Journal Entry 1/15/2004
“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. . . But the things that
come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man unclean.’”
Matthew 15:10, 18.
Jesus
has been confronted by the Pharisees about hand washing. He responded with
their breaking God’s word for the sake of their tradition.
The Master
told then what goes into a man’s body doesn’t make him unclean but what comes
out does. The disciples went to Jesus and told Him he had offended the
Pharisees. Peter asked Him to explain the parable.
The
Teacher told them that what comes out of our mouths comes from the overflow of
our hearts.
When we
hear someone saying foul things, their thoughts come from a foul heart. We
believe our brain controls all our speech but Jesus says our hearts do. If our
heart is cleansed from sin, then what comes out of our mouth will be pure. Then
we will be clean.
King
David asked God to create a new heart in him. God forgave David of his sin. He
can create a new heart in us, if need be and God will forgive our sin.
UPDATE:
This is my writing
from eleven years ago.
The focus scripture came alive for me one day when I
realized I said something I shouldn’t have. I thought about why I let my mouth
go into saying very harsh words. I found myself thinking that I was angry to
the point of frustration. Deeper than that, my heart felt as if it were boiling
over.
I
learned a great lesson that day; this scripture passage is true.
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