Sunday Morning: August 22, 1999
Text: 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."
Matthew 5:1-2 "&ldots; he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: 2. &ldots;, and taught them, &ldots;,"
Matthew 13:45-46 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls (that which is holy): 46. Who, when he had found one pearl (kingdom truth) of great price, went and sold all (his goodly pearls) that he had, and bought it."
Leviticus 11:7 "And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you."
2 Timothy 3:7 "Ever learning, and
never able to come to the knowledge [epignwsiv,
Isa 28:10] of the truth."
2 Peter 2:20 "For if after they have escaped the pollutions [divided hoof] of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning."
2 Peter 2:22 "But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit [milk, Isa 28.8,9] again; and the sow that was washed [by others] to her wallowing in the mire."
2 Corinthians 6:14-17 "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers [apistov, faithless] : for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness [anomia, lawless]? and what communion hath light with darkness?
15. And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth [pistov, of faith] with an infidel [apistov, faithless]?
16. And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols [Col. 3:5 ... covetousness, which is idolatry]? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. (Ezekiel 11:20 )
17. Wherefore come out from among them [faithless, lawless, not of faith, not pleasing God], and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch [ as not being yoked to], not the unclean [faithless, lawless, not of faith, not pleasing God] thing; and I will receive you,"