Someone went to a foreign nation and was introduced to a blue celadon that was supposed to be dug out of a royal grave. He was asked to sell it.
He went back to his nation, went to the most prestigious antique dealer, secretly told the story, and asked if they wanted to buy it. The dealer offered 40 million won/$40,000. He asked for a little more but the dealer refused.
When he went to another expert, they offered 120 million won/$120,000. He thought, “This is good enough,” and sold it.
The person who bought the blue celadon cleaned it up well, polished it, and showed it to a wealthy CEO of a large corporation. The large corporation CEO said, “I know because I handled a lot of pottery. This pottery has great colors. I will give you 900 million for it/$900,000.” He sold it.
Seeing that the color of the pottery was so great and shiny, he had the pottery appraised. It was appraised to be the sixth best blue celadon pottery in the nation. He asked for it to be registered as the 6th national treasure. He said that particular blue celadon was a precious treasure worth tens of billions of won/millions of dollars.
If you don’t know, you can’t buy even the most valuable treasure under heaven even at a dirt cheap price. The people who sold and bought the blue celadon without knowing its value ultimately found out its value and became deep in thought. People who hear this story also become deep in thought.
Sermons of Pastor Jung Myeong Seok
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