tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post3810119904335741336..comments2023-10-03T06:25:41.357-05:00Comments on Grace Roots Blog: God's TreasureJoel Bruesekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10395847887953875757noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-85044429679832759742007-07-19T09:16:00.000-05:002007-07-19T09:16:00.000-05:00Matthew,Indeed, we come to Abba, Father as little ...Matthew,<BR/><BR/>Indeed, we come to Abba, Father as little children. I watch my kids, and I see how simply they see many things, and it makes me look at the Bible and at God in less of a complicated way, and it helps me to rest more and more in the simplicity that is in Christ.Joel Bruesekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10395847887953875757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-53295818941620586352007-07-19T09:12:00.000-05:002007-07-19T09:12:00.000-05:00Jul,Amen, that God's love and presence is a very r...Jul,<BR/><BR/>Amen, that God's love and presence is a very real thing that we need to (and can) know and experience, rather than it being simply an intellectual understanding!<BR/><BR/>As for the two parables, I see Jesus saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like... the examples in these two stories." In other words, "follow the whole parable through to get the message of what the kingdom is like." Not just one thing in the story, but the whole story represents the kingdom of heaven. My personal thought is that, at least in these two parables, we've gotten the characters that the parables represent mixed up.<BR/><BR/>But I certainly welcome your view and I'm surely open to differences of understanding and ways of looking at things. Iron sharpens iron, as the proverb goes. :DJoel Bruesekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10395847887953875757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-61795067913701861202007-07-19T09:04:00.000-05:002007-07-19T09:04:00.000-05:00Wonderful stuff, Joel. This, like I said before, b...Wonderful stuff, Joel. This, like I said before, blew my mind when I first heard it. I mean I get the idea people try to use it for, but it makes no sense when you say we sell all we have and buy the kingdom. <BR/><BR/>Jesus said if anyone doesn't simply receive the kingdom as a child would, they will by no means enter it. <BR/><BR/>Glory be to God for finding us and buying us back.Mattityahuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05549061279827942555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-67938160299435196252007-07-19T08:30:00.000-05:002007-07-19T08:30:00.000-05:00I like the concept, but it sounds like poor exeges...I like the concept, but it sounds like poor exegesis. I mean the text clearly tells us what the pearl is--it's the kingdom. <BR/><BR/>However, there are many other parable that clearly relate the same idea of Jesus treasuring us, even as lost sinners. The lost coin, the lost sheep, the prodigal son, etc... We definately need to experience his presence and love in a real way, not just an intellectual understanding of it. How easy it is in the church world to get caught up in the technicalities of religion and miss the beautiful life of relationship with our Father.julhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15688008902332240637noreply@blogger.com