Matthew 13:44 (NKJV):
Again, 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.
I'll be handing out an excerpt from the book, Radical, by David Platt, this Saturday morning at Men's Discipleship. He goes into great detail about what the attitude was of this man, who found the treasure in the field. These are some questions we should ask ourselves as we walk the "highway of holiness":
So, looking back at when we first found salvation in Christ Jesus, do I remember this attitude of my heart? It was a time when I knew that I knew that I had just found Eternal Life, and I knew that it was worth losing everything for, even my life! This was no rash claim like Peter’s—“I’ll follow you even unto death, Lord.” Peter, after all, grew in Christ after the resurrection, and finally proved his worth by doing exactly what he said—went to his death for Christ. Peter finally realized this principle—he found something worth losing everything for. Have I? I have no doubt I did when I first was saved. So what happened? When did Jesus Christ get rusty, or old looking? When did He become mundane in my life? When did the things I have become worth more than Jesus Christ?
Again, 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.
I'll be handing out an excerpt from the book, Radical, by David Platt, this Saturday morning at Men's Discipleship. He goes into great detail about what the attitude was of this man, who found the treasure in the field. These are some questions we should ask ourselves as we walk the "highway of holiness":
So, looking back at when we first found salvation in Christ Jesus, do I remember this attitude of my heart? It was a time when I knew that I knew that I had just found Eternal Life, and I knew that it was worth losing everything for, even my life! This was no rash claim like Peter’s—“I’ll follow you even unto death, Lord.” Peter, after all, grew in Christ after the resurrection, and finally proved his worth by doing exactly what he said—went to his death for Christ. Peter finally realized this principle—he found something worth losing everything for. Have I? I have no doubt I did when I first was saved. So what happened? When did Jesus Christ get rusty, or old looking? When did He become mundane in my life? When did the things I have become worth more than Jesus Christ?