What is the one thing worth everything else in the world?

1. UNMATCHED
VALUE

2. GRACIOUS JESUS
(MATTHEW’S PERSPECTIVE WITH GOSPEL PARALLELS)
1. Presenting the King (Matt 1-4)
2. True Blessedness (Matt 5:1-12)
3. Kingdom Lifestyle – Part 1 (Matt 5:13-
48)
4. Kingdom Lifestyle – Part 2 (Matt 6)
5. Kingdom Lifestyle – Part 3 (Matt 7)
6. Master Strokes (Matt 8)
7. The King Calls (Matt 9)
8. The King Commissions (Matt 10)
9. Signs, Sinners and the Saviour (Matt
11)
10. Power Games and Names (Matt 12)
11. Hidden Wisdom (Matt 13:1-43)
12. Hidden Treasures (Matt 13:44-
14)
13. The Gall and the Glory (Matt 15-17:9)
14. Winning Others Over (Matt 17:10-
18:35)
15. Kingdom Values, Kingdom Wealth
(Matt 20)
16. The King Enters Jerusalem (Matt 21)
17. The Chosen Few (Matt 22)
18. The King’s Glorious Coming (Matt
24:1-44)
19. The Final Countdown (Matt 24:45 –
25:46)
20. The King’s last days (Matt 26)
21. Desertion (Matt 26:36-75)
22. God’s Lamb Sacrificed (Matt 27: 1-50)
23. The King Conquers (Matt 27:51-28)

3. HIDDEN TREASURES
(MATT 13:44-14:36)
61. Unmatched Value
62. Good fish, bad fish
63. Treasures new and old
64. Teaching through Hostility
65. Unlimited Provision
66. Walking on Water
67. Eternal Food

4. Mathew 13:44 “The kingdom of heaven is like
treasure hidden in a field. When a man found
it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and
sold all he had and bought that field.
45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a
merchant looking for fine pearls. 46 When he
found one of great value, he went away and
sold everything he had and bought it.
UNMATCHED VALUE

5. INTRODUCTION
Talk of “all eggs in one basket”
This is “one egg in one basket”
The man sold all for this one
thing.

6. WHAT MAKES ONE EGG IN ONE
BASKET WORTH IT?
It has the following effects:
• Brings out the
Extraordinary in the
ordinary
• Separates the
invaluable among the
valuable
• Makes everything worth
nothing

7. BRINGS OUT THE
EXTRAORDINARY IN THE
ORDINARY
Mathew 13:44 “The
kingdom of heaven is
like treasure hidden in
a field. When a man
found it, he hid it
again, and then in his
joy went and sold all
he had and bought
that field.

8. BRINGS OUT THE
EXTRAORDINARY IN THE
ORDINARY
Colossians 1:27 To them God
has chosen to make known
among the Gentiles the
glorious riches of this
mystery, which is Christ in
you, the hope of glory.
2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have
this treasure in jars of clay to
show that this all-surpassing
power is from God and not
from us.

9. SEPARATES THE INVALUABLE
AMONG THE VALUABLE
Mathew 13:45 “Again,
the kingdom of
heaven is like a
merchant looking for
fine pearls. 46 When
he found one of great
value, he went away
and sold everything
he had and bought it.

10. SEPARATES THE INVALUABLE
AMONG THE VALUABLE
Galations 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is
love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and
self-control. Against such things there is no
law.
Galations 5:18 But if you are led by the
Spirit, you are not under the law.
Philippians 1:21 For to me, to live is Christ
and to die is gain.

11. SEPARATES THE INVALUABLE AMONG THE VALUABLE

12. Living a life led by the Spirit brings to
us the invaluable treasures in life.

13. MAKES EVERYTHING
WORTH NOTHING
Mathew 13:44 “The kingdom of heaven is
like treasure hidden in a field. When a man
found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy
went and sold all he had and bought that
field.
46 When he found one of great value, he
went away and sold everything he had and
bought it.

14. MAKES EVERYTHING WORTH NOTHING

15. MAKES EVERYTHING
WORTH NOTHING
Philippians 3:8 What is more, I
consider everything a loss
because of the surpassing worth
of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord,
for whose sake I have lost all
things. I consider them garbage,
that I may gain Christ.

16. MAKES EVERYTHING
WORTH NOTHING

17. GOD IS ALSO
SEARCHING

18. POEM – THE CHOSEN
VESSEL
The master was searching for something to use….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSqE0hlenoU

19. DISCUSSION
1. What does “giving up everything”
for one thing actually mean?
2. How can we enjoy what God has
given us without holding on to them?
3. What prevents us from grasping the
invaluable? How can we overcome it?