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INTRODUCTION
PERSPECTIVES ON TREASURES ARE NOT HARD TO FIND WHEN YOU LOOK FOR THEM IN OUR WORLD AND IN OUR
TIMES.......ONES WORTH REMEMBERING AND
CHERISHING ARE THESE:
“Infinite riches are all around you if you will open your mental eyes and behold the treasure house of infinity within you.
There is a gold mine within
you from which you can extract everything you need to live life gloriously, joyously, and abundantly.”
Joseph Murphy
When you leave this world, will you be known as one who accumulated treasures on earth that you couldn't keep?
Or will you be recognized as one
who invested treasures in heaven that you couldn't lose?
— Randy Alcorn
“Our relationships are precious, valuable treasures from heaven, and we should handle them carefully, always looking for ways to build bridges to
each other's hearts.”
— Victoria Osteen
THIS MORNING BELOVEDS WE GATHER TO BOTH EXAMINE AND ENCOURAGE OUR HEARTS WITH THE TRUE
TREASURES OF THIS FAITHFUL JOURNEY GOD LEADS US ON DAY BY DAY............MOSTLY, WHEN WE SPEAK OF
TREASURES OF GOD’S KINGDOM WE’RE SPEAKING OF RESOURCES DEFINED BY MONEY, CHA-CHING.....DINERO, OR
DOLLARS......
THIS MORNING OUR SEARCH IS FOR SOMETHING MORE EVEN IF WHAT WE GET IS MORE PERSPECTIVE, MORE
APPRECIATION FOR ALL THAT GOD IS DOING IN AND AMONG US.........
PETER AND JOHN GAVE A SUPREME GIFT OF MORE THAN MONEY
SOMETIMES WE ARE SURPRISED BY THE FORMS OF GOD’S GRACE AND MERCIES....... WHEN WE FLIP OVER IN OUR
BIBLES TO ACTS 3: 1-11
Acts 3:1–11 (ESV)
Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple.
Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms.
And Peter directed his gaze at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.”
And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them.
But Peter said, “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you.
In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!”
And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.
And leaping up, he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.
And all the people saw him walking and praising God, and recognized him as the one who sat at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, asking for alms.
And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
While he clung to Peter and John, all the people, utterly astounded, ran together to them in the portico called Solomon’s.
FOR THIS MAN, ON THAT DAY.....THE TREASURE HE RECEIVED WAS THE HEALING OF HIS LIMBS, THE ABILITY TO
WALK.....HIS ANKLES AND FEET MADE STRONG.....FOR HIM THIS MEANT MORE THAN MERELY MONEY.........IT WAS
THE ON TIME BLESSING HE NEEDED RIGHT THEN AND THAT’S THE KIND OF GOD WE SERVE, BELOVEDS.....
JESUS’ DESIRE TO SHIFT FROM MONEY ONLY TO THE WHOLE KINGDOM
IN OUR TEXT FOR THIS MORNING, JESUS IS PUSHING THE DISCIPLES TOWARDS A SHIFT IN THEIR THINKING.....ONE
FOR THEM & ONE FOR US.....
Jesus tells the disciples: “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom” (v.
32).
The gift of the kingdom describes both God’s tenderness and his timing.
Jesus was speaking of God’s tenderness, because he has been pleased to give his kingdom to his children.
God
wasn’t desperate or begrudging.
It was God’s delight, God’s pleasure, God’s gift of love.
The Lord God Almighty
brought followers of his Son into his kingdom.
Now they live under his rulership, his lordship, and that is no burden
but a joyous release from the debt of sin and tyranny of Satan into the freedoms and joys of those who are citizens
of a new king in a new kingdom.
Jesus was also speaking of God’s timing because the gift of the kingdom has happened already.
Jesus said “your
Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.”
This is past tense.[1]
It’s a done deed.
He doesn’t promise
membership of God’s kingdom someday.
If they are already disciples they are already members of that kingdom.
How can we be already members of God’s kingdom?
Haven’t we always thought of God’s kingdom as something
ahead, something we experience when we get to heaven?
How can we have that kingdom now?
And – another
THING PREACHER, – though every Christian experiences signs of God’s kingdom – perhaps a sense of his presence,
perhaps his grace in forgiving our sins, perhaps his strength during a time of deep trial – yet if we still fall short with
our obedience, or if we struggle to show God our deep faith and trust.
That is all true.
But none of it means
we are not already in his kingdom, for we have it while yet longing for the full experience of it.
The kingdom of God is already ours.
Yes, there is much still to press on to learn better and live rightly, but our
citizenship is already there.
The kingdom is ours now, and everything about that kingdom is already there for us to
enjoy.
It is ahead, but it’s also here.
Both are true.
THIS IS THE GIFT OF GOD, GIVEN BY GRACE.....NOT BECAUSE WE
EARNED IT, BUT BECAUSE GOD IS SO GOOD, BELOVEDS.....
WHEN THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS OURS BY GRACE…JESUS GOES ON TO TEACH THERE ARE CHANGES WE MAKE AS
WE WALK OUR WALK, AND TALK OUR TALK AS CHRISTIANS......WE FIND A DESIRE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT
RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR MONEY, OUR POSSESSIONS AND OUR THINGS......JESUS SAYS:
“Sell your possessions, and give alms.
Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in
heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
ONE COMMENTATOR ON THE TEXT DESCRIBED THIS SHIFT IN PERSPECTIVE THIS WAY:
The point of almsgiving, I think, is not to elevate poverty – circumstantial or chosen – but rather to extol
generosity as a mark of the Christian life.
Similarly, the watchfulness Jesus commands is not an anxious
anticipation of the end of the world but rather an eager expectation of God’s consummation of history.
What Jesus is commending is faith – faith that frees one to be generous; faith that enables one to leave
anxiety behind; faith that creates in one confidence about a future secured not by human endeavor or
achievement but by God alone.
THE SHIFT IS IN OUR THANKSGIVING & OUR ‘THANKS-LIVING’
IN HER OUTSTANDING CHAPTER ON THANKS, ANNE LAMOTT WROTE THAT:
GRATITUDE BEGINS IN OUR HEARTS AND THEN DOVETAILS INTO BEHAVIOR.
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