Two questions
Who sells everything?
And what do they buy?

“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. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.” —Matthew 13:44-46

Journey through Bible, highlighting this truth:
You are a

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‘You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples —Exodus 19:4-5

God did

after

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against Egypt to bring them out to himself.

They will continue to be his

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if they listen to His voice and obey.

“The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, but it is because the Lord loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers —Deuteronomy 7:6-8

What has God done?

you to be a people for his

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Definition:

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Something that is

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and not

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Something that is God’s and not anyone else’s.

Why?
Because the Lord

you
and is keeping the oath that he

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For you are a people holy to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. —Deuteronomy 14:2

We need to be

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And the Lord has declared today that you are a people for his treasured possession, as he has promised you. —Deuteronomy 26:18

God

them to be his treasured possession.

Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing to his name, for it is pleasant! For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his own possession. —Psalm 135:3-4

The lord has chosen

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Jacob was a

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No matter what, he can still choose us to be his

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What is left to do?
Praise the lord

Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name. “They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. —Malachi 3:16-17

The promise of a day when the

will be called a treasured possession.

Matthew 13:44-46
Who do you think sells

?
And what do they

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?

Popular interpretation is to make this about us.
About what we

do.
This gives us a

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to aim our

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at.

But this is not about us.
This is about

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Jesus is reassuring the disciples: you are treasured possession.

Jesus finds the

and the

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.

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leaves his throne in heaven
Jesus lays down his very

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as a

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payment
He buys YOU not with

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or

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but with his own precious blood.
YOU are a

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possession.

You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession … —1 Peter 2:9

Jesus gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
—Titus 2:14

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Questions for discussion

Which verse stood out most to you today?
How might you respond to a Jesus that “goes, sells all that he has and buys” you as his treasured possession?