Would You Recognize the Deal of a Lifetime?

If you were offered the deal of a lifetime, would you take it? Of course you would. The more difficult question is: If you were offered the deal of a lifetime, would you recognize it?

Two of the shortest parables in the Gospel of Matthew (13:44-46) show two different people recognizing the deal of a lifetime and the condition of soul that is required to be a disciple of Jesus.