Matters of the Heart

Intro by Lynette Kube Worship by Grace Family Collective Beauty for Ashes, Where you belong, Taste and See New English Translation: Mark 6: 54 summation of Jesus’s activities.—they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed. Act 2   Religion versus Faith Chapter 7: Cleanliness is next to Godliness Now the Pharisees and some of the experts in the law who came from Jerusalem gathered around him. 2 And they saw that some of Jesus’ disciples ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed. The covenant root of their thinking was that people outside of their reality were unclean. This is perfectly portrayed by Peter’s response to the revelation of the sheet let down from heaven. The tradition of the elders 5 The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, “Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?” 6 He said to them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: 8 Having no regard for the command of God, you hold fast to human tradition.” 9 He also said to them, “You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition. Moses Ex 21:17 and Lev 20:9 10 For Moses said, Corban was a 2^nd temple practice that endorsed the practice of saying no to your parents needs in order bring your offering to God, (via the Temple 0f course) 13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition Listen to me , “Listen to me, everyone, and understand. 15 There is nothing outside of a person that can defile him by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles him.” Can you stomach this? 19 For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then goes out into the sewer.” 20 He said, “What comes out of a person defiles him. The enemy within 23 All these evils come from within and defile a person.” Come Home, The Father is there, waiting for your return.