The Pearl of Great Price
Donald Cantrell
Matthew 13:45-46
Good Friday Sermon (You so need to read this and use this message)
Mat 13:45 KJV - Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
Mat 13:46 KJV - Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
I - The Warmful Illustration of That Pearl
II - The Wrongful Indication of That Pearl
III - The Wonderful Interpretation of That Pearl
IV - The Woeful Illumination of That Pearl
V - The Worshipful Inspiration of That Pearl
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
The Real Story About Cleopatra's Banquet and That Pearl
Among the most colorful tales in the pearl world is that of a legendary banquet, where Cleopatra bet Marc Antony that she could host the most expensive dinner in history. According to author and noted pearl expert Fred Ward, in his book, Pearls, the queen hoped to impress Antony and the Roman Empire he represented with the extent of Egypt's wealth. In her clever attempt to do so, she crushed one large pearl from a pair of earrings and dissolved it in a goblet of wine (or vinegar), before gulping it down.
"Astonished, Antony declined his dinner, which was the matching pearl and admitted she had won," Ward writes.
The famous story of Cleopatra's pearls is told by Pliny the Elder in his Natural History. Pliny, often called the world's first gemologist, estimated the two pearls' worth at 60 million sestertii, or roughly $28.5 million in today's dollars.
Cleopatra was often seen as the epitome of Luxuria, a medieval vice pictured as a bejeweled naked women, the embodiment of extravagant lust.
It was her association with pearls which was the real reason for her early notoriety as Luxuria, which was "The God of Lust."
As Pliny related,
"The first place and the topmost rank among all things of price is held by pearls. Their whole value lies in their bril ...
Donald Cantrell
Matthew 13:45-46
Good Friday Sermon (You so need to read this and use this message)
Mat 13:45 KJV - Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
Mat 13:46 KJV - Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
I - The Warmful Illustration of That Pearl
II - The Wrongful Indication of That Pearl
III - The Wonderful Interpretation of That Pearl
IV - The Woeful Illumination of That Pearl
V - The Worshipful Inspiration of That Pearl
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
The Real Story About Cleopatra's Banquet and That Pearl
Among the most colorful tales in the pearl world is that of a legendary banquet, where Cleopatra bet Marc Antony that she could host the most expensive dinner in history. According to author and noted pearl expert Fred Ward, in his book, Pearls, the queen hoped to impress Antony and the Roman Empire he represented with the extent of Egypt's wealth. In her clever attempt to do so, she crushed one large pearl from a pair of earrings and dissolved it in a goblet of wine (or vinegar), before gulping it down.
"Astonished, Antony declined his dinner, which was the matching pearl and admitted she had won," Ward writes.
The famous story of Cleopatra's pearls is told by Pliny the Elder in his Natural History. Pliny, often called the world's first gemologist, estimated the two pearls' worth at 60 million sestertii, or roughly $28.5 million in today's dollars.
Cleopatra was often seen as the epitome of Luxuria, a medieval vice pictured as a bejeweled naked women, the embodiment of extravagant lust.
It was her association with pearls which was the real reason for her early notoriety as Luxuria, which was "The God of Lust."
As Pliny related,
"The first place and the topmost rank among all things of price is held by pearls. Their whole value lies in their bril ...
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