*EXCELLENT LIFE KEYS* 🔑🗝️
Mon/22nd/Aug/2022
*Francis Reign* (Ap & Coach)
_"Raising excellent agents of change and transformation, well equipped with Truth and Wisdom."_
*UNDERSTANDING THE ACTS AND WORDS OF JESUS CHRIST (161)*
_"The Kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field"_ (Matthew 13:44).
The Kingdom of God is so valuable that losing everything on earth, but getting the Kingdom, is a happy trade-off. Having the omnipotent, saving reign of Christ in our lives is so valuable that, if we lose everything, in order to have it, it is a joyful sacrifice. The overall focus of this parable is on the value of the Kingdom. The worth of having God ruling over you and, for you, over everything else. It's not hard to see why that is so valuable. If the Omnipotent, all-wise God is ruling over all things for your joy, everything must be working for your good, no matter how painful. And in the end God will triumph over all evil and all pain. So this Kingdom is a treasure.
The point here is not that the Kingdom is bought, but that if it costs you everything you have, it's worth it. Notice: The man sold everything he had, and he did it with joy. The Apostle Paul expresses this very thing in Philippians 3:7-8, _"Whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For His sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ."_ In the parable the man sells everything he has so that he can have the Kingdom. In Philippians 3:8, Paul suffers the loss of all things that he may gain Christ. I think those are virtually identical realities.
The point here is not that you buy the Kingdom or barter for the Kingdom or negotiate for the Kingdom. The Kingdom of God is received without pay, like a poor child, not a rich business man. The point of selling everything in this parable is simply to show where your heart is. _"Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also"_ (Matt 6:21).
*EXCELLENCE KEY* 🗝️
_"The Kingdom of God is so valuable that losing everything on earth, but getting the Kingdom, is a happy trade-off."_
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*Excellence is within you. Bring it out >>*
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