The Parables of Christ no. 12
The
Hidden Treasure
Rev. Brian Kocourek
Now, this Evening we will
continue in our study of the parables, and today and remember the purpose of
our studying these parables is to show you how they are tied to the end-time Presence
of Christ and the setting up of the
Matthew 13:44 ¶ Again, the
kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which
when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth
all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Let’s bow our heads in prayer. Dear gracious Father,
we approach thee tonight with reverence and Godly fear knowing that you are the
Sovereign God, and take counsel from no man. And yet Lord, we also approach you
as our Father knowing that you have come to gather your own in this hour by the
Shout which you brought forth called The Message. Therefore, Father we
reverently approach thy Throne of mercy this evening knowing that the blood of
Your Son Jesus is still on the mercy seat, and will be until He comes forth
from the Throne of God to meet us in the air at what we call the second
Coming. And knowing that He can not come
forth until that last one is in and child trained, we can boldly approach thy
Throne of Mercy. This evening and know that there is still pardon for our sins.
Father we understand according to Your Word, that you
have come to us in this hour in the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation in the
knowledge of yourself. Therefore, Father,
we ask that you grant to us this evening, a portion of Your great wisdom
that we might know Your Word, and how to apply it in this hour that we are
living. For we ask this in that blessed name you gave your Son, our Lord Jesus
Christ.
Now, we are looking at this parable that has been
read by billions of people over the course of the last two thousand years, and
have not known or understood it in the light of the hour in which they lived.
But we can read it this evening with the assurance that we are viewing it
through a perfect filter, a complete filter. Because the filter of the entire
Book has become open to us, and we thus are able to view all things with a
perfect understanding because we are viewing al things through that perfect and
complete filter of the Word of God.
The entire Book lays open to us this evening and as
Luke said, It
seemed good to me also, having had perfect
understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order that thou mightest know the
certainty of those things, wherein
thou hast been instructed.
And so we approach this parable knowing that God
Himself has spoken to us through His Vindicated Prophet in this hour and has
given us this great assurance because he told us in the message SHALOM 64-0119
222 “all the new
Testament speaks of this hour.
Therefore, knowing this is a true statement, because
it came from one who was vindicated by God’s very presence Himself. Therefore,
we must come boldly to the throne of mercy with our hearts in full assurance
knowing that we shall surely receive this great treasure that this parable has
spoken to us by the Son of God.
Now the parable we are studying tonight we find a man
that has stumbled across a hidden treasure in a field and what we want to see
is what this man does with that treasure. Notice he does not at first tell
anyone about it, but places that treasure back where he found it, until he has
the opportunity to buy it for himself. So we are looking at the
Therefore before we go any further we must ask
ourselves what is so valuable that we might sell all that we have inorder to
obtain it. Because when we have an understanding of the treausre itself, then
we might be able to understand why the man was willing to exchange everything
he had for that treasure. Jesus told us
that where our treasure is there our heart will be also.
MATTHEW 6:19
¶ Lay not up for yourselves treasures
upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through
and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth
nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where your treasure is, there will your
heart be also. 22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye
be single (if therefore your focus
is single), thy
whole body shall be full of light (or revelation). 23 But if thine
eye be evil, (now, remember, The Apostle John told us in 1 John 3
what evil is. It is doctrine that is out of season, and if thy focus is on
doctrine that is out of season) thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the
light that is in thee be darkness, how great [is] that darkness!
Therefore I ask you tonight, what is the most
valuable thing you know of today? Is it your home, or your car, or your job, or
your family? Jesus told us where our
treasure is there we will find our heart also.
Now, if you value your car the most that is where your heart will be and
that is where your time will be spent. If you value your job the most that is
where your heart will be and that is where your time will be spent. And what if
the most precious thing to you is your family? Then that is where your heart is
and that is where your time will be spent. But how do you know just how
valuable your family is to you? If you value it above everything else, you will
not want to loose it. Then you will want to possess it for all eternity.
MATTHEW 12:34 O
generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the
abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man out of the good
treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the
evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 36 But I say unto you, That every
idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of
judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou
shalt be condemned.
MATTHEW 19:21 Jesus
said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go [and] sell that thou hast, and give
to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come [and] follow me.
22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had
great possessions. 23 ¶ Then said Jesus
unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter
into the kingdom of heaven. 24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a
camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 61-1015M 687-211 What would mama do now? Now, maybe she'd
had good intentions all of her life, that "Someday I'm going to be a
Christian." But how could she be now when she's laying there unconscious?
How could she become a Christian now? What would her children do? The other day
when we taken her out there to give her glucose out there... That's the only
thing she's has in her body is glucose. She can't swallow; she's paralyzed. And
she said, "This one thing I want you to know, Billy," She talked
about me and Deloris standing there, and about her children and things, and a
couple of my brothers drinking. And I said, "Well, they broke your
heart." She said, "But, Billy, that all goes in the wheel for a
mother." She said, "But I'm saved." And she said, "I'm
ready to go." I said, "Mama, you might've left us a home that reached
all the way from Jeffersonville to Utica, a palace; you might've left us ten
million dollars to fuss and fight over after you were gone (That's all that
would happen to it.); but, mama, you
leave us the greatest treasure that anybody could leave, the assurance that
we'll see you again in that land beyond the river." That's right. See?
