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Sometimes we act like goats and sometimes like sheep. Even the apostle Paul wrestled with his flesh. <ref>{{bgw| Ro 7:15 }} For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.</ref> Don't feed the goat. Don't do the things you know are wrong. | Sometimes we act like goats and sometimes like sheep. Even the apostle Paul wrestled with his flesh. <ref>{{bgw| Ro 7:15 }} For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.</ref> Don't feed the goat. Don't do the things you know are wrong. | ||
When we look at others we don't think, "I am a sheep and they are goats". We think, "They may look like a goats now, but maybe they too have sheep." Then we help each other be the sheep. | When we look at others we don't think, "I am a sheep and they are goats". We think, "They may look like a goats now, but maybe they too have sheep." Then we help each other be the sheep. <ref>{{bgw| Pr 27:17 }} Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.</ref> | ||
Here is a tough question: Why is the goat a clean animal, but the osprey is an unclean bird? Remember that the flying things teach about spiritual things, and the goat represents the teacher who ruminates or meditates on the Word of God and it produces a split hoof or a separated and holy walk. | |||
* osprey ''ozniyah'' עזניה - the goat עז hears זנ God's will י and doesn't understand ה. The goat represents the flesh. <ref>{{bgw| Mt 25:33 }} And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.</ref> | * osprey ''ozniyah'' עזניה - the goat עז hears זנ God's will י and doesn't understand ה. The goat represents the flesh. <ref>{{bgw| Mt 25:33 }} And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.</ref> | ||
