Mark 7  5 So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with ‘unclean’ hands?”

6 He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written:

   ” ‘These people honor me with their lips,

       but their hearts are far from me.

   7 They worship me in vain;

       their teachings are but rules taught by men.’ 

   8 You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men.”

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20 He went on: “What comes out of a man is what makes him ‘unclean.’ 21 For from within, out of men’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 22 greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. 23 All these evils come from inside and make a man ‘unclean.’ “

 

As I reflected this morning on Jesus’ stand against religiosity–I was touched to the depths of my heart.

 

How many times does He need to stand up for us before we become compelled to truly surrender?

 

He raged at the temple when He saw the injustices of greedy men

 

He walked to the Gates of Hell and cried out His Kingdom

 

He called Lazarus from the dead and put His dignity upon the broken

 

He chose the despised when they were most hated and the unpopular when it bruised His image

 

But He CHOSE US … And He CHOSE US without hesitation or regret or fear.

 

All Praise to the One who stands at the gate and rescues me and protects me from the hands of evil.

 

For He is not the son of a Jewish carpenter

Or the illegitimate child from Bethlehem

Or the child who fled from the assassination plot of Herod

He is the Redeemer

The Savior

The Lion of the Tribe of Judah

 

Jesus Paid It All…Kristian Stanfill

Oh praise the one who paid my debt and raised this life up from the dead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_jAbHkGJRE

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Coach J