HEBREWS 11:24 By
faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of
Pharaoh's daughter; 25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of
God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; 26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater
riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of
the reward.
TIME OF DECISION 59-0418 E-56 Eternal
Life, the greatest treasure that could be given.
Meaning by this, that to accept the message they would never perish, but would
have Eternal Life forever. For our Lord said, "He that heareth My Word and
believeth on Him that sent Me has Eternal Life, and these signs shall follow them
that believe."
ABSOLUTE AN 63-0127 E-43 We want to live. Life is the greatest treasure that man can
have. And now, we've got to find what
is life. And He said, "My Word
is Life." That's the Life that you should have: the Word living in
you. Now, watch.
COLOSSIANS 2:1 ¶ For I would that ye knew what great conflict
I have for you, and [for] them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my
face in the flesh; 2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together
in love, and unto all riches of the full
assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; 3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom
and knowledge.
MATTHEW 13:51 Jesus
saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea,
Lord. 52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe [which is] instructed
unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man [that is] an householder, which
bringeth forth out of his treasure [things] new and old. 53 ¶ And
it came to pass, [that] when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed
thence. 54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their
synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this [man]
this wisdom, and [these] mighty works? 55 Is not this the carpenter's son? is
not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and
Judas? 56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this
[man] all these things? 57 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto
them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own
house. 58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
INFLUENCE 63-0112 E-37 I
cannot tell you what your dream is till I see it over again, and then He tells
me. Then I can say the Lord told me. Until then, I don't know. I don't want to
take my own influence and my own opinions. I can't say "THUS SAITH THE
LORD," because that's me thinking it. That's the best of my opinion. We must be sincere, because we've got the
greatest thing in the world. The
greatest treasure of heaven is Christ among us. Why do we want a substitute
of some little influence to try to make ourselves somebody big, among somebody
here? Why not be a humble servant to Christ?
II CORINTHIANS 4:6 For
God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our
hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of
Jesus Christ. 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the
excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
HEAR YE HIM 57-0519A
If there's any here that is ashamed to stand because of their associates,
because of their affiliations and yet You spoke in their heart, let them know
that they have lost the greatest treasure that could ever be given them. For
God has clearly said; Jesus said Himself, "No man can come to Me except My
Father draws him. And all that the Father has given Me, will come to Me."
PROVERBS 2:1
¶ My son, if thou wilt receive my words,
and hide my commandments with thee; 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto
wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and]
liftest up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and
searchest for her as [for] hid treasures; 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear
of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. 6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out
of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding. 7 He layeth up sound wisdom
for the righteous: [he is] a buckler to them that walk uprightly. 8 He keepeth
the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. 9 Then shalt thou
understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [yea], every good path. 10 ¶ When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and
knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; 11 Discretion shall preserve thee,
understanding shall keep thee: 12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil
[man], from the man that speaketh froward things; 13 Who leave the paths of
uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
Matthew 13:44 ¶ Again, the
kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid (kept secret) in a field; the
which when a man hath found, he hideth (Keepeth it
secret), and for
joy thereof goeth and selleth (barter in other words, we revalues everything
he has and considers that value less than the treasure that he desires to
obtain) all that
he hath, and buyeth (redeem) that field.
Some time back I had a dream that I
believe was from God. It was about searching for the greatest treasure on
earth. In the dream there was an elder brother to my left that I believe was
Brother Vayle. I did not se his face but I knew by his presence it was him. In
the dream, we were walking in a very
desolate place in search of the greatest treasure on earth. We were dressed in
kaki colored clothing and we were walking in a very arid land, very dry. As
we coming over a small hill that very
arid but with some plant life on it, suddenly we were attacked by a man dressed
like a desert nomadwielding a long curved sword. As he tried to strike at us, I
just grabbed him by the long sleeves on his tunic and through him behind us. We
continued forward and down the small hill and came upon a foundation of a
building that was 20 feet by 20 feet in dimension. There was an opening on the
right side a few feet from the end. We walked through that opening and I said
to brother Vayle, the directions say we must proceed 20 paces from this
entrance but do we go across the room to the other side and turn left and
follow the wall or do we go through that door across from this one. You see
there was an opening on the opposite wall. He said, I believe we should go
straight, and so we did and as soon as we walked through the second door, we
were outside again and began down a slight sloped hill. There we could see
another foundation that stood about 18 inches high and was 12 feet by 12 feet
square. As we finished the 20 paces from that first door it led us right up to
this foundation, and as I looked down where the sandy soil met the stone foundation,
I noticed a hole in the ground that went under the foundation. I then got down
on my hands and knees and bent down to look through that hole and when I put my
head down into that hole to see what was in there, I saw a small room with a
light over a table, and around the tabel sat a family with young children
reading from a book with much interest. When I looked to my left I saw a
bookshelf with the Red Volume Message Books of William Branham’s sermons on
every shelf, and something spoke to me and said this is the greatest treasure
in the earth and then I woke from my sleep.