2020-08-09 — God’s Kingdom: The Most Precious Treasure of All!
10th Sunday after Pentecost: Date: August 9, 2020
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WML28P_vDX0&w=560&h=315]- THE SERMON: Matthew 13:44-46
Theme: God’s Kingdom: The Most Precious Treasure of All!
I. A Hidden Treasure.
II. A Treasure Revealed by the Lord in His Word.
III. The One Treasure that Matters.
SERMON TEXT: Matthew 13:44-52
44 “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.
45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, 46 who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it. (NKJV)
PRAYER; THE LORD’S PRAYER
HYMN 366:1, 2, 5, 7 One Thing’s Needful; Lord, This Treasure
1. One thing needful; Lord, this treasure Teach me highly to regard;
All else, though it first give pleasure, Is a yoke that presses hard.
Beneath it the heart is still fretting and striving,
No true, lasting happiness ever deriving.
The gain of this one thing all loss can requite
And teach me in all things to find true delight.
2. Wilt thou find this one thing needful, Turn from all created things
Unto Jesus and be heedful of the blessed joy He brings.
For where God and Man both in one are united,
With God’s perfect fullness the heart is delighted;
There, there, is the worthiest lot and the best,
My One and my All and my Joy and my Rest.
5. Wisdom’s highest, noblest treasure, Jesus, lies concealed in Thee;
Grant that this may still the measure Of my will and actions be.
Humility there and simplicity reigning,
In paths of true wisdom my steps ever training.
Oh, if I of Christ have this knowledge divine,
The fullness of heavenly wisdom is mine.
7. Therefore Thou alone, my Savior, Shalt be All in all to me;
Search my heart and my behavior, Root out all hypocrisy.
Restrain me from wand’ring on pathways unholy
And through life’s pilgrimage keep my heart lowly.
This one thing is needful, all others are vain;
I count all but loss that I Christ may obtain.
BENEDICTION;
C: Amen.
Hymn 430:8 What Is the World to Me
8. What is the world to me! My Jesus is my Treasure,
My Life, my Health, my Wealth, My Friend, my Love, my Pleasure,
My joy, my Crown, my All, My bliss eternally,
Once more than I declare: What is the world to me!
( Pastor Theodore Barthels )
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