Kingdom of Heaven

Philippines
January 23, 2007 5:22pm CST
How do you understand this? "The kingdom of the heavens is like treasure having been hidden in the field, which a man who has found hid, and from the joy of him he leads away and sells all things whatsoever he has and buys that filed" (Matthew 13:44).
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@luzamper (1357)
• Philippines
26 Jan 07
Our earthly possessions are not commensurate or could never equal the kingdom of God and so we should do everything to the extent of forgetting everything we have on earth to be able to enter the kingdom of God.
• Philippines
25 Jan 07
The kingdom of heaven is very precious and does not equal all our possessions on earth. If necessary, we should surrender all our earthly wealth in lieu of the kingdom of heaven. No material things can buy the heavenly realm.
@whacks (774)
• Philippines
27 Jan 07
Material things are nothing compared to the kingdom of the heavens. We should do everything including selling all our property for the kingdom of the heavens. We should deny ourselves of earthly possessions.
@chrchldy (41)
• United States
27 Jan 07
I'm very proud that u used your gifts from god so many Christians fall short and do dot seek him as what the job in Christ is he says if you us it i give u more but if you don't you will loose it thank you i enjoyed what you have done for the lord and i give him all the glory he deserves. in the name of Jesus christ
@smkwan2007 (1036)
• Hong Kong
26 Jan 07
The is a parable told by Jesus. The valueable items he talks about is the spiritual treasure: heavenly joy, the peace and sweetness of loving relationship with others. These are also deeply buried in the remote area of our heart.We don't know they are there and we don't possess any of them unless we find them. So we, the followers of Jesus, should be like the fellow, who found the treasure and be happy, and be willing to give what we have in exchange for the treasure. Because nothing in our existing world can be as precious as the ones we found in our heart.
• Philippines
28 Jan 07
Eternal life is the most important really and we should do everything, even if we sell all our properties on earth provided we could enter the kingdom of the heavens.
@Jemina (5770)
28 Jan 07
First, I want to note the word comparison. The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure...If you find a treasure that you think is worth than anything you currently have then for sure you would forsake or sell all of them if that is what it takes to take possession of your new-found treasure.