Monday – Gospels

Reading – Matthew 7

Highlight Verse:

““Don’t waste what is holy on people who are unholy. Don’t throw your pearls to pigs! They will trample the pearls, then turn and attack you.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭7‬:‭6‬ ‭NLT‬‬

What does it mean to not throw your pearls to pigs?

I recently saw a Facebook post with some inaccurate historical information that made Jesus look like a phony.

My first inclination was to refute the false information while expressing compassion for the person who posted. They had suffered severe church abuse when young.

I prayed about it.

I sensed something dark behind the post and the comments and decided not to stir a fire of pent up anger against the church.

Let me be clear. I do not consider the poster to be a pig.

The demonic forces behind their abuse and resultant anger are what I consider to be swine.

There have been and will be times when I can express God’s love to this person. That will be far more effective at reaching them than a Facebook comment war.

We as Christians can be very quick to argue for the Lord. We see falsehood and want to shoot it down before it causes any damage.

Sometimes that’s a good thing.

Often we do more damage than the original falsehood.

A good rule of thumb is to bite your tongue (or keyboard) until after you have prayed it through. After that, do what you believe God would have you do.

Have you ever posted or said something in defense of Jesus that you later regretted because it was taken wrong?
Have you ever successfully argued in defense of Jesus? (Having the person stop replying should not be considered a success).