On this Sunday we heard Jesus tell parables about the kingdom of heaven (aka kingdom of God / reign of Christ / kin-dom of God / empire of heaven), so in this interactive sermon we tried to imagine what this kingdom is "like."
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Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52
31 He put before them another parable: ‘The kingdom of
heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; 32it
is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of
shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in
its branches.’
33 He told them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven
is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour
until all of it was leavened.’
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.
45 ‘Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in
search of fine pearls; 46on finding one pearl of great value,
he went and sold all that he had and bought it.
47 ‘Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was
thrown into the sea and caught fish of every kind; 48when it
was full, they drew it ashore, sat down, and put the good into baskets but
threw out the bad.49So it will be at the end of the age. The angels
will come out and separate the evil from the righteous 50and
throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing
of teeth.
51 ‘Have you understood all this?’ They answered,
‘Yes.’ 52And he said to them, ‘Therefore every scribe who has
been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who
brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.’ 53When
Jesus had finished these parables, he left that place.
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