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Sermon on the Mount, Part 8 – YouTube
Show Notes:
Matthew 7:6 “Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.”
When the teachings of God are taken to a person who is in the category of a dog or hog, they will turn around with your own words and rend you.
Dogs and hogs can refer to moral depravity to the upmost and those deemed unclean. They are those who are contentious, of an impure mind, with a disregard for others, lacking modesty and morality. Anyone who teaches another gospel, anyone who is a worker of iniquity, and anyone who is working to pull people away from the purity of the gospel of Christ fits into this category.
From 2 Peter 2:22 we learn that when Jesus referred to dogs or hogs, He was referring to those who walk with God and then go back to what Jesus had saved them from. Then, when a well-meaning saint ties to recover you, you start cutting them: “You’re judging me.” The popularity of that phrase is coming out of the mouth of a bunch of dogs and hogs who have returned to their vomit and mire and now hate anybody who reminds them of it.
We are a generation that insults the spirit of grace, claiming grace while sinning like a hog and a dog. Many have gone back to their vomit and live like animals – immodest, vulgar, drunkards, fornicators, but claiming grace.