THEVALUE OF GOD’S KINGDOM

(John 5:21; Matt. 6:33 Matt. 13:44)

A. THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN WAS MADE ACCESSIBLE BY THE

BLOOD OF JESUS… A SACRIFICE OF ETERNAL VALUE.
People are attracted to value - it's an untouched need, a principle of life. And so if
you can't give them the value they desire, they leave, and that's not a bad thing.
Value I defined as the degree of importance given to something.

When people meet "all that glitters", it makes sense, they love it, the esteem it all
the glory deserving of the original thing, until "all that glitters" begins to rust…
Technically, it is still “all that glitters”, but when it no longer serves it purpose, it
had lost its value to you, the owner.

This principle applies to even God. God allows you taste of him a bit – a miracle, a
testimony, a deliverance, a suggested thought, a personal encounter, a feeling
you've not seen anywhere else. But, then he allows you prove himself more, by
asking you to have faith in him. Believe he can do it, and he's done it. He did it
before and there's even more he can do, when you stop believing in him, he has
lost his value to you, simple.

B. THE PLACE OF DISCOVERY IN VALUE

The more discoveries you make about a thing, the more value it has too you. Those
things were already there, you just didn’t know. When you throw a diamond away,
it doesn’t stop it from being a diamond, you just have discovered what you have.
So Jesus advices us to earnestly, with the whole of ourselves to first put the
kingdom of God as our first pursuit why? Because for all of your human desires
and needs, it is a treasure field that a man discovers. What could you possibly want
that you can’t get?
If the kingdom of God loses it’s value to you, it does not cease to be the kingdom
of God, you just haven’t made enough discoveries. And you have sold this
diamond field away.
Your value as a person comes from the discoveries you have made about yourself.
You have the potential to do anything as the Lord gives you strength, but until you
discover how much you can do and be, everyone will regard you as normal.

C. THE PLACE OF GROWTH IN VALUE

When a tree is a young plant, it is only value for beautification, very soon, beauty
will fade, then it has lost it’s value to the owner, until it discovers “oh, I can be a
shade too”, and grows to that point, then it becomes value again, and this time,
both as aesthetics and as a source of shade, and it grows again to become a source
of food, and so on. The young cheetah knows how to run, sure, but in order for it to
retain it's value as the fastest animal in land, it needs to constantly grow, the more
he runs isn't greed, he is chasing value, constantly proving to himself and the
world, that he is indeed the best. That is, growth is attached and important to value.
So also, if a person or a company or an organization reuses to increase in its value,
it soon fades away and not be wanted anymore.

CONCLUSION
In the old testaments, the pantheons of Egypt replicated almost all the miracles
Moses performed, which makes it almost easy to say, the devil can give you a
replica of almost anything you come to find in church, but if there’s one thing he
cannot give you, it is the Kingdom of God and its righteousness. These are the
valuables Jesus says to find and keep and everything else is added to you for
growth and for increase. So both you and the Kingdom of God retains it’s value.

QUESTIONS
1. What is valuable to you at this moment, how has it replaced God’s Kingdom
in your heart?
2. In the place of adding value to yourself, how do you know when to stop?
3. What is greed?
4. When does contentment come in, in the place of growth and increase?
5. When can we say something or someone has lost its value?