Still before the crowds, Jesus recites three more parables about the Kingdom of God this Sunday. Let’s list them. (1) The Parable of the Buried Treasure. (2) The Parable of the Pearl of Great Price. (3) The Parable of the Drawing in of the Net. At the end Jesus asks His apostles if they understand and then provides a further analogy.
Jesus
said to his disciples:
"The
kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field,
which
a person finds and hides again,
and
out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
Again,
the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant
searching
for fine pearls.
When
he finds a pearl of great price,
he
goes and sells all that he has and buys it.
Again,
the kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea,
which
collects fish of every kind.
When
it is full they haul it ashore
and
sit down to put what is good into buckets.
What
is bad they throw away.
Thus
it will be at the end of the age.
The
angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them
into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.
"Do
you understand all these things?"
They
answered, "Yes."
And
he replied,
"Then every scribe who has
been instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like the head of a household who
brings from his storeroom both the new and the old."
~Mt
13:44-52
Dr, Brant Pitre explains the first two
parables.
Unfortunately I could not find Dr. Pitre explaining the third parable, nor the concluding analogy. I think the keeping of the good fish and throwing out of the bad at the end of time is quite clear. But what do you make of the analogy? Every preacher of Christ—technically I think everyone of we Christians—instructed is “like the head of a household who brings from his storeroom both the new and the old.” To answer, we turn to John Michael Talbot.
Meditation:
"Then every scribe who has been instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like the head of a household who brings from his storeroom both the new and the old."
What do you bring that is both new and old
when it comes to preaching on the Kingdom of God?
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