Hey everyone! You know that we are called to share the Gospel of God to the whole world right?
Jesus said in Mark 16:15, "Go into all the world and proclaim the Gospel to the whole creation.
whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned."
So on the one hand we have this very clear command from Jesus to share the Gospel,
and on the other hand Jesus says in Matthew 7:6, "Do not give dogs what is holy
and do not throw your pearls before pigs or they will trample them under their feet, turn and tear you to pieces."
So is Jesus saying we should "not" share the Gospel here?
What does He mean exactly when He says do not toss your pearls before pigs?
Well that's what we're going to talk about in this video!
It's going to be a very interesting one so let's not waste any more time, LET'S GET TO IT!
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Now what does Jesus mean here when He says 'don't give what is holy to dogs'?
Well have you ever given something, that is very very precious and valuable to you,
to someone else and then they don't appreciate it or they don't really understand the value of it?
Even when you explain to them how valuable it is, they still just don't get it?
Well it's the same when you give the Gospel, the Truth that is so valuable, to someone who just doesn't want to hear it.
They just reject it and they make fun of it.
The 'dogs' and the 'swine' are those types of people who are against God and His word -
they reject it, they hate it and they try to ridicule it.
Proverbs 26:11 says, "Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly."
The Truth, God's word, is like a precious pearl, and if you keep on trying to share it with these types of people,
they'll just do the same thing over and over,
they'll just reject it and scoff at it over and over - like a dog returning to his vomit.
Instead of wasting your time on them, you could've used that time to share the gospel to someone else who desperately needs it .
So here's the thing: you need to let the Holy Spirit lead and guide you to whom, and when you should talk about the Gospel.
Jesus said in Matthew 10: 11-15, "And whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy in it, and stay there until you depart.
As you enter the house, greet it and if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it,
but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you,
and if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words shake off the dust from your feet
and when you leave that house or town, truly I say to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment
for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.
You got to remember, if you are a true Christian and you live holy and you want to share the Gospel,
this world - the sinful world - will hate you.
And the devil and his demons will use other people to try and bring you down.
And Jesus knows it and that's why He says in the next verse, verse 16,
"Behold I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves,
so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves."
So how do you know who you should talk to and who you should not talk to?
Well the Holy Spirit will help you you need to be able to judge righteously and the Holy Spirit will help you with DISCERNMENT.
1 Corinthians 2:15 says, "The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one,
for who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct Him?
But we have the mind of Christ.
So if you walk in the Spirit, if you live in the Spirit and if you judge in the Spirit,
you will judge correctly.
But if you don't; if you walk in your flesh, if you act from your flesh, you will NOT judge correctly.
Remember Jesus' warning...What did He say on the mount, before He said that you should not give what is holy to dogs?
What did He say before then?
Matthew 7:1, "Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce, you will be judged,
and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."
Some people just stop here and they don't continue to read - they just stop here and they use it as a defense mechanism:
"Don't judge, me Jesus says you shall not judge."
But Jesus was not done talking, He was actually just beginning to explain what He meant.
Verse 3, "Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?"
Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye' when there is the log in your own eye?"
Now listen very carefully to verse five,
"You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye."
You see, if you have a log in your own eye, if you live in sin, if you live in the flesh, you cannot judge clearly -
you cannot judge righteously -because of your sin - because you live in the flesh.
But now, if you live in the spirit, if you take out that log, if you live holy, if you live right and you live by the spirit that guides you, then
you will be able to help your brother - and help that splinter in his eye.
Then you will be able to judge righteously.
Why? Because God's Spirit is in you and He guides you He helps you to discern all things.
And if you cannot judge righteously then how will you be able to help anyone?
You can't.
John 7:24 says, "Do not judge by appearances but judge with right judgment."
So in the start of Matthew 7, Jesus doesn't just say 'do not judge' and that's it full stopn
No, He's actually starting to explain the difference between [hypocritical judgment] (wrong judgment), & [correct discernment].
In verse 5 He says, "You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye"
And then He says in verse 6, "Do not give dogs what is holy
and do not throw your pearls before pigs lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you"
You got to remember; we are called to share the Gospel to the ends of the world, but that does not mean that everyone will accept it.
God gave people free will - free choice, and so they have to make their own decisions.
And they have to live with the consequences of those decisions.
Remember Jesus said in Mark 16: 15-16,
"Go into all the world and proclaim the Gospel to the whole creation.
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved,
but whoever does not believe, will be condemned."
Now always remember this; YOUR JOB is to proclaim God's word -
and to do it in TRUTH, in LOVE and in the Holy Spirit - through the Holy Spirit - let God work through you.
That is your job, but the outcome is not in your hands.
You can't control it. The outcome is in God's hands so leave it to Him.
And if you're here for the first time, stick around, watch some more videos on my channel, and I'll see you there!
And remember: GOD LOVES YOU and I love you too!
BYE!