300 --> 00:19:23.940 Sometimes we 00:19:23.940 --> 00:19:24.360 just need to 00:19:24.360 --> 00:19:24.820 jump in, 00:19:24.819 --> 00:19:26.279 that quick 00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:26.839 phrase. 00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:28.279 We don't 00:19:28.279 --> 00:19:28.519 have to 00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:28.899 give two 00:19:28.899 --> 00:19:29.319 ways to 00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:29.619 live, 00:19:30.339 --> 00:19:30.779 track through 00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:31.059 the whole 00:19:31.059 --> 00:19:31.299 time, 00:19:31.339 --> 00:19:31.619 just a 00:19:31.619 --> 00:19:31.819 quick 00:19:31.819 --> 00:19:32.259 phrase. 00:19:34.879 --> 00:19:35.500 I think 00:19:35.500 --> 00:19:36.139 admitting our 00:19:36.139 --> 00:19:37.359 own sin is 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:37.899 absolutely 00:19:37.899 --> 00:19:38.419 crucial. 00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:39.919 Otherwise people 00:19:39.919 --> 00:19:40.319 will think 00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:41.599 we're saying 00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:43.599 I'm confident, 00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:44.539 I'm proud in 00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:45.439 my own efforts. 00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:46.099 You've got to 00:19:46.099 --> 00:19:46.519 admit your 00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:47.259 sin for people 00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:48.579 to understand 00:19:48.579 --> 00:19:49.039 Jesus. 00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:51.859 And I 00:19:51.859 --> 00:19:52.259 wonder when 00:19:52.259 --> 00:19:52.960 we complain 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:53.659 and when we 00:19:53.659 --> 00:19:54.299 defend our 00:19:54.299 --> 00:19:55.460 reputations and 00:19:55.460 --> 00:19:56.279 we're consumed 00:19:56.279 --> 00:19:56.639 with our 00:19:56.639 --> 00:19:57.740 personal interests, 00:19:58.960 --> 00:19:59.500 how can 00:19:59.500 --> 00:20:00.399 people see 00:20:00.399 --> 00:20:01.940 the treasure 00:20:01.940 --> 00:20:02.420 when we're 00:20:02.420 --> 00:20:02.940 doing that? 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:05.740 When we're 00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.619 clinging to 00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:07.220 the same 00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:08.379 fleeting things 00:20:08.379 --> 00:20:09.759 that everyone 00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:10.319 else does, 00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:11.039 how can people 00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:11.579 see the 00:20:11.579 --> 00:20:12.220 treasure when 00:20:12.220 --> 00:20:12.500 we do 00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:12.740 that? 00:20:14.159 --> 00:20:14.720 Or to put 00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:15.240 it positively, 00:20:17.259 --> 00:20:18.079 there's great 00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:18.920 opportunity, 00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:20.339 in hardship. 00:20:21.139 --> 00:20:21.879 When health 00:20:21.879 --> 00:20:22.879 is failing, 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:24.299 when you 00:20:24.299 --> 00:20:24.899 are wrong, 00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:25.619 you are 00:20:25.619 --> 00:20:26.879 treated unfairly, 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:27.639 unjustly, 00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:28.039 there are 00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:28.920 actually opportunities 00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:29.799 to show the 00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:30.319 treasure I 00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:30.579 reckon. 00:20:31.559 --> 00:20:33.039 Because that's 00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:33.940 when the 00:20:33.940 --> 00:20:34.659 surface stuff 00:20:34.659 --> 00:20:35.220 is stripped 00:20:35.220 --> 00:20:35.659 away. 00:20:36.879 --> 00:20:37.440 And if you 00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:38.079 still have 00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:38.500 joy, 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:40.920 people might 00:20:40.920 --> 00:20:41.279 go, 00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:42.740 how on earth 00:20:42.740 --> 00:20:43.539 do you still 00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:44.619 have joy in 00:20:44.619 --> 00:20:45.119 that time? 00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:45.159 time. 00:20:49.159 --> 00:20:50.000 I heard a 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:50.619 story of a 00:20:50.619 --> 00:20:51.419 Christian boss 00:20:51.419 --> 00:20:53.500 whose employee 00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:54.959 made a 00:20:54.959 --> 00:20:55.779 mistake that 00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:56.359 cost the 00:20:56.359 --> 00:20:57.159 company a lot 00:20:57.159 --> 00:20:57.679 of money. 00:20:59.039 --> 00:20:59.579 And he had 00:20:59.579 --> 00:21:00.059 to go into 00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:00.779 his superiors 00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:03.519 and incredibly, 00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:04.519 he took the 00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:05.159 blame for it. 00:21:06.699 --> 00:21:07.359 Now, this 00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:07.939 employee was 00:21:07.939 --> 00:21:08.299 amazed. 00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:09.599 She had 00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:10.259 plenty of 00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:10.719 bosses who 00:21:10.719 --> 00:21:11.319 had taken the 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:12.039 credit for her 00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:13.319 work, but this 00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:14.339 boss took 00:21:14.339 --> 00:21:14.899 the blame. 00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:16.039 He could 00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.359 have just 00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:16.859 thrown her 00:21:16.859 --> 00:21:17.159 under the 00:21:17.159 --> 00:21:17.700 bus, she 00:21:17.700 --> 00:21:18.099 probably would 00:21:18.099 --> 00:21:18.319 have been 00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:19.960 fired, but 00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:21.220 this boss took 00:21:21.220 --> 00:21:21.839 the blame for 00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:22.019 it. 00:21:23.419 --> 00:21:24.119 And that 00:21:24.119 --> 00:21:24.759 just shocked 00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:24.939 her. 00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:26.200 She went to 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:27.279 him and she 00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:27.919 kept pressing 00:21:27.919 --> 00:21:28.339 him like, 00:21:28.679 --> 00:21:29.200 why did you 00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:29.619 do that? 00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.639 That is so 00:21:30.639 --> 00:21:31.019 odd. 00:21:32.359 --> 00:21:33.179 And eventually 00:21:33.179 --> 00:21:34.039 he gave in and 00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:34.599 he told her, 00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:35.960 because of 00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:36.980 Jesus, because 00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:37.559 he took the 00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:38.240 blame for me. 00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:39.279 And that was 00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:39.960 the start of 00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:41.179 her finding 00:21:41.179 --> 00:21:41.619 Jesus. 