THE HIDDEN TREASURE

“And they overcame him by the Blood of the Lamb and by the Word of their Testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death”. (Rev 12:11).

Subject: 'HIDDEN TREASURE AND FIELD' (Matthew 13:44-45).

Once upon a time there lived a lonely beggar on the streets of Port Moresby in Niugini. He was amongst thousands other beggars, criminals, prostitutes, drug addicts, squatters, unemployed, homeless and the like that roamed the streets then.

One day whilst mucking on the streets in search of the day's food and shelter he stumbled upon a “hidden treasure”. Out of great joy he went and told all his co-beggars on the streets. News soon spread like wildfire such that everyone, small and great, rushed to him including government diplomats, politicians, prime-ministers, presidents, police, soldiers, ombudsman commissioners, lawyers, accountants, ambassadors, high commissioners, doctors, nurses, businessmen, engineers, academics, professors, bankers, financiers, pastors, evangelists, bishops and whomsoever that had a title.

Everyone just rushed to the scene and in the spur of the moment, without the young man's asking, offered him money, gifts, services, food, clothing, houses, computers, vehicles, trucks, gold, jewels, cameras, and all kinds of expensive gifts valued millions of dollars. He was also given a young 18 year lass in marriage. His wedding ceremony was reportedly the biggest in the region attended by thousands upon thousands of his clients, both small and great. Prominent companies and organizations including soft-drink factories, ice-cream manufacturers, big-rooster outlets, bakeries, cake shops, restaurants, hotels, airlines, ships, institutions, governments, churches, banks, schools, etc, were hired to facilitate for the occasion. Everyone had more than enough!

Not long afterwards, the young man hid the treasure in a cave for fear of being stolen, confiscated by authorities or removed by bandits. He was especially mindful of the fact that the title-deed of the field was in somebody else's name who might also lay claim to the treasure.

The young man therefore, decided to buy the whole field wherein the treasure lay. The calculated price was beyond his imaginations but he still set out to buy it anyway. He decided to sell everything he owned including his newly acquired gifts, items, money, riches and anything that had a name. Everything he owned or possessed had to go. Even his only wife and heirs had to go in deaths and miscarriages. The field officers including the media, government, banks, churches, etc, vehemently opposed, criticized and called him names such as "conman, cargo-cult, scam, criminal, mystery man, deceived, fool, stupid, insane, illegal, unlicensed, etc". When the going got tougher the young man even shed his own blood and incurred a scar on his body. As blood gushed out profusely from a bullet wound the young man was heard saying “Thankyou Father for this blood I’m spitting and throwing down on this land. I now purchase this field with my own blood in the same way as my Master shed his blood for me 2000 years ago. I now own this field by the blood of the Lamb and the word of my testimony”.

After a decade of trading the young man made more than enough money and purchased the field for his own. The title-deed was legally transferred to his name and the treasure within therefore, became his legitimate property.

With both field and treasure in his domain he was now able to finance and establish the Kingdom of his God here on earth. As title-holder he had authority to issue terms and conditions to the heathen. His foremost condition was "every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord". Anyone who did not abide by this declaration was not allowed to enter the city/field to share his treasure. The serpent could no longer lay claim to the title-deed because he was already legally conquered by the "blood of the Lamb and the young man's word of testimony".

Jesus paid it all on Calvary's tree 2000 years ago. Our job today is simply to recognize our victory in Christ and inherit the field & treasure by our word of testimony.

Thanks and bless.

DIRECTOR