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Do You Want the Kingdom???
What would it look like for you to give
What does kingdom mean to you?
Do know what the kingdom is or means?
Would You Give Everything Up for the Kingdom???
We are going to look at what it means to give it all up for the one thing that truly really matters.
What would giving everything up for the kingdom look like for you?
If all things were as they were supposed to be and you were faced with that decision would you and could you make it?
If all things were as they were supposed to be and you were faced with a di
I asked Lynn that question and she said it would be very hard, with some strange person walking up to your door saying it is time to go.
You need to leave everything and everyone behind right now!
What are you going to do?
What Would You Be Willing to Sell For it???
Ultimately it is going to be a choice that you will have to make for you and you alone will have to make that decision.
Are You All IN???
That is really what all this is really all about, are we all in for whatever it takes to be apart of the Kingdom of God?
The Hidden Treasure
Proverbs 2:4
Matthew 13:44-50
Matthew 13:44
The Pearl of Great Price
Proverbs 3:13-15
Matthew 13:45-46
Job
The Dragnet
Matthew 13:47-50
It seems very likely that the parables under consideration here fit into this pattern of positive response to the Kingdom.
The Kingdom is portrayed as a hidden treasure and a valuable pearl, and it is pursued by men who sell all they have in order to gain it.
Surely this fits the picture of discipleship one finds throughout Matthew.
Jesus’ first disciples left their families and fishing gear to follow Jesus
The Cost of Discipleship
The Cost of Discipleship
Following Jesus entails the sacrifice of losing one’s life for Jesus and thereby finding it
The Opposite of Holding onto it All
Following Jesus entails the sacrifice of losing one’s life for Jesus and thereby finding it
Matthew 19:
Matthew 16:25-26
The rich young ruler would not sell all he had to follow Jesus (19:21–22), but all who do make such a sacrifice will be richly rewarded (19:27–29).
What Does The Kingdom Look Like
The message of the parable of the fishing net is obviously similar to that of the parable of the weeds.
Among the differences between the two is the presence of “fish of every kind” in this parable, as opposed to only two kinds of plants, wheat and weeds, in the previous parable.
Perhaps this is a subtle reminder of the universality of the Kingdom mission, which is mandated to “all the nations” (28:19).
The Kingdom of God will be very diverse and will have know idea who will make it in, because the ones you think may not be there!
The ones you think won’t be there be will be, because it is not about what we think!
It is about the heart and the choice that they made and what Jesus knows to be true.
Jesus doesn’t discriminate so when He cast His net He will bring in every walk of life, it is not our job to say who get in or not in!
According to this parable, the angels (fishermen) separate (sort the contents of the net) the wicked people (bad fish) from the righteous people (good fish).
They throw the bad fish away into the fiery furnace (or hell).
The question still remains do you want to be apart of the kingdom of God and what are you willing to do to be apart of it???
Are you ALL IN???
The Choice is in Your Hands!!!
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