Christ is the Merchant - The Feast of Nyrouz

Have you ever considered that in the parable of the pearl of great price, the merchant might not be you, but Christ himself? The Syrian Church Fathers saw it from this stunning angle: Christ is the merchant who sold everything, who "did not cling to his glory," to purchase the Church as His special treasure. This sermon explores: The Syrian Fathers' reading of Matthew 13:45, where Christ is the merchant seeking the pearl How God called His people "a special treasure" from as early as Exodus 19:5 The connection between God's covenant calling and our response of obedience St. Paul and St. Peter reaffirming that we are God's "special" and "peculiar" people The martyrdom of St. Gordius and his words, "Let me substitute earth with heaven" How the Coptic New Year (Nayrouz) invites us to see our true value as purchased by Christ