" Treasured! " -- Matthew 13: 44-46 -- Rev. John W. Armstrong

Sermon notes:

“Treasured!” (Matthew 13:44-46)

I.     Your purchases reveal your ______________.

II.    _________ purchases reveal _______ priorities!

A.  ______________ (Exodus 19:5; Deuteronomy 7:6-9; Isaiah 43:3-4). 

B.  The Lord reveals Himself as our _____________-redeemer (Genesis 14:1-16; Ruth 3:9; Romans 8:29).

C.  The entire ministry of Jesus was an extravagant act of ___________________ (vv.44-46; Philippians 2:7; 1 Peter 1:18-20).

III.   Application.

A.  Your value is not inherent (Romans 3:10ff.; 7:24), it is _________________ by  others (Psalm 142:4).

B.  Your value to men is based on __________________________________   (John 6:1-15).

C.  Your value to God is based on __________________________________ (Deuteronomy 7:6-9; John 3:16; 1 Peter 1:18-20). 

D.  Christ purchases a community, but the community is incomplete without _________!