She Hath Done What She Couldn’t

When he found one really valuable pearl, he went back and put up for sale all that he had and bought it
Scripture

Matthew 13:46
Matthew 13:44-52 or 13:44-46

Sermon Topic

Money,

One of the big automobile manufacturers recently built a massive advertising campaign around the simple theme of “getting down to basics.” You may recall hearing it on TV or Radio: “When people get down to basics, they come over to our car” (or words to that effect). Today’s Gospel Lesson-like all Gospel Lessons, really-is built around the same theme: “When people get down to basics, they come to God.”

In today’s Lesson, a man finds that a “hidden treasure” is within his grasp. A second man discovers the one really valuable pearl he has been long searching for. In both instances, they are placed in the situation of “getting down to basics”: Is the treasure worth everything I possess? Do I want it badly enough to give up all the rest? That is what the Kingdom of God is like, Jesus says. It costs a lot. You must give up things to acquire a place in it, but renunciation has its reward-it is worth…

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