A Valuable and Costly Offer

 Matthew 11-13 

“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.”

Matthew 13:44-46

How do these two parables line up with our western version of the Gospel? A gospel of self-improvement with low cost and cheap grace is a different gospel to what Jesus was presenting. The kingdom of heaven Jesus described is the most amazing, valuable, and costly possession or reality we could ever hope to know. The value of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit is both now and eternal. To know and to walk daily in two-way communication with the Creator of the universe is worth everything. The cost is everything we have, and are, and will be.

Have we understood both the value and the cost of a relationship with God?

Yes, Jesus died for our sins and paid our sin-debt. To receive this gift, we must offer him our lives, our will, our everything, not just our sin-debt. It’s worth it!

“Lord Jesus, thank you for life and the enjoyment of your kingdom now and forever, for your glory.”