Priceless Treasure
Isaiah 55:1-7 – New International Version (NIV)
1 “Come, all you who are
thirsty,
come to the waters;
and you who have no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without
cost.
2 Why spend money on what is
not bread,
and your labor on what does
not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,
and you will delight in the
richest of fare.
3 Give ear and come to me;
listen, that you may
live.
I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
my faithful
love promised to David.
4 See, I have made him a
witness to the peoples,
a ruler and commander of
the peoples.
5 Surely you will summon
nations you know not,
and nations you do not know
will come running to you,
because of the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel,
for he has endowed you with
splendor.”
6 Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call on him while he is
near.
7 Let the wicked
forsake their ways
and the unrighteous their
thoughts.
Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them,
and to our God, for he will
freely pardon.
How were the readers to “buy wine and milk” (verse 1)?
In your opinion, “why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy” (verse 2)?
What kind of covenant is the Lord making (verse 3)?
What has God made
David “to the peoples” (verses 3 and 4)?
Who will “come running” (verse 5)?
When should we “seek the Lord” (verse 6)?
What will the Lord do for the unrighteous who forsake
their thoughts and “turn to the Lord” (verse 7)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this
passage?
In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about both
the cost and value of salvation?
Matthew 13:44-52 - New International
Version (NIV)
44 “The
kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it,
he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that
field.
45 “Again,
the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. 46 When
he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought
it.
47 “Once
again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake
and caught all kinds of fish. 48 When it was full,
the fishermen pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected the
good fish in baskets, but threw the bad away. 49 This is
how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the
wicked from the righteous 50 and throw them into the
blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
51 “Have
you understood all these things?” Jesus asked.
“Yes,”
they replied.
52 He said to them, “Therefore every teacher of the law who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”
What did the man do when he found “treasure hidden in a field” (verse 44)?
What did the merchant who was “looking for fine pearls” do when he found one (verses 45 and 46)?
What was caught in the net (verse 47)?
Where did they collect the good fish (verse 48)?
How were the bad fish treated (verse 48)?
Who will separate “the wicked from the righteous” (verse 49)?
What will happen to the wicked (verse 50)?
How did the disciples answer when Jesus ask “have you understood all
these things” (verse 51)?
Who is “like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new
treasures as well as old” (verse 52)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about both the cost and
value of salvation?
In your opinion, what does Isaiah 55:1-7 help us understand about the
cost of entering the kingdom of heaven that Jesus is discussing in the parables
in Matthew 13:44-52?
Philippians 3:4b-14 - New International Version (NIV)
If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence
in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the
eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a
Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as
for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the
law, faultless.
7 But whatever were gains to me I now
consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more,
I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of
knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I
consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9 and be
found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the
law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the
righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. 10 I
want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and
participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 and
so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.
12 Not that I have already obtained all
this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take
hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers
and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one
thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is
ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the
prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
What does Paul have more of (verse 4)?
How was Paul “a Pharisee” (verse 5)?
What had Paul’s zeal caused him to do (verse 6)?
Why did Paul consider “whatever were gains” now a
loss (verse 7)?
What did Paul consider garbage (verse 8)?
What is the basis of “the righteousness that comes from
God” (verse 9)?
What did Paul want to participate in (verse 10)?
What resurrection did Paul want to attain (verse 11)?
Who “took hold” of Paul (verse 12)?
What does Paul strain toward (verse 13)?
How did God call Paul heavenward (verse 14)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion,
what does this passage teach us about both the cost and value of salvation?
In your opinion, how
does Philippians 3:5-14 help us understand why it is difficult for people to
accept the absolutely amazing gift that is offered in Isaiah 55:1-7?
In your opinion, how
do the parables in Matthew 13:44-52 demonstrate the consequences of the
decision about what to consider gain and loss that Paul describes in
Philippians 3:5-14?
2 Timothy 3:10-17 - New International Version (NIV)
10 You,
however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith,
patience, love, endurance, 11 persecutions,
sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in
Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I
endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. 12 In
fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be
persecuted, 13 while evildoers and impostors will go from
bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 But as
for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of,
because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and
how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able
to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All
Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking,
correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the
servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
What did Timothy know that the Lord had rescued Paul from (verses
10 and 11)?
Who will be
persecuted (verse 12)?
Who will “go
from bad to worse” (verse 13)?
What was
Timothy to “continue in” (verse 14)?
When had
Timothy learned “the Holy Scriptures” (verse 15)?
What could “the
Holy Scriptures” do for Timothy (verse 15)?
How much
Scripture “is God-breathed” (verse 16)?
What does the
Scripture do for the “servant of God” (verse 17)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion,
what does this passage teach us about both the cost and value of salvation?
In your opinion, what does 2 Timothy 3:10-17 help us
understand about what comes after accepting the free pardon in Isaiah 55:1-7?
In
your opinion, how does Paul’s statement in 2 Timothy 3:10-17 that “all
Scripture is God-breathed and is useful” help us understand why Jesus said
in Matthew 13:44-52 that “every teacher of the law who has become a disciple
in the kingdom of heaven” can get new and old treasures from their
storeroom?
In your opinion, what
can considering the information in Philippians 3:5-14 and 2 Timothy 3:10-17
help us learn about life before and after salvation?
In your opinion, what do these Scriptures from Isaiah, Matthew,
Philippians and 2 Timothy teach us about the true treasure we can seek in our
earthly life?
In your
opinion, how does life change after we claim that treasure?
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