00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:43.879 Those 00:21:43.879 --> 00:21:45.279 hardships, I 00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:45.539 think it's 00:21:45.539 --> 00:21:46.200 just a little 00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:46.960 nice picture, 00:21:47.079 --> 00:21:47.619 those everyday 00:21:47.619 --> 00:21:48.359 hardships are 00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:49.359 actually opportunities 00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:51.139 to show our 00:21:51.139 --> 00:21:51.399 treasure. 00:21:54.139 --> 00:21:55.179 So the net is 00:21:55.179 --> 00:21:55.939 coming, it is 00:21:55.939 --> 00:21:56.579 unavoidable. 00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:57.799 Jesus, the 00:21:57.799 --> 00:21:58.259 judge, is 00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:59.519 bringing it, but 00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:00.299 he wants people 00:22:00.299 --> 00:22:00.839 to find the 00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:01.439 treasure now. 00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.859 So let's do 00:22:03.859 --> 00:22:04.539 whatever we can 00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:04.919 to bring it 00:22:04.919 --> 00:22:05.480 out for people. 00:22:09.379 --> 00:22:10.079 So Jesus 00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:10.700 finishes this 00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:11.079 block of 00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:11.619 teaching with 00:22:11.619 --> 00:22:12.919 one final 00:22:12.919 --> 00:22:13.599 parable. 00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:15.599 This time 00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:16.859 it's directed 00:22:16.859 --> 00:22:17.619 just for the 00:22:17.619 --> 00:22:18.059 disciples. 00:22:19.299 --> 00:22:20.159 So we've 00:22:20.159 --> 00:22:20.819 heard why 00:22:20.819 --> 00:22:21.479 people need to 00:22:21.479 --> 00:22:22.159 find this 00:22:22.159 --> 00:22:22.699 hidden treasure, 00:22:23.419 --> 00:22:23.819 because the 00:22:23.819 --> 00:22:24.399 net is coming. 00:22:24.819 --> 00:22:25.199 Our question 00:22:25.199 --> 00:22:26.019 here I think 00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:27.259 is how? 00:22:27.639 --> 00:22:28.359 How will 00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:29.039 people see 00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:30.319 and hear this 00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:32.000 hidden kingdom 00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.399 treasure? 00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:35.779 So this one's 00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:36.099 a bit more 00:22:36.099 --> 00:22:36.359 tricky. 00:22:36.959 --> 00:22:37.559 The other 00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:38.899 one was a 00:22:38.899 --> 00:22:39.459 pretty obvious 00:22:39.459 --> 00:22:40.859 explanation. 00:22:40.859 --> 00:22:41.539 This one's a 00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:41.779 bit more 00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:42.019 tricky. 00:22:42.179 --> 00:22:42.779 Verse 52. 00:22:43.719 --> 00:22:43.959 Therefore 00:22:43.959 --> 00:22:46.339 every scribe 00:22:46.339 --> 00:22:46.879 who has been 00:22:46.879 --> 00:22:47.679 trained for the 00:22:47.679 --> 00:22:48.139 kingdom of 00:22:48.139 --> 00:22:48.899 heaven is like 00:22:48.899 --> 00:22:50.019 a master of 00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:51.479 a house who 00:22:51.479 --> 00:22:52.139 brings out of 00:22:52.139 --> 00:22:52.639 his treasure 00:22:52.639 --> 00:22:53.619 what is new 00:22:53.619 --> 00:22:54.899 and what is 00:22:54.899 --> 00:22:55.359 old. 00:22:57.659 --> 00:22:58.240 Okay, so 00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:58.699 before we get 00:22:58.699 --> 00:22:59.379 into the detail, 00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:00.039 I'm going to 00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:00.599 say up front 00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:01.159 what I think 00:23:01.159 --> 00:23:01.579 this parable 00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:01.959 was about. 00:23:02.199 --> 00:23:02.699 I think in 00:23:02.699 --> 00:23:03.299 short, Jesus 00:23:03.299 --> 00:23:04.599 is calling all 00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:04.939 of his 00:23:04.939 --> 00:23:05.859 disciples to 00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:07.179 teach others, 00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:09.420 to share 00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:09.820 what we've 00:23:09.820 --> 00:23:10.160 learnt. 00:23:10.820 --> 00:23:11.360 Now, obviously 00:23:11.360 --> 00:23:11.920 not in a 00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:12.519 capital T 00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:12.960 sense. 00:23:13.560 --> 00:23:14.460 The book of 00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:15.080 James says 00:23:15.080 --> 00:23:17.240 those called 00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:17.920 to be Bible 00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:19.519 teachers in a 00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:20.400 formal capacity 00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:21.000 that Christ 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:21.460 has equipped. 00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:23.160 We are judged 00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:23.900 more strictly, 00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.880 harshly, and 00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:26.460 rightly so. 00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:28.460 So I don't 00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:29.080 think everyone 00:23:29.080 --> 00:23:29.840 should count 00:23:29.840 --> 00:23:30.740 capital T, 00:23:30.900 --> 00:23:32.340 but I don't 00:23:32.340 --> 00:23:32.759 know how else 00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.180 to say this. 00:23:33.220 --> 00:23:33.740 Small T. 00:23:33.860 --> 00:23:34.759 All disciples 00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:35.480 are small T 00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:35.940 teachers. 00:23:37.900 --> 00:23:38.740 And I think 00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:39.860 this tells us 00:23:39.860 --> 00:23:41.480 a third 00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:42.299 purpose of 00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:42.860 these parables. 