A labourer is digging in a field that isn't his own, and his spade strikes something buried. A merchant who has spent his whole life hunting for fine pearls finds, at last, the one. Neither hesitates. Both go and sell everything they own — and the one who stumbled on it does so, Matthew tells us, in his joy.

In this sermon — the fifth in our summer series Now and Not Yet: A Summer in Matthew — Fr. Devin Hunt preaches from five small parables that Jesus tells in a single breath: the mustard seed, the leaven, the treasure, the pearl, and the net. Slowing down to take them one at a time, the sermon draws out four things they teach us about the kingdom of heaven:

• that it is hidden — at work underground, unseen, the way a seed works and yeast works
• that it is out of all proportion — the smallest beginning and an outcome beyond all reckoning
• that it is worth everything — and worth it in joy, not grim duty
• that it is heading toward a reckoning — a harvest that is God's, and not yet

It is a word for anyone who has held the treasure so long they have stopped seeing it shine — and for anyone who has never yet found it at all. The kingdom comes to those who spend a lifetime searching and to those who are ambushed on an ordinary afternoon. To both, it is worth everything.

Our Sunday livestream was interrupted this week, so Fr. Devin has recorded the sermon from his study for those who worship with us online. We're glad to bring it to you here.

📖 Scripture: Matthew 13:31–33, 44–50 (ESV)
⛪ Preached for Eternal Hope Anglican Church, Carleton Place, Ontario — a congregation of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), worshipping from the 2019 Book of Common Prayer.

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