Title: The Pearl Merchant (Matthew 13:45-16)
Content [Introduction]
1. I found the most precious thing.
The biggest feeling when going to a funeral "What do you live for and what do you take with you?" His body, which he wanted to fill and nurture so much, lays very unsightly. What is the most precious thing a person can have while living on this earth?
Jesus explains today that it is heaven.
Search for heaven like a merchant looking everywhere.
it is the most precious It's worth it.
The "pearl" root of John Steinbeck However, the pearl Jesus spoke of is not a flower root, but a blessing itself.
What the orphans need most are their parents and their families.
What a death row inmate needs most is not Kentucky Chicken or a vacation of 5 days and 4 nights, but avoiding the death penalty with a special presidential pardon.
What a patient who is dying of cancer needs most is not good clothes, but medicines that can be treated.
What a merchant wandering in search of a good pearl needs is not a good house, car, or authority. It is a precious pearl. It is to meet the best pearl in the world.
Heaven is like that. It's the best you and I can have.
This is what I and you most desperately need.
It is the most precious thing we can have while living on this earth.
2. He did his best to find it.
Lay under the persimmon tree and wait for the persimmons to fall.
But Heaven says you must find it this way.
Of course, for some people, they meet by chance, like finding a treasure hidden in a field.
But for some, you will find it by looking for it. Find it.
Pray, read the Bible, ask, ask, knock.
He who seeks with his best will find and gain heaven.
Bargain - give it all. This pearl is well worth it, and the merchant knew it, so he did it without a word.
You have to sell everything you have to get heaven.
What happened in a certain church/The sermon in this parable is--that-you are mine too/Give it to me when I need it.
Ongyo-woo donates his house and car. So borrow it.
Do you know that all of you belong to God? Do you give it to God?
It is heaven that cannot be lived otherwise.
It's a waste. A rich dad wants to give his little daughter a diamond--your cone, pencil, ribbon, and I'll give you this.
In reality, we cannot buy heaven on our own.
Someone has already paid for it. In pure faith and perfect obedience, Jesus sacrificed himself to God and gave his life and blood.
Everyone who believes in Jesus pays this price freely. That's why I live in heaven by adding a little bit of my own grass.
[Conclusion] Whose heaven is everyone? Are you opening your mouth under the persimmon tree?
Like a pearl merchant, save heaven.
Seek until you are convinced, until heaven is yours.
And pay for everything.