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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: is this making reference to bringing up christian conversations with rebellious non christian people that have all kinds of irreverent wise cracks about christianity? |
Bible Answer: Dear Within: In issuing the Great Commission to His disciples in Matthew 28:19 to go and make discples of all nations, Jesus did not say to cram the gospel down their throats. On the contrary, earlier in Matthew, at 10:14, He instructed His disciples, "Whoever does not receive you, nor heed your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet." Jesus does not force anyone to obey His gospel: He says, "Behold I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me." We are commanded to be ambassadors of Christ, heralds of His truth as revealed in His gospel, but we can do nothing beyond this: we cannot save anyone by forcing them to hear; we cannot make them listen; we cannot make them believe; we cannot convict them of their sins. We are advocates; God is the arbiter. If the sinner we approach with the message of the gospel does not like the message, if he prefers instead the bill of fare on Satan's menu to the bread of life and the living water that God through Christ's death made possible for penitent sinners, then we should take our precious message with us and depart. We are not to tarry and watch God's holy pearls being trampled on; and we are not to stand by and afford the swine an opportunity to tear us to pieces. (Matthew 7:6). --Hank |
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