0036 Killing Old in Order get New

Matthew 13

44. The Kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for 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 beautiful pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it

Merchant did this in order to find pearl…

knew the price of the pearl sought found sold

it’s a exchange, you cannot have both, you cannot serve both masters He sold all that he had (we must lose, sell, drop, leave behind, gave up, let something to die…)

Killing Old in order to get knew

Giant is your flesh

Selfishness, proud, lazy, prayerlessness, guilt, jealousy, hate, passion, reputation, ego, what people might think…

God gives an assiment – you fail, cause of undefeated giant

Dead cannot see, speak, hear, feel, touch,

I die daily 1 Cor.14:31

Mark 8:34

“…Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me”

After Me

I walk in this path

Garden of Gethsemane “Not My will be done but Yours”

Deny yourself

Desires

Hebrews 13

25. Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin,

26. Esteeming, the reproach of Christ greater riches then the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward

- he said that the life with Christ is richer than treasures of Egypt

- he looked up to the reward

Merchant knew the value of the pearl

Your desire for Christ must be great then the desire for the flesh, work on your desire

Philippians 3

But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ

Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of the all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ

Let him

- Moses chose to suffer, God didn’t do it, Moses did

- it’s up to you, Jesus, had a choice, he made decision

Deuteronomy 30:19

I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore CHOOSE life, that both you and your descendants may live

Proverbs 3:31

Do not envy the oppressor, and CHOOSE none of his ways