The Hungry Disciple

The Bible contains a parable told by Jesus about a pearl of great price. A  traveling business man, was constantly looking for genuine pearls. He came across an exquisite pearl. It was just what he had been looking for!  He could hardly believe it. Immediately, he sold everything he owned to buy the pearl. Jesus says The Kingdom of Heaven is like a  traveler, a business man, a barterer, a man who knew how to get by in The Kingdom in which he moved and did business, always searching for a more priceless and genuine pearl. Bible students have supposed most regularly that Jesus is "The Pearl of Great Price" who moves us to sell all we have to acquire Him.  In the modern interpretation, we are the pearl of great price, Jesus is looking for us, giving His life for us. Jesus says, The Kingdom of Heaven is like, going on to use an example that is a scenerio not a thing.  Being the I Am, Jesus' words are always present tense. The Kingdom of Heaven is, right now

God was Abraham’s friend. He talked to Abraham, changed Abraham, directed Abraham and blessed Abraham. His relationship with Abraham was the  first intimate interaction God initiated after creation and He made a great Promise to Abraham-that through him all the people on the face of the earth would be blessed.  Why would The Creator of the Universe be reaching out to Abraham? What did Abraham do to warrant such generosity? Could a ll of the woe of religion be based in a misunderstanding of what God wants? Genesis 26:25 tell us that God was Abraham's friend, "Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.” Did you know that the law did not make its appearance on Mount Sinai? The word Torah, or Law was first used right here, in the verse describing the reason God blessed Isaac. First, Abraham obeyed God's voice .The same voice that called out for Adam in The Garden. Abraham heard God and kept God’s charge. T