Jesus teaches that his Kingdom is worth everything we have and when we understand this... we give up what we have with joy!
Matthew 13:44 "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
Do we ignore Jesus' teaching that kingdom living (following him) is worth everything we have?
Note: In Palestine, a land that was often ravaged by war, people were known to bury their treasures to hide them from enemies with the intention of returning for the treasure in safer times. Under rabbinic law, if you found a treasure in a field, it would belong to the field's owner - hence the need to buy the field rather than simply take the treasure. The point of this parable is that the value of the treasure is worth the purchase of the field even if it means giving up everything one has. The Kingdom of Heaven is worth giving up everything.
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