Parables are seemingly __________ stories that have _____________ meaning to them.
[Matthew 13:44-46] Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. [45] Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, [46] who, when he had found one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.
Finding the kingdom of heaven is like finding the _____________ valuable thing you could think of for a greater ____________ than you could ever imagine and __________ at hand that you could ever think.
[1 Kings 19:20-21 ESV] And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, “Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you? [21] And he returned from following him and took the yoke of oxen and sacrificed them and boiled their flesh with the yokes of the oxen and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and went after Elijah and assisted him.
Our salvation is _________ important and has greater _________ than we could ever comprehend.
[Philippians 3:8-10] Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ [9] and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; [10] that
I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, [11] if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
God __________ have precedence over everything in our lives.
Spend time seeking __________ treasure.
