The good news is that the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, has taken our sin, our cross, our shame on himself by dying for us, and then he defeated sin and death for us by rising again. We have no hope if someone cannot or does not intervene on our behalf. The greatest, most severe crisis for the world and each of us in it is sin. John the Baptist had prepared the way for Jesus and his ministry, and when he finally saw the Christ, he said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29). Nothing tastes better to our hearts than him, and because of the gospel we can keep eating and eating for all eternity. Jesus is a never-ending, never-exhausted banquet of good for our souls. Every new thing we see - everything we learn about this Savior - offers us more joy, more faith, more rest. Lord, to give up I’d be a fool.” It is foolish to stop looking for more and more of Jesus. He is our strength, and he is the right and insatiable desire of our hearts. At every point that we are weak, his strength fills us and consumes our weakness in order to show the measure of his power. When we feel dry, he’s the sustenance and strength our soul needs. When we fall down, he’s near to the broken and the broken-hearted. The God and Savior who is worth all also works all for us.
Paul writes, “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me” (2 Corinthians 12:9). Our Treasure is all our strength when we feel weak. Clothing, hobbies, Apple products, books, businesses, animals, televisions - all nothing compared with our Christ. Beautiful, expensive cars are as nothing. Everlasting life in and with him is simply and undeniably worth more than anything else we can buy or build or obtain here on earth. If we don’t love and treasure Jesus like this, then we don’t know him. He said goodbye to it all in an instant, and he did so because he could see what he would gain would far surpass everything he’d ever owned up until that point. He sacrificed things he had made, gifts that had been given to him, possessions he’d had for years and years. He gave up his home, his furniture, his livestock - anything that had any value. The man sold everything to have this treasure. The point of the parable is to highlight the infinite, precious worth of knowing Jesus and being known by him. So he sold everything he had so that he would have enough money to buy the field.Įverything. How can I have this treasure? What do I have to give or do to own and experience and spend this treasure forever? That was the man’s response, and he knew he had to own the field to have the treasure. He had discovered a lifetime’s worth of wealth, just lying unguarded, unclaimed in his path. He never expected to find random riches in a field, but he did. He probably didn’t know what he’d found at first. He’s walking through the field and stumbles on something unusual, something out of place. One of Jesus’s parables in Matthew’s Gospel follows a man into a field. But have you ever thought of Christ as your Treasure? Fewer are ready to have him as the Lord of their life, leading and growing them in godliness. Lots of people are completely content to have Jesus as a Savior, forgiving them of all their sin. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
To hear some of these hymns, you can visit or The Cyber Hymnal TM.The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. This format was selected to facilitate ease of playing from a music stand or similar setup. If there is no change in the chord being played, then generally there will be no chord shown above the words until a change in chord occurs. The chords for the hymns are generally structured so that the chords are written above the words of the hymn where the chord changes. The words for the hymns come mostly from the Trinity Hymnal. Some hymns are referred to by multiple name titles. The hymns are categorized alphabetically by title. Hymn Chords HYMN CHORDS This site is dedicated to providing chords for public domain Christian hymns.
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