00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:43.920 So Matt 00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.339 took us 00:23:44.339 --> 00:23:44.839 through the 00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:45.519 first purpose, 00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:46.559 that parables 00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:47.539 actually divide 00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:47.920 people. 00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:49.099 Some will 00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:50.880 find them 00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:51.579 appealing and 00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:52.180 go deeper 00:23:52.180 --> 00:23:53.140 into understanding 00:23:53.140 --> 00:23:53.480 Jesus. 00:23:53.620 --> 00:23:54.059 Others will be 00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:55.400 like, well, 00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:56.019 that's silly 00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.620 and stupid, 00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.460 and actually 00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:58.599 it will close 00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:59.079 their minds 00:23:59.079 --> 00:23:59.559 to Jesus. 00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:00.599 So that's 00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:01.140 one purpose 00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:01.500 of parables. 00:24:01.860 --> 00:24:02.480 Then Simon 00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:02.900 took us 00:24:02.900 --> 00:24:03.220 through the 00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:03.799 second purpose 00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.299 of parables, 00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:04.980 and that was 00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.559 for Jesus 00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:06.180 to be 00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:07.319 fulfilling 00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:08.160 the Psalms. 00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:09.059 That in 00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.640 one sense, 00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.019 Jesus' 00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:11.599 teaching is 00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:12.140 just all 00:24:12.140 --> 00:24:12.480 the stuff 00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:12.700 in the 00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:13.160 Old Testament, 00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:13.559 but the 00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:14.000 way he 00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.440 brings it 00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:14.940 together, 00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:16.519 especially in 00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:17.120 these parables, 00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.319 it shows 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:18.980 something new. 00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.380 So there's 00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:20.720 a second 00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.180 purpose of 00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:21.539 the parables. 00:24:21.660 --> 00:24:22.160 It's showing 00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:22.860 something new 00:24:22.860 --> 00:24:23.240 about the 00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:23.460 kingdom, 00:24:23.579 --> 00:24:23.980 even though 00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.339 the Old 00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:24.680 Testament 00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:26.079 pointed to 00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:26.200 it. 00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:26.700 Here we've 00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:27.240 got a third 00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:27.700 purpose of 00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.079 the parables, 00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:28.440 and it's 00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:28.920 for us. 00:24:30.579 --> 00:24:30.839 His 00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:31.860 disciples are 00:24:31.860 --> 00:24:32.480 meant to 00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:32.860 become 00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:33.740 teachers. 00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:33.880 teachers. 00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:34.960 This is 00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:35.579 to train 00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:36.759 us to 00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:37.500 teach 00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:37.900 others. 00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.519 Okay, let's 00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:41.960 get into the 00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.579 detail for a 00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:42.799 second. 00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:47.019 Yep, let's 00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.180 go. 00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:48.539 I don't know 00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:48.940 why I paused. 00:24:50.859 --> 00:24:51.980 Verse 51, 00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:53.079 this starts 00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:53.460 with Jesus 00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:54.079 asking his 00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:55.099 disciples, who 00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:56.700 is certainly 00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.319 the twelve 00:24:57.319 --> 00:24:58.039 apostles, but 00:24:58.039 --> 00:25:00.659 I think it's 00:25:00.659 --> 00:25:01.500 likely that it 00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.180 includes men 00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:02.539 and women, 00:25:02.659 --> 00:25:03.539 because just 00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:05.319 before we 00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:05.819 have this 00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:06.240 chapter on 00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:06.740 the parables, 00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:07.839 that's when 00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:08.399 Jesus looks 00:25:08.399 --> 00:25:09.039 around and 00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.879 goes, here, 00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:10.940 here are my 00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:12.000 family, my 00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:12.539 mother, my 00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:12.879 sister. 