DO NOT GIVE WHAT IS HOLY TO THE DOGS

 ANCHOR OF LIFE DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE For TUESDAY, 28th FEBRUARY, 2023.

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE – General Overseer

Anchor of Life & Redemption Ministry Int’l

Topic: DO NOT GIVE WHAT IS HOLY TO THE DOGS

MEMORIZE: “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.” Matthew 7:6.

SCRIPTURE READING: Proverbs 9:7-9.

“He who corrects a scoffer gets shame for himself, And he who rebukes a wicked man only harms himself. 8 Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you; Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. 9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; Teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.”

EXPOSITION:

The holy thing is a valued thing. While dogs is a symbol of sacrilegious thing.  The dogs cannot know the value of a precious thing. In this case, God is liking godly advice to holy thing while the scorner is like dogs that never values godly advise and correct (rebuke). It is not everyone that is fit to be reproved; Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, Matthew 7:6. This may be considered, either, 

 (1.) As a rule to the disciples in preaching the gospel; not that they must not preach it to anyone who were wicked and profane (Christ himself preached to publicans and sinners), but the reference is to such as they found obstinate after the gospel was preached to them, such as blasphemed it, and persecuted the preachers of it; let them not spend much time among such, for it would be lost labour, but let them turn to others. Acts 13:41“Behold, you despisers, Marvel and perish! For I work a work in your days, A work which you will by no means believe, Though one were to declare it to you.'” 

(2.) As a rule to all in giving reproof. Our zeal against sin must be guided by discretion, and we must not go about to give instructions, counsels, and rebukes, much less comforts, to hardened scorners, to whom it will certainly do no good, but who will be exasperated and enraged at us.  Throw a pearl to a swine, and he will resent it, as if you threw a stone at him; reproofs will be called reproaches, as they were (Luke 11:45; Jeremiah 6:10), therefore give not to dogs and swine (unclean creatures) holy things. 

Taking to the godly advice makes one a wise, Proverbs 12:15 “The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.”

PRAYER POINT: Lord, give me wise heart to do the right thing right in Jesus name.

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR –  Joshua 1-3.

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