8-21-2018 – A Word to the Wise: THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE
Have you ever wondered about the pearl of great price Jesus refers to in Matthew 13:45? Jesus says that it is something for which a man will sell everything that he owns to purchase.
I have pondered for many years the answer Jesus hides in this parable. The parable just before it speaks of a man finding a treasure in a field, going, and buying that field with all that he had. So the two parables are similar in nature.
There are not many things in life worth selling all one owns to buy, or are there? I know many a soul who sell all they own and much not owned to buy drugs, alcohol, sex, or a host of other things. Cheap things without any true value. When purchased they bring no satisfaction, nor peace or joy.
Yet Jesus, says that there is something worth selling all ones worldly possessions, what is it?
I have no doubt that the Pearl of Great Price that for which I would sell everything is friendship with the Lord.
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