CASTING PEARLS BEFORE SWINE
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Casting Pearls Before Swine
Matthew 7:6
6 “Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
a) Let’s say that your "pearls" are your "treasures in heaven" (Matthew 6:20). The "swine" are the worst sort of people described in the rest of chapter seven — people such as the hypocrite, the false prophets, and the foolish man.
b) We realize that there is a limit to how far we can have fellowship with people of that sort, in trying to share our treasures in heaven with them. These are not just lost souls seeking the true way. These are people deliberately living a lie, and not loving the truth (2 Thessalonians 2:10-12).
c) With some people, those who oppose the truth, we must "contend earnestly" (Jude 1:3). With others, those who seek the truth, we must "be ready always to give an answer" (1 Peter 3:15). Let’s be wise enough to distinguish between the two.
The End ...
1. Casting Pearls Before SwineMatthew 7:6
6 “Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
a) Let’s say that your "pearls" are your "treasures in heaven" (Matthew 6:20). The "swine" are the worst sort of people described in the rest of chapter seven — people such as the hypocrite, the false prophets, and the foolish man.
b) We realize that there is a limit to how far we can have fellowship with people of that sort, in trying to share our treasures in heaven with them. These are not just lost souls seeking the true way. These are people deliberately living a lie, and not loving the truth (2 Thessalonians 2:10-12).
c) With some people, those who oppose the truth, we must "contend earnestly" (Jude 1:3). With others, those who seek the truth, we must "be ready always to give an answer" (1 Peter 3:15). Let’s be wise enough to distinguish between the two.
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