"Don't give holy things to dogs," Matthew 7:6.
Wow! What are you talking about, Jesus? Are you calling some people dogs? Or pigs, even? You've got our attention now, because we like dogs and pigs. Well, the Good Book reminds us, dogs and pigs (according to the old covenant) are unclean animals. They represent degenerate behavior. But Jesus calls us to live and talk in accord with the ways of holiness. He plans for his people not to mix up their holiness in the world's filth. Repent, he says. Otherwise, the world's dim-witted mindlessness tramples holy things ignorantly into the mud, wasting not only these but those seeking for God's holiness, too.
Mindfully, we meet a brother or sister today in holiness and truth. And thankfully, together we receive God's life-giving holy Spirit.
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