Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. – Matthew 13:44

If any one of you is saved, it will be by finding Christ, by your personally making a discovery of Him, as that man did who found the treasure that was hid in the field. There must be a search after Christ; but if there be a search after Him, we may be certain of this one thing, that there will first be a consciousness of needing Him.

Philip had sought Christ, or else he would never have said that he had found him  (John 1:43-45); but, before that, Philip knew that there was need of a Messiah. When he looked round about on the world, and on the church, he said to himself, “Oh, that the promised Messiah would come! There is great need of Him. The people need Him, the church needs Him, the world needs Him.” When Philip looked into his own heart, he said, “Oh, for the coming of the Messiah! I feel that I want Him; I have urgent need of Him.” Dear hearer, do you feel that you need a Saviour? You never will seek Him until you do feel your need of Him. You must recognize that there is sin in you, sin for which you cannot make atonement, sin that you cannot overcome. You must realize that you need another and a stronger arm than your own, that you need divine help, that you need One who can be your Brother, to sympathize with you, and be patient with you, and yet who can be the Mighty God to conquer all your sin for you. You do need a Saviour; that is the first thing that will prompt you to search for Him. Oh, that you did search the Scriptures more, with the definite object of finding the Saviour! ~ C.H. Spurgeon

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