{"id":357,"date":"2006-09-04T13:24:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-04T11:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boerenroem.nl\/wordpress\/?p=357"},"modified":"2006-09-04T13:24:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-04T11:24:00","slug":"ethics-in-the-kingdom-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boerenroem.nl\/wordpress\/2006\/09\/04\/ethics-in-the-kingdom-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethics in the Kingdom of God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a question for theological cracks concerning the parable of the Kingdom in Matthew 13:44. You can read that somebody finds a treasure in a field, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">hides it back into the ground<\/span> and then buys the field. My Christian ethics tell me to do business transparently and honestly. My interpretation of this parable tells me that Jesus is the one who buys the treasure (thus establishing the Kingdom of God). So, does this say that Jesus was not acting ethically correct? And if so, what to do with this example?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/boerenroem.blogspot.com\/2006\/09\/ethics-in-kingdom-of-god.html#comments\">Any suggestions?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>PS Don&#8217;t answer too quickly. Read Luke 16:9 for another (seemingly?) ethical conflict &#8211; maybe even more of a mystery than Matthew 13&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a question for theological cracks concerning the parable of the Kingdom in Matthew 13:44. 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