Pearls before the Swine?
the gods have made us mad wrote:
"MagneticEnergy" wrote in message
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Lets ask our fearless Pope in Italy, do you cast your pearls to help
the impoverished citizens of corrupt dictators? Would aid, food, and
money be casting your pearls? Or does the aid only empower
corruption?
When was the last time the world gave to Mexico, or other poor
nations? Because they don't want to cast their perls before swine?
I did not say that, Jesus Christ said that?
No, He didn't.
"Cast not you pearls before swine, lest the swine trample them
underfoot" does not refer to jewels or gold, or money - but to the
Gospel, itself.
Christ is referred to as 'the pearl of greatest price' - the greatest,
most wonderful, and most lasting treasure than any man can ever possess,
because to find *that* 'pearl' is to find everlasting life in heaven.
Those who have found peace with God through the Lord Jesus are
instructed to tell others, in order that *they* might have the
opportunity of escaping damnation too.
However, if those to whom they tell the gospel reject it, sneer at it,
blaspheme and curse it - then Christians are instructed to go on their
way and leave them alone - lest, by continually preaching at them, they
end up metaphorically casting that precious pearl, Jesus, into a pig-sty
to be trodden into the filth.
Bull****!
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