00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:14.039 So I 00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:15.240 suspect this 00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:15.819 is probably 00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:16.440 more than 00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:16.799 just the 00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:17.039 twelve 00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.839 apostles standing 00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:18.099 here. 00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:19.180 Have you 00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:19.799 understood all 00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.339 these parables? 00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:20.740 Have you 00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.259 understood all 00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:21.700 these things? 00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:22.960 Yes. 00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:25.480 I find that 00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.019 answer funny. 00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:28.380 I picture a 00:25:28.380 --> 00:25:29.180 classroom, the 00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:30.000 teacher teaching 00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.960 calculus for the 00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.720 first time, and 00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.380 the classroom is 00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:34.680 just like, yes, 00:25:34.860 --> 00:25:35.440 we get it. 00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:35.819 Yep. 00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:37.420 We're good. 00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:40.600 They do 00:25:40.600 --> 00:25:41.340 understand in 00:25:41.340 --> 00:25:41.680 part. 00:25:42.600 --> 00:25:43.039 They're not 00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:43.880 rebuked for 00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:44.759 being arrogant. 00:25:46.100 --> 00:25:46.700 They do 00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:48.100 understand, but 00:25:48.100 --> 00:25:49.319 gee, they've 00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:50.019 got so much 00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:50.559 more to learn. 00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:51.779 They need 00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.759 Jesus to die 00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.119 and rise 00:25:53.119 --> 00:25:53.440 again. 00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:53.799 They need 00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.339 the spirit 00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:55.160 of truth to 00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:55.500 help them 00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.039 understand. 00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:58.359 Isn't that 00:25:58.359 --> 00:25:58.879 true of all 00:25:58.879 --> 00:25:59.220 of us? 00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.140 We can say, 00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:01.759 yes, but 00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.059 gee, I've 00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.400 got a lot 00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:02.740 more to 00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.019 learn. 00:26:03.859 --> 00:26:04.460 How many 00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:04.879 times do 00:26:04.879 --> 00:26:05.180 we open 00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:05.579 the Bible 00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.000 and think 00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.400 we're reading 00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:06.799 a familiar 00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.500 passage and 00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:08.319 it just hits 00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:08.839 us again 00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:09.579 with something 00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:09.920 fresh? 00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:11.480 So yes, but 00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.059 we always go 00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.400 deeper. 00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:14.879 I think I'm 00:26:14.879 --> 00:26:15.440 stealing this 00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:15.980 from somewhere, 00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:16.980 but I can't 00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.420 quote them. 00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:18.559 God's word 00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:19.660 isn't something 00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:20.740 we ever master. 00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:22.740 God's word 00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.180 is something 00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.599 that's meant 00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:24.500 to increasingly 00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.620 master us. 00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:28.099 I like that 00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:28.420 so I thought 00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:28.779 I'd share it. 00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.259 We are always 00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:30.900 going deeper 00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.480 in this 00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:31.759 treasure. 00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:34.420 So Jesus 00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:35.680 connects their 00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:36.680 understanding of 00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:37.940 his parables to 00:26:37.940 --> 00:26:39.059 this picture of 00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:40.859 this homeowner 00:26:40.859 --> 00:26:42.200 who brings out 00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.720 these treasures. 00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:44.539 So it's about 00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:45.160 all his 00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:45.620 disciples. 00:26:45.619 --> 00:26:47.579 Now I think 00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:47.979 where we get 00:26:47.979 --> 00:26:48.579 thrown and 00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:49.239 confused is 00:26:49.239 --> 00:26:49.939 this idea 00:26:49.939 --> 00:26:50.879 of a scribe, 00:26:50.939 --> 00:26:51.319 a teacher 00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:51.879 of the law. 00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:54.779 Now I didn't 00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:55.319 know this until 00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:56.339 preparing for 00:26:56.339 --> 00:26:56.799 today, but 00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:57.599 apparently there 00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:58.539 were scribes 00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:59.000 who were 00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.899 devoted to 00:26:59.899 --> 00:27:01.199 hard sayings 00:27:01.199 --> 00:27:01.819 in scripture, 00:27:02.479 --> 00:27:03.419 which would 00:27:03.419 --> 00:27:04.059 include things 00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.659 like parables, 00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:06.819 devoted to 00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:07.939 things concerning 00:27:07.939 --> 00:27:08.699 the end of 00:27:08.699 --> 00:27:09.539 history, end 00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:10.079 times. 