Hidden treasure and pearl: what matters?
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That pearl is of infinite worth. It was bought and paid for by the precious blood of Jesus. It must never be bought or sold by any man. Jesus has made salvation available to all who would surrender all for it. PTL!
Isaiah
55:1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
55:2 Wherefore do ye spend money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour for [that which] satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye [that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Isaiah
55:1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
55:2 Wherefore do ye spend money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour for [that which] satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye [that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
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I'm not sure how you arrive at this conclusion. You couldn't just go shop for pearls on Amazon or eBay then like people do today. You had to go to where the things were available, and if that wasn't the source then you were paying someone else to transport whatever it was you were on the lookout for to wherever it was you could find it. You could not get silk anywhere but from China, and people rather famously built a road to transport it to markets in the west. If you didn't live near the road, guess what, you had to travel, maybe a very long way, to get to it in order to buy silk. And if you were a silk merchant then guess what, you would want to go all the way to China to buy it in bulk. It would not be economical for you to buy lots of it in the west for resale because you would be paying middle men who transported it themselves and who would want to profit from it.
So you are a merchant on the lookout for choice pearls? You have to go to where pearls are dug from the ocean. It's the only thing that makes sense.
So you are a merchant on the lookout for choice pearls? You have to go to where pearls are dug from the ocean. It's the only thing that makes sense.
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I think that Jesus is speaking of himself and the father. Jesus gave himself for Ransom God gave his only son.
You saint, the church, are that Perl.
No man seeks God but God came to man. Not to destroy but to redeem......not to judge but to forgive......not out of anger and hate but out of love. To pay a debt he did not owe.
You saint, the church, are that Perl.
No man seeks God but God came to man. Not to destroy but to redeem......not to judge but to forgive......not out of anger and hate but out of love. To pay a debt he did not owe.
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