Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ - John Piper

One of my favorite parables that Jesus told was the one about the merchant and the pearl. It's found in Matthew's Gospel (13:45-46). It goes something like this. A merchant (a fancy salesman) is looking for pearls. Apparently he finds them and sells them or else their is absolutely no reason to tell us that he is a merchant. So, his daily activities would be finding stuff of value (i.e. pearls) and selling it for a profit. That would be how he put food on the table. On one particular occasion he finds a pearl that is of "great" value. Jesus says that he sold everything that he had to get that pearl. End of story. Read More...