Matthew 7: 6

(Matthew 7: 6)

『Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. 』

We should look at dogs and pigs. If you look at the Bible as a dog, it is expressed in Matthew(15: 26-28).『But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.』

This is the conversation between Jesus and the Canaanite woman. The daughter of a Canaanite woman was haunted and so, she beg Jesus to heal her. the Bible says in (15:24).『But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.』Jesus described the Canaanite woman as a dog. The Canaanite woman knew Jesus as the Messiah. We can find its meaning in the word of Canaanite woman, Descendants of David. Nevertheless, Jesus intentionally turned away from the woman. But the Canaanite woman said, "Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table." Here we can see that salvation is spread from Jews to Gentiles. Dog means gentile.

When people say dog, it means dog habits. The Bible says in Proverbs (26:11).『As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. 』 The meaning of this word of the Bible is that God gives repentant sinners freedom from the law, but again they live according to the law. The apostle Paul speaks in Galatians 5:1.『Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. 』 God had exodused the Israelites and showed them the wonderful miracle of the breaking of the Red Sea. But the people are about to return to Egypt in the wilderness. This is foolishness like putting a yoke of servant in God's eyes. The Bible says in Philippians (3: 2).

 『Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. 』 Injury to the body means circumcising the body according to the law. Those who are circumcised in dogs, evildoers, and flesh are those who believe that they are saved by believing in Jesus Christ, but who still cannot escape legalism. Jesus was crucified under the law, and all who are in Christ are dead about the law, and if they try to apply it again, they are like dogs who ignore what Jesus has accomplished.

『Give not that which is holy unto the dogs』 For this word, what is holy is the word of God. This means the gospel that those who repent and enter into Christ will be saved. That is, it is not necessary to give this gospel to those who say that they believe in Jesus but must keep the law. The people came out of Egypt and tried to return to Egypt. Thus God is not allowed to enter Canaan.

『neither cast ye your pearls before swine 』, Pearl means the church where Jesus Christ sells everything and pays for it. The people of the Church are forgiven of their sins and freed from the law because of Jesus Christ, but those who still try to follow the law and try to enter into sin are called dogs and pigs. In Christ all sins are forgiven, but if they decide to be holy again by judging whether they sin on the basis of the law, he becomes a dog and a pig right before God.

So Jesus said, "lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you."It means that dogs and pigs hurt the church. Those who believe in the law trampled the saints in Christ. In the early church, the legalists convicted the saints in the church and returned to Judaism. They persecuted the Saints with persecution and appeasement.

『Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine』In connection with this statement, the Bible says in 1 John (5:16).『 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. 』

The sin that leads to death is that they do not believe what Jesus Christ has done. Jesus Christ died under the law, and those who are in Christ died with Jesus under the law. Thus, those who are in Christ are dead for every sin in the world. Those in Christ believe that Jesus took away all the sins (past, present, and future) in the world. For those who are in Christ are dead to the world. Nevertheless, if they say they believe in Jesus and are saved, but say they must repent of their sins daily and receive forgiveness, then they do not believe what Jesus Christ has accomplished.

Such ones are guilty of death. Rather than asking for forgiveness of sins, one must first check whether he died for sin, for law, and for the world. They do not die, but they need repentance of forgiveness of sins. The Bible says in Romans (6: 7).『 For he that is dead is freed from sin. 』

The Bible says in Matthew (12:31).『 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 』Since Jesus died on the cross, God has solved all the sins and insults of the world to those who repent. But when we testify this, those who do not believe blaspheme the Holy Spirit, because when we preach the gospel, the Holy Spirit bears witness. Thus, they are guilty of insulting the Holy Spirit. Although Jesus Christ took all the sins of the world for those who are in Christ, it is the Holy Spirit that they still repent of sins, try to be sanctified, and have the idea that they must do something to reach salvation. It's a crime. They should not try to accomplish anything, but should check "I die every day."

Thus, the Bible (Matthew 7: 6) describes dogs and pigs who violate the Holy Spirit. If you are under the law, you are a slave to sin. Everyone who sins while trying to keep the law becomes a slave to sin. Those who are slaves to sin do not abide in the words of Jesus. But to be free from the law is to be free from sin, to be sons of God. Those who hear the ear hear the word, but those without the ear have not heard. The publicans and sinners heard, but the Pharisees did not listen to Jesus. It will be the same today. Today, you are not in Christ unless you abandon your efforts to keep the law in the church.

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