Unclean?
“Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand.
What goes into a man’s mouth does not make him ‘unclean,’ but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him ‘unclean.’ ”....
“Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man ‘unclean.’
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
These are what make a man ‘unclean’; but eating with unwashed hands does not make him ‘unclean.’ ” Matthew 15: 10,11, 17-20.
Here Jesus had just criticized the Pharisees for missing the spirit of the law. He noted that they are in essence very legalistic. Interpreting the laws in a very strict manner that takes away from the spirit of the law.
In this situation the religious leaders had criticized Jesus’ disciples for not washing their hands before they eat.
Jesus noted that this is a minor thing. It’s not the physical things. The things that go into a mans body that make the him unclean as a person. It is what is in a persons heart.
As citizens of the twenty-first century we are bombarded with millions of bits of information both good bad and neutral. It is up to us as individuals to decide what is good or bad.
As Christians we have a moral code laid down by God himself by which we must judge that information. That moral code in it’s simplest form being the ten commandments.
The apostle Peter however tells Christians,
“His (Christ’s) divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.
For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ 2 Peter 1:3-8.
Please think about it.
“Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand.
What goes into a man’s mouth does not make him ‘unclean,’ but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him ‘unclean.’ ”....
“Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man ‘unclean.’
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
These are what make a man ‘unclean’; but eating with unwashed hands does not make him ‘unclean.’ ” Matthew 15: 10,11, 17-20.
Here Jesus had just criticized the Pharisees for missing the spirit of the law. He noted that they are in essence very legalistic. Interpreting the laws in a very strict manner that takes away from the spirit of the law.
In this situation the religious leaders had criticized Jesus’ disciples for not washing their hands before they eat.
Jesus noted that this is a minor thing. It’s not the physical things. The things that go into a mans body that make the him unclean as a person. It is what is in a persons heart.
As citizens of the twenty-first century we are bombarded with millions of bits of information both good bad and neutral. It is up to us as individuals to decide what is good or bad.
As Christians we have a moral code laid down by God himself by which we must judge that information. That moral code in it’s simplest form being the ten commandments.
The apostle Peter however tells Christians,
“His (Christ’s) divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.
For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ 2 Peter 1:3-8.
Please think about it.