00:27:10.459 --> 00:27:11.719 And they were 00:27:11.719 --> 00:27:13.199 called apocryphal 00:27:13.199 --> 00:27:13.919 scribes. 00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:15.060 And that 00:27:15.060 --> 00:27:15.759 seems to fit 00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:19.080 this chapter. 00:27:20.100 --> 00:27:20.960 All these 00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:22.380 parables are 00:27:22.380 --> 00:27:23.440 about the 00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:24.360 promised end 00:27:24.360 --> 00:27:25.539 time kingdom. 00:27:25.820 --> 00:27:26.320 It's just that 00:27:26.320 --> 00:27:27.740 it's come 00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:30.220 secretly before 00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:30.900 it becomes 00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.880 full and 00:27:31.880 --> 00:27:32.279 obvious. 00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.700 So how's 00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.340 this like being 00:27:35.340 --> 00:27:35.980 the owner of 00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.500 a house who 00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.100 brings out his 00:27:37.100 --> 00:27:37.600 treasure new 00:27:37.600 --> 00:27:37.980 and old? 00:27:40.100 --> 00:27:41.060 Notice the 00:27:41.060 --> 00:27:42.100 change in the 00:27:42.100 --> 00:27:42.759 use of treasure 00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.420 here from 00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:44.380 those earlier 00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:44.800 parables. 00:27:45.060 --> 00:27:46.039 It brings out 00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.640 of his 00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:47.100 treasure. 00:27:48.620 --> 00:27:49.360 So it's not 00:27:49.360 --> 00:27:50.300 saying external. 00:27:50.600 --> 00:27:51.779 It's now his 00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.180 treasure. 00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:53.360 I think that's 00:27:53.360 --> 00:27:54.120 like how Jesus 00:27:54.120 --> 00:27:54.840 used the word 00:27:54.840 --> 00:27:55.539 in chapter 12 00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:56.300 verse 35. 00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:57.480 For the good 00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:58.279 person out of 00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:58.720 his good 00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:59.539 treasure brings 00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:00.580 forth good. 00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:02.420 And the evil 00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:03.160 person out of 00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:04.080 his evil 00:28:04.080 --> 00:28:05.680 treasure brings 00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.519 forth evil. 00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.779 So in terms of 00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.460 our words. 00:28:09.600 --> 00:28:10.240 So it's actually 00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:11.400 what's in your 00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:11.860 heart. 00:28:11.859 --> 00:28:12.539 It's the 00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:12.939 individual 00:28:12.939 --> 00:28:13.899 person that's 00:28:13.899 --> 00:28:14.479 pictured here. 00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:17.059 And I think 00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:17.619 being the 00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:18.279 master of a 00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:18.819 house, I'm 00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:19.199 not sure of 00:28:19.199 --> 00:28:20.159 this one, I'll 00:28:20.159 --> 00:28:20.819 try it out on 00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:22.039 you, is 00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.959 Jesus is giving 00:28:22.959 --> 00:28:24.399 authority to 00:28:24.399 --> 00:28:25.159 share this 00:28:25.159 --> 00:28:25.399 treasure. 00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:25.959 You are the 00:28:25.959 --> 00:28:26.479 master of the 00:28:26.479 --> 00:28:26.679 house. 00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.199 You can bring 00:28:27.199 --> 00:28:27.500 it out. 00:28:27.679 --> 00:28:28.119 You can give 00:28:28.119 --> 00:28:28.240 it. 00:28:30.439 --> 00:28:31.399 So to the 00:28:31.399 --> 00:28:33.439 degree that we 00:28:33.439 --> 00:28:34.179 grasp what 00:28:34.179 --> 00:28:35.219 Jesus is saying 00:28:35.219 --> 00:28:35.779 about his 00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.459 kingdom here, 00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:37.259 to that degree 00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:37.740 you have 00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.839 treasure that 00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.379 you can bring 00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:41.559 out as a 00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:42.319 scribe, as 00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:44.799 a teacher, for 00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:45.299 the sake of 00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:45.639 others. 00:28:47.919 --> 00:28:48.579 We don't 00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:49.000 bring it out 00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.740 to show off. 00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.159 We bring it 00:28:51.159 --> 00:28:52.619 out to give 00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:54.480 it so that 00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:56.599 others become 00:28:56.599 --> 00:28:57.000 rich. 00:28:58.980 --> 00:28:59.599 And what is 00:28:59.599 --> 00:29:00.279 this new and 00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:00.839 old treasure 00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:01.559 we're meant to 00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:01.980 bring out? 00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:03.819 I think the 00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:04.639 most natural 00:29:04.639 --> 00:29:05.379 reading of this 00:29:05.379 --> 00:29:06.240 is to see it as 00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:07.059 the revelation 00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:08.059 from God. 00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:10.200 A Jewish 00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:11.299 expert in the 00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:11.839 Old Testament 00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:12.599 could only 00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:14.000 bring out his 00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:15.720 treasure concerning 00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.339 the old 00:29:16.339 --> 00:29:16.920 revelation. 