Gospel4You - Gospel4You International - 'Value'

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This is Gospel4You International - VALUE in English

 

How is value defined?  The Oxford language dictionary defines  Value is the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something..

 

The word ‘value’ occurs 58 times in the bible. We’ll be taking a small portion of these scriptures in the context of how God defines value and will let God’s Word speak for itself and the words that Jesus spoke.

 

The prophet Zechariah foretells the betrayal price Judas Iscariot would receive for betraying Jesus.

 

Zechariah 11:13

And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—the handsome price at which they valued me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the house of the Lord.

 

Great value is placed on Faith and obedience.

Hebrews 4:2 For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because they did not share the faith of those who obeyed.

The following scripture tells how Moses who experienced God speaking from the burning bush near Mount Sinai- His trust in God developed through all he experienced.

 

Hebrews 11:26 He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.

 

In his letter to Timothy, Paul says

1 Timothy 4:8

For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.

 

 

Jesus used short stories - parables as a form of analogy.  It was left up to those with enquiring hearts to search out their true meaning.

 

Matthew 13:  verses  24 - 30

The Parable of the Weeds

Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.

“The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’

“‘An enemy did this,’ he replied.

“The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’

“‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’”

 

From verses 36 - 43

Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

He answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. The field is the