44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. 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, 46 who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.

MATTHEW 13:44-46

GOD’S KINGDOM IS YOUR GREATEST INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY. 

GOD’S KINGDOM IS GOD’S FAMILY. 

GOD’S KINGDOM IS A GROWING FAMILY. 

GOD’S KINGDOM IS A FAMILY WHERE GOD LEADS.

WE DON’T JUST EXIST FOR THE PEOPLE HERE. WE EXIST FOR THE PEOPLE NOT HERE YET.

WHY YOU SHOULD INVEST INTO THE KINGDOM

1. GOD SAYS SO.

Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), 3 he left Judea and departed again for Galilee. 4 And he had to pass through Samaria.

JOHN 4:1-4

27 Just then his disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you seek?” or, “Why are you talking with her?”… 34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work. 

JOHN 4:27,34

1. YOU ARE GOD’S PLAN TO REACH PEOPLE

1. INVESTING INTO THE KINGDOM FILLS YOU UP

34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work. Do not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes harvest?’ Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest. 

JOHN 4:34

WHAT KEEPS US FROM INVESTING?

1. WE DON’T KNOW

1. WORDLINESS

15 And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” 16 And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully, 17 and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ 18 And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”’ 20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ 21 So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”

LUKE 12:15-21

1. WE MISUNDERSTAND ETERNAL TREASURES

19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

MATTHEW 6:19-21

1. WE AREN’T SEEING THE OPPORTUNITY

Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest. 

JOHN 4:34