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Parables - The Pearl   Dear Friends, Grace and peace from our loving God. Let us pray … O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Book of Common Prayer -  Lectionary Page I would ask you to read the Pearl parable from Matthew 13:45-46 (Refer to Snodgrass and Kendall).  I am always fascinated by how Jesus uses so few words to describe a concept about faith. In the God’s Word translation, Jesus uses 31 words to describe what the Kingdom of God is like and how we could respond. We have a jeweler who finds the most perfect pearl, did not react to anyone but went and sold all that he had and bought the pearl. The Kingdom of God is: The most perfect thing ...

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media-library/images/christ-teaching-foolish-rich-man-parable-1401835?lang=eng&clang=ase My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 | Read the Bible in a Year Come join us at any time!  Today’s Reading 9/7/2019       Day 250 Matthew 13:1 – 58 Reflection | Today - This chapter is sometimes referred to as the Parable Discourse - Jesus is telling a series of stories about faith & the Kingdom of God. Sower - kinds of seeds - hears of the Word and reaction; Note that Jesus has to explain this one to the disciples. Blessed are your eyes for they see Christ. There is a further Interpretation. Farmer and the weed sabotage - at the harvest sort wheat from weeds and burn the weeds and keep the wheat. We are in a time between  the resurrection and the Second Coming where we of the faith have to deal with a world that is “in the weeds.” Mustard seed growth is like how the Kingdom of God will grow. Kingdom o...