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.
Here holy is you and pearls is your body and your talents. Dogs and swine is demons. Do not give/devote yourself to demons lest they degrade you, humiliate you and destroy you. Following your temptations is a way of giving yourself to Satan. Your sins become an addiction over time. And any type of addiction ends up the same: You will end up being degraded and humiliated and destroyed.
Now once again consider the size of the sacrifice that our lord did for us:
Matthew 17:22-23
- And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, “The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men.
- And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again”. And they were exceeding sorry.
Jesus was their their pearl, thrown into swine and it got trampled upon and torn.