 IF YOU SOUGHT HIM, IT WAS BECAUSE HE FIRST SOUGHT YOU. AMEN. NOW, SECONDLY, THE WAY THIS IS OFTEN INTERPRETED IS THE MERCHANT MAN REPRESENTS THE SINNER SEEKING CHRIST. AND WHEN HE FINDS CHRIST, HE SELLS ALL THAT HE HAS IN ORDER TO BUY CHRIST. WELL, THAT'S RIDICULOUS. A SINNER IS BANKRUPT. HE HAS NOTHING IN THE SIGHT OF GOD. WHAT CAN HE SELL? WHAT CAN HE GIVE? UH, UH, HE HAS NOTHING AT ALL. HE HAS NO RICHES OF HIS OWN.