Pearls and pigs

I know several people who have summarily rejected God. I am convinced that I have done all that I can do to witness to them and in fact I am at the point that I think it is even probably dangerous to continue and thus I am abandoning my efforts to continue my communicative efforts. I have prayed to God for their souls and have turned it over to His capable hands from here on out and am effectively shaking the dust from my heels.

Do I believe it is really dangerous? Yes dangerous. I have personally seen a person accept the Lord and publically profess their faith in Jesus Christ with tears streaming down their eyes and then obediently follow Him in baptism only to be influenced by the dark forces of the non-Christians that surrounded them in their daily life to a point of their eventually completely and totally renouncing their faith in Jesus Christ and even the very existence of God. This real life event reminds me of the parable about the seed falling on the hard ground where it had no roots and burned up. According to the Bible it would have been better for this person’s soul if they had never even heard the word of God than to hear it and then reject it.

The Bible states that there is a sin that is unforgivable and that is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. Blasphemy of the Spirit is the same as rejection of the Holy Spirit of God and continuing to sin willfully after hearing and understanding the truth. It should be noted that to go on sinning willfully has two aspects. The sinning is willful and continuous. It is not an occasional back slide event. Sporadic failures are not continuous. At times we all give in to temptation and sin but we do not want to sin and feel bad afterwards and it is not willful or deliberate.


I’m not concerned about losing my belief system; it is solid and I will not waver. I am not so much afraid of those who reject everything that I believe in, but I don’t want to associate with those who denigrate everything that is holy and are constantly offering their shallow secular doubts. They consistently disparage God and my belief system and I want no part of it. It makes me angry and sometimes discouraged, neither of which are conducive to a healthy Christian life. I would think that they would feel the same and would not want to be around a person of faith.

I would emphasize that my faith is rock solid but many are not as solid in their faith yet and thus are more susceptible to the danger of being too close to these people and their satanic influence. I think such people are indeed dangerous to baby Christians who have not studied the word of God and seen the wonders of His mercy and grace like I have.

I would advise you to steer clear of those who reject that which is holy and just at all costs. Take God at His word, (see below). This is not to say that we should judge those around us, as the verses that precede this verse warn us of doing just that. It does not mean we should not witness to those who are lost. We are called to do just that.

There does however come a time when it becomes overwhelmingly evident that a person deliberately and defiantly rejects God and makes it clear and those are the ones to whom this passage refers. God tells us in no uncertain terms to stay away from them and warns us about them in the harshest language. It is no different than us as parents trying to steer our children clear of those scumbags that would lead our children into disaster or otherwise do them harm. We should refrain from witnessing and sharing God with these individuals and if they are to be saved, God will have to soften their hearts and heads Himself



Matthew 7:6
Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.