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This is what it means to be a Christian.  Our vocabulary falls short in trying to describe the surpassing value of knowing Christ so we use metaphors and we use strong comparative language like loss, filth, rubbish.   We’re reaching for words here.  For the Christian, you have found Christ to be like that treasure hidden in a field or like the priceless pearl and in order to gain the treasure or the pearl, you looked at everything in your hands and said, this stuff is junk compared to the treasure of surpassing value that I’ve found in Christ.  … Read more