00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:19.400 But if you see 00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:20.380 Jesus and his 00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:21.880 kingdom as the 00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:23.000 answer to all 00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.599 those Old 00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:24.319 Testament promises, 00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:25.339 you can bring 00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:26.599 out the new 00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:27.339 and the old 00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:28.579 and how it all 00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:29.799 comes together 00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:30.299 in Jesus. 00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:32.859 So I'm going 00:29:32.859 --> 00:29:33.259 to try and 00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:33.819 highlight this 00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:35.019 point as sharply 00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.559 as I can. 00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:39.279 a child who 00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:40.299 has a very 00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:41.380 rudimentary 00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:42.380 understanding that 00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:43.180 the whole Bible 00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:44.000 is about Jesus, 00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:45.359 who sings Colin 00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:46.240 Buchanan songs 00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.599 going, 00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.440 Jesus is the 00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:47.700 king, 00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:49.400 ruler over 00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:49.799 everything. 00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:52.660 That wasn't in 00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:53.880 my script but I 00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:54.480 just got caught 00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:55.079 up in Colin. 00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:57.400 That child is 00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:58.660 more of a 00:29:58.660 --> 00:30:00.420 scholar than 00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:01.480 any religious 00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:02.240 author or 00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:03.140 teacher alive 00:30:03.140 --> 00:30:03.819 today or the 00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.740 Pharisees of old 00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:06.160 who don't see 00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:06.680 Jesus. 00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.539 They're a 00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:11.779 scholar. 00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.460 Jesus is the 00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:13.680 king. 00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:15.140 That is wisdom. 00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:15.960 That's profound. 00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.700 Calling the 00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.180 Old Testament 00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:21.319 revelation old, 00:30:22.120 --> 00:30:22.799 that's not 00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.559 downplaying it. 00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:25.460 It will be to 00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:26.980 our poverty if we 00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:28.279 neglect the old 00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:28.579 treasure. 00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.480 It helps us 00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.579 understand Jesus. 00:30:30.579 --> 00:30:32.579 Jesus is the 00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:33.579 gospel. 00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:33.980 So do you 00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:34.980 hear the call of 00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:36.079 this parable on 00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:36.279 you? 00:30:37.919 --> 00:30:38.759 If you're a 00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:39.579 disciple of Jesus, 00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:41.839 he's calling you to 00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:43.439 join him in 00:30:43.439 --> 00:30:44.039 building his 00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.379 kingdom. 00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:49.179 Bring out your 00:30:49.179 --> 00:30:50.159 understanding of 00:30:50.159 --> 00:30:50.980 his kingdom for 00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.819 others to benefit. 00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:55.240 He's calling you to 00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:56.079 teach with your 00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:57.500 words, with your 00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:57.859 life. 00:30:57.859 --> 00:30:59.740 If you don't 00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.259 feel like you've 00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:00.759 got much to 00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:02.959 offer, on the 00:31:02.959 --> 00:31:03.699 one hand, maybe 00:31:03.699 --> 00:31:04.439 you do need to 00:31:04.439 --> 00:31:05.500 sit more at his 00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.979 feet, soaking up 00:31:06.979 --> 00:31:08.119 the Old and New 00:31:08.119 --> 00:31:08.479 Testament. 00:31:09.219 --> 00:31:09.759 But on the other 00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:11.759 hand, chances are, 00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.719 if you've been 00:31:12.719 --> 00:31:13.439 listening to this 00:31:13.439 --> 00:31:16.719 sermon series, you've 00:31:16.719 --> 00:31:17.719 got more than you 00:31:17.719 --> 00:31:18.259 think you do. 00:31:21.199 --> 00:31:21.919 All these 00:31:21.919 --> 00:31:22.719 parables we've 00:31:22.719 --> 00:31:23.319 heard in chapter 00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:24.919 13 give us rich 00:31:24.919 --> 00:31:25.939 kingdom perspective 00:31:25.939 --> 00:31:27.339 about the reality of 00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:27.659 things. 