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Originally Posted by Mrs. LPW
My personal opinion on this scripture is this.
The man is any man, walking through life without any real soul searching going on.. just existing. But he stumbles upon a treasure, something he wasn't looking for, or expecting but something great, nonetheless. So he goes and sells all, gives up everything, just to buy that field and the great tresure he has found.
He stumbles upon Jesus, the Kingdom of heaven, the God he didn't even know he needed, but when he met him he realized he had been needing him all along.Then there is another type of man.. the man who knows he needs something, knows he has an emptiness... and that man searches the earth over for this pearl of great price. And when he finds that pearl, he, like the man who buys the field for the treasure, sells all he has to buy that pearl.
Kind of like two types of people in this world... some know they need something, some don't realize.. but when they find the Lord, they will give all they have, to have Him!!!
That's my opinion.
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This seems to be the traditional take on this scripture...
Is it troublesome that this could almost indicate we can obtain God through a purchase?
Can we really give anything up and "sell" it to purchase a pearl of great value (salvation)? Or is the analogy simply that we must count all else as loss to pursue Christ?
The alternate view has the Son of God giving all He has (on the cross) to purchase the pearl (the salvation of mankind and the Kingdom).