The Pearl of Great Price

Jesus is compared to a precious pearl. The pearl of great price, the parable of the merchantman seeking goodly pearls "who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it." Christ Himself is the pearl of great price. In Him is gathered all the glory of the Father, the fullness of the Godhead.

Righteousness by Faith

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Christ our righteousnes is one of the most beautiful message in all the Bible, yet it is one of  the least taught and understood. In the book of Colossians the marvelous wisdom of Christ, by whom all things were created. Col. 1:14-16 Is found. Adam's fall and its awful consequences, was given to us so that we can see and appreciate the relationship of Christ, the last Adam, as our Redeemer and restorer. Rom. 5:12-21. Here we see Death and all it's fears dealt with so that Christ may be exalted and glorified as the Life-giver. 1 Cor. 15:22. Christ our great comforter and deliverer was sent to restore us. John 16:35. For only Christ is the Lord our righteousness.

Too Drunk To Think?

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However high their office, men are accountable to God. Indulgence of any sort do not glorify God, nor man for it is God and Him alone who turns the waters of the river. "Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ." 1Peter1:13. "For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower fades. But the word of the Lord endures for ever." 1Peter1:23.