Friday, March 09, 2012

Where Did You Get That Honey?

Judges 14:8 KJV
And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.

There are several opinions proffered concerning Samson's eating of the honey from the lion's carcass.

• One says that it was perfectly fine to eat because by the time the bees would have made the hive and produced the honey (they suggest about a year) it would have been the dry skeleton and could be considered clean.
• Another suggests that the carcass would have been unclean but if Samson had not touched the carcass in retrieving the honey he would not have broken God's Word.
• Still another says that taking the honey would have been technically unlawful but, as in the case of David's taking the hallowed bread, was lawful for necessary reasons.

I can't help but believe that Samson's eating the honey was simply a demonstration of his already rebellious spirit toward both his parents and his God.

My oldest son, Bohannan, recently used this incident to describe receiving something good from a defiled source. Although the honey was a good food for the Jews the fact that it came from an unclean source defiles it. And so, to receive even good material, say interpretations of Scriptures, from defiled sources, like the pedobaptists; Protestants and Reformed Theologians, necessarily taints their interpretation.

Already Baptists have been so influenced by Protestant doctrines that we may have difficulty filtering what has been developed in the carcass of the flesh and what has been preserved by the Holy Spirit. We must learn to avoid the theology and teachings of those who have so obviously imbibed their message from churches whom the gates of he'll have prevailed against.

I am thankful for the fact that there are, in these many denominations, saved souls. I am thankful for their preaching of Jesus Christ. But
• Our calling is to be separated
• Our calling is to come out of the flesh
• Our calling is to receive with meekness the engraved Word

I want the honey God gives. But I will look for it in cleaner stores.

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