00:31:28.959 --> 00:31:29.939 They tell us. 00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:31.159 If you've been 00:31:31.159 --> 00:31:32.399 listening to the 00:31:32.399 --> 00:31:32.859 guys who've been 00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.699 preaching, you have 00:31:33.699 --> 00:31:35.559 profound insight into 00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:36.899 what God has done, 00:31:37.439 --> 00:31:38.599 what he is doing, 00:31:39.139 --> 00:31:40.199 what he will do. 00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:43.259 The hidden kingdom 00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:45.699 is seen and heard 00:31:45.699 --> 00:31:46.779 through his church, 00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.419 his disciples, 00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:48.539 sharing the treasure 00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.240 that we've learned. 00:31:50.179 --> 00:31:51.039 And I think a sermon 00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:52.099 can only do so much. 00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:53.980 It can only do so 00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.259 much. 00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:56.940 We need those one-to-one 00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:59.579 interactions after the 00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:02.180 sermon, integrating what 00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:03.099 we've learned into our 00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:04.319 lives, over Bible study, 00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:06.299 going for a walk, when 00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:07.740 people are sharing their 00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.140 burdens. 00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:10.879 I can't be everywhere. 00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:12.539 A sermon can only do so 00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:12.779 much. 00:32:12.879 --> 00:32:14.099 We need all of us doing 00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:15.379 this, engaged in this 00:32:15.379 --> 00:32:15.700 work. 00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:15.740 work. 00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:19.279 And this work, I don't 00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:20.779 think, this teaching is 00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:21.980 not just for unbelievers. 00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:25.019 I think it's for all of us 00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:26.640 to go deeper and deeper 00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:27.720 in our understanding. 00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:30.720 These parables may not 00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:32.259 give you precise words to 00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:34.680 say, but they give you an 00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:36.500 understanding of history of 00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:37.559 what God is doing. 00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:40.440 It gives you guidance for 00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:41.819 how to help people. 00:32:41.819 --> 00:32:46.659 So let me just suggest a 00:32:46.659 --> 00:32:47.039 few ways. 00:32:47.159 --> 00:32:48.599 Let me paint a few 00:32:48.599 --> 00:32:50.200 scenarios. 00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:55.119 When a brother or sister is 00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:57.419 discouraged about how few 00:32:57.419 --> 00:32:59.579 people believe, can it 00:32:59.579 --> 00:33:01.980 really be true if so few 00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.619 believe? 00:33:03.659 --> 00:33:05.099 They need you to bring out 00:33:05.099 --> 00:33:05.519 your treasure. 00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:08.519 Bring out the four soils. 00:33:09.899 --> 00:33:10.419 You know what? 00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:12.320 There's a reason for the 00:33:12.320 --> 00:33:13.259 rejection of Jesus. 00:33:13.840 --> 00:33:15.620 There are huge barriers to 00:33:15.620 --> 00:33:15.940 faith. 00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:17.980 You have Satan, the lies of 00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.320 Satan. 00:33:18.620 --> 00:33:19.560 You have the social 00:33:19.560 --> 00:33:20.860 consequences of being a 00:33:20.860 --> 00:33:21.039 Christian. 00:33:21.320 --> 00:33:22.840 You have the sinful desires 00:33:22.840 --> 00:33:24.080 of your wealth and other 00:33:24.080 --> 00:33:24.480 things. 00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:25.860 Yeah, there's a reason there's 00:33:25.860 --> 00:33:26.560 so much rejection. 00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:29.279 But don't be discouraged. 00:33:29.800 --> 00:33:30.660 Don't lose heart. 00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.300 There's going to be an 00:33:32.300 --> 00:33:33.340 abundant harvest. 00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:37.420 Jesus' death conquers those 00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:37.820 barriers. 00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:39.180 And remember the mustard 00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:39.580 seed. 00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:41.119 The church looks pathetic. 00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:43.240 It looks insignificant. 00:33:44.699 --> 00:33:45.859 But it is growing. 00:33:46.839 --> 00:33:48.079 He is adding to his church. 00:33:48.179 --> 00:33:49.159 It may not be on our 00:33:49.159 --> 00:33:50.439 doorstep, but across the 00:33:50.439 --> 00:33:52.539 world he is adding to his 00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:53.119 church. 00:33:55.199 --> 00:33:56.539 Don't lose heart. 00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:58.699 The word of God will 00:33:58.699 --> 00:34:00.460 permeate the whole world 00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:01.980 until the whole dough is 00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.460 leavened. 00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:04.379 Don't be discouraged. 00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:07.000 It will be the only 00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:08.900 significant thing in the end. 00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:12.659 There will be a multitude. 00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:14.840 All the birds flocking to 00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:15.420 this tree. 00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:16.699 There will be a multitude 00:34:16.699 --> 00:34:18.000 from every nation 00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:20.539 worshipping on the last day. 00:34:21.260 --> 00:34:22.280 Don't be discouraged. 00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:27.660 When a brother or sister shares their 00:34:27.660 --> 00:34:29.780 temptation, their sinful failure, 00:34:30.620 --> 00:34:32.180 they need you to bring out your 00:34:32.180 --> 00:34:32.560 treasure. 00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:36.100 Trust the word of God to be like 00:34:36.100 --> 00:34:37.080 leaven in the dough. 