Jesus is the pearl of great price
Christ Pantocrator study (Photo credit: DUCKMARX ) “Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!” Psalm 100:4 Our Lord would have all his people rich in high and happy thoughts concerning his blessed person. Jesus is not content that his brethren should think meanly of him; it is his pleasure that his espoused ones should be delighted with his beauty. We are not to regard him as a bare necessary, like to bread and water, but as a luxurious delicacy, as a rare and ravishing delight. To this end he has revealed himself as the “ pearl of great price ” in its peerless beauty, as the “ bundle of myrrh ” in its refreshing fragrance, as the “ rose of Sharon ” in its lasting perfume, as the “lily” in its spotless purity. As a help to high thoughts of Christ , remember the estimation that Christ is held in beyond the skies, where things are measured by the right standard. Think how God esteems the Only Begotten , his unspeakable gift t...