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NASB | Matthew 7:6 ¶ "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. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 7:6 ¶ "Do not give that which is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, for they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces. |
Bible Question:
Dear Meusing, I suppose it's inevitable that "predestination" would enter into a discussion of this nature. A major stumbling block for me with regard to "God's children" vs. "swine" is the inevtiable demarcation of "us" vs. "them". Someone said, "Jesus, save me from your followers." Even in your post your diction indicates a distancing from culpabiltiy with regard to Jesus' crucifixion. Were not the mallets weilded against the nails driven into my Lord swung by me? And, I dare say, by you? Please understand, I mean no contempt or ill will, but offer the reality that it was our sin that brought Jesus to Calvary and hung Him there for the universe to see. The Truth of Calvary is that my sin caused God to turn His back on His Son. Is my sin any less ugly than one who would be judged "swine" by Calvin's doctrine? Thank you for your understanding. Dave R. |
Bible Answer: I agree with you. Like the old SS song 'Who Killed Jesus?' says in the last verse and final chorus : "When I think of Jesus And the Way he died, How upon Him All my sins were laid, All the other people Fade away from view. It's for me the sacrifice was paid. I no longer wonder any more. I have found what I've been looking for. My sin demanded Hell. On Him the Judgement fell. I am guilty, It is plaind to see, That it was really me. However, that is not the point of the discussion. There are people to whome the gospel is a thing of loathing and hatered. Remember, right after John 3:16-17 He said (Amplified) John 3:19 The [basis of the] judgment (indictment, the test by which men are judged, the ground for the sentence) lies in this: the Light has come into the world, and people have loved the darkness rather than and more than the Light, for their works (deeds) were evil. [Isa. 5:20.] John 3:20 For every wrongdoer hates (loathes, detests) the Light, and will not come out into the Light but shrinks from it, lest his works (his deeds, his activities, his conduct) be exposed and reproved. Election does not enter into what Calvin was talking about ... "those who, by clear evidences, have manifested a hardened contempt of God" Paul wrote to Timothy " 2 Tim 4:14 Alexander the coppersmith did me great wrongs. The Lord will pay him back for his actions. 2 Tim 4:15 Beware of him yourself, for he opposed and resisted our message very strongly and exceedingly. I think for one to be judged 'swine' by Calvin's doctrine as you say one who, as the writer to the hebrews says " Heb 10:29 How much worse (sterner and heavier) punishment do you suppose he will be judged to deserve who has spurned and [thus] trampled underfoot the Son of God, and who has considered the covenant blood by which he was consecrated common and unhallowed, thus profaning it and insulting and outraging the [Holy] Spirit [Who imparts] grace (the unmerited favor and blessing of God)? [Exod. 24:8.] |