00:34:38.660 --> 00:34:40.880 It may seem so small an influence in 00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:43.340 your life, but God's word will 00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:46.300 permeate every inch of you over time. 00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:49.460 Keep up the struggle with sin. 00:34:49.740 --> 00:34:51.400 Remember the weeds and the wheat. 00:34:52.100 --> 00:34:53.220 This world is mixed. 00:34:53.660 --> 00:34:55.060 There are causes of evil. 00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:57.100 There's causes of sin in this world. 00:34:57.360 --> 00:34:59.240 And we might be going, God, why 00:34:59.240 --> 00:35:00.640 don't you just take them out? 00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:04.340 All he tells us is, I'm protecting 00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:04.880 my wheat. 00:35:05.220 --> 00:35:06.980 It's for my wheat's sake that I 00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.280 don't. 00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:09.660 We don't understand fully why. 00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:11.620 But get the point there. 00:35:11.700 --> 00:35:12.360 It's mixed. 00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:14.960 Your struggle with sin is normal. 00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:17.400 It is normal. 00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:19.639 But look up ahead. 00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:21.500 The harvest is coming. 00:35:21.820 --> 00:35:23.679 And then you will shine like the 00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:25.940 sun with the character of Jesus in 00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:26.880 your father's kingdom. 00:35:29.659 --> 00:35:31.320 Or when a brother or sister is 00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:33.940 getting obsessed with some created 00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:36.099 thing in their life, they need you 00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:37.440 to bring out your treasure. 00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:41.000 Remember what you found in Jesus. 00:35:41.260 --> 00:35:43.019 Full membership in his kingdom. 00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:44.119 Full forgiveness. 00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:46.799 Salvation from the fiery furnace. 00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:49.039 Reconciliation to the father. 00:35:50.279 --> 00:35:52.659 Only knowing his grace and help by 00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:53.179 his spirit. 00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:54.759 The hope of glory. 00:35:55.839 --> 00:35:57.219 All found in Jesus. 00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:59.319 What are you doing? 00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:01.880 Obsessing with this thing in your 00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:02.299 life. 00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:04.400 Why do you have such a firm grip on 00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:04.579 it? 00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:07.920 You have such a better treasure. 00:36:11.340 --> 00:36:13.860 Others around you need to see this 00:36:13.860 --> 00:36:14.480 treasure in you. 00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:15.219 Let it go. 00:36:15.779 --> 00:36:16.579 Sell it all. 00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:18.360 It won't be loss. 00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:22.079 It will be gain for you and others. 00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:26.219 Now you may not use those exact words 00:36:26.219 --> 00:36:27.679 but do you see how the parables just 00:36:27.679 --> 00:36:29.219 they give us what we need. 00:36:29.219 --> 00:36:29.819 They give us perspective. 00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:35.859 So let's keep learning at the feet of 00:36:35.859 --> 00:36:36.279 Jesus. 00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:38.480 Soaking up his old and new treasures. 00:36:40.219 --> 00:36:44.279 Your Lord calls you to join him in 00:36:44.279 --> 00:36:45.159 building his kingdom. 00:36:46.739 --> 00:36:50.539 A kingdom this world despises because 00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:51.239 it's hidden. 00:36:53.539 --> 00:36:56.320 But it's God's kingdom and it will 00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:59.099 reach its glorious goal. 00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:01.119 It will pervade the whole world. 00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:02.219 Every person. 00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:04.980 Love. 00:37:05.699 --> 00:37:07.800 The love of Christ compels us to 00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:09.239 bring out our treasure. 00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:12.019 That we've found in him. 00:37:12.980 --> 00:37:16.179 Because that great and terrible net is 00:37:16.179 --> 00:37:16.599 coming. 00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:20.300 And because we need each other. 00:37:21.460 --> 00:37:24.099 To speak these truths in every 00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:26.820 situation again and again and again 00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:29.279 to stand firm and be fruitful and be 00:37:29.279 --> 00:37:31.900 ready to shine like the sun when Jesus 00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:32.420 comes back. 00:37:33.619 --> 00:37:35.980 The love of Christ compels us to bring 00:37:35.980 --> 00:37:36.539 out our treasure. 00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:41.639 Will you pray with me? 00:37:41.719 --> 00:37:42.079 Let's pray. 00:37:50.539 --> 00:37:57.619 Father thank you for your mercy in giving us 00:37:57.619 --> 00:37:59.199 eyes to see Jesus. 00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:04.259 That we might have full life in you. 00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:08.360 That we have started that eternal life now. 00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:11.159 And that we've got so much more to come. 00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:13.699 I thank you for your grace to us that you 00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:16.159 have revealed the secrets of the kingdom of 00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:16.359 heaven. 00:38:17.359 --> 00:38:19.159 When we deserve to be cast out. 00:38:19.359 --> 00:38:20.679 You have had such grace. 00:38:21.739 --> 00:38:25.980 Lord please help us to share this treasure 00:38:25.980 --> 00:38:26.480 with others. 00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:29.219 For your glory. 00:38:29.719 --> 00:38:30.699 For others good. 00:38:31.579 --> 00:38:32.460 In Jesus name. 00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:32.839 Amen. 00:38:32.840 --> 00:38:33.760 Amen. 00:38:33.760 --> 00:38:33.880 Amen. 00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:36.480 Amen. 00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:39.720 Amen. 00:38:39.720 --> 00:38:40.240 Amen. 00:38:40.700 --> 00:38:41.760 Amen. 00:38:41.760 --> 00:38:41.880 Amen. 00:38:41.880 --> 00:38:46.140 Amen. 00:38:46.140 --> 00:38:54.200 Amen. 00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:55.100 Amen. 00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:55.940 Amen.