“For out of the heart come evil thoughts—
murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.”
murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.”
Matthew 15:19 (NIV)
I always chuckle when I read Matthew 15, and wonder “Did the disciples actually think that Jesus didn’t know that he was offending the Pharisees?”
The Lord knew that He was offending them, for He offended them on purpose.
His purpose was to provoke a clear understanding of the gospel.
If we believe as they believed that we are defiled by what goes in our mouths then we don’t understand the glorious gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
This is why the Lord calls them the blind leading the blind.
What about us? Are we blind in this critical area of the gospel?
Do we spend more time worrying about what goes into our bodies then we spend dealing with what goes on in our hearts?
The Lord taught us a righteousness that is greater than the righteousness of the Pharisees.
The Pharisees were concerned about the outside of the body, and neglected their heart. But the gospel is about the heart, it is about our heart becoming righteous, for our heart is the place where everything we think, everything we say, and everything we do comes from.
Our heart is the centre of our life - deal with it.
May we not be a Pharisee today!
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