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 Would you turn with me to the Gospel of Mark chapter 7?

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 Mark 7 verses 1 through 23 is what we'll be looking at this morning.

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 That's page 791 in the Pew Bible.

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 If you're new to the Bible, the big numbers are the chapters

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 and the small numbers are the verses.

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 Mark chapter 7 verses 1 through 23.

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 Well, let me pray for us and then I'll read.

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 Father in heaven, what a mighty prayer.

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 We have just sung.

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 Take my life and let it be always, only, all for thee.

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 Father, that is the kind of posture that we desire now

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 as we come to your word.

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 That you would give us an openness, a surrender,

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 a trust in what you are saying to us through your word.

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 We know that we cannot do that in our own strength and our own desire

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 so we pray for your spirit to come now

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 and give us listening ears and hearts

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 to truly hear what you are saying.

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 God, thank you for your word,

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 that it is clear and powerful

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 and that it does the work you desire

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 to exalt Christ in our midst,

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 that we might see him and love him

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 and be changed more and more into his image by your grace.

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 We pray this in his mighty name.

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 Amen.

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 All right, Mark 7, 1 through 23.

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 Now, when the Pharisees gathered to him,

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 that is to Jesus,

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 with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,

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 they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands

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 that were defiled, that is, unwashed.

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 For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat

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 unless they wash their hands properly,

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 holding to the tradition of the elders.

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 And when they come from the marketplace,

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 they do not eat unless they wash.

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 And there are many other traditions that they observe,

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 such as the washing of cups and pots

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 and copper vessels and dining couches.

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 And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him,

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 Why do your disciples not walk

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 according to the tradition of the elders,

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 but eat with defiled hands?

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 And he said to them,

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 Well, did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites?

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 As it is written,

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 This people honors me with their lips,

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 but their heart is far from me.

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 In vain do they worship me,

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 teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

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 You leave the commandment of God,

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 and hold to the tradition of men.

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 And he said to them,

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 You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God

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 in order to establish your tradition.

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 For Moses said,

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 Honor your father and your mother,

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 and whoever reviles father or mother

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 must surely die.

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 But you say,

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 If a man tells his father or mother,

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 Whatever you would have gained from me is korban,

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 that is, given to God,

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 then you no longer permit him

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 to do anything for his father or mother.

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 Thus making void the word of God

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 by your tradition that you have handed down,

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 and many such things you do.

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 And he called the people to him again

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 and said to them,

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 Hear me, all of you,

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 and understand,

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 there's nothing outside a person

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 that by going into him can defile him,

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 but the things that come out of a person

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 are what defile him.

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 And when he had entered the house

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 and left the people,

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 the disciples asked him about the parable.

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 And he said to them,

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 Then are you also without understanding?

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 Do you not see

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 that whatever goes into a person from outside

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 cannot defile him,

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 since it enters not his heart,

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 but his stomach,

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 and is expelled?

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 Thus he declared,

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 all foods clean.

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 And he said,

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 What comes out of a person

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 is what defiles him.

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 For from within,

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 out of the heart of man,

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 come evil thoughts,

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 sexual immorality,

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 theft,

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 murder,

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 adultery,

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 coveting,

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 wickedness,

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 deceit,

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 sensuality,

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 envy,

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 slander,

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 pride,

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 foolishness.

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 All these things come from within,

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 and they defile a person.

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 So perhaps this has happened to you too.

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 You're out at a restaurant,

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 and you decide to use the restroom.

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 And there,

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 next to the sink,

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 is a sign.

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 All employees must wash their hands

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 before returning to work.

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 Now,

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 I don't know about you,

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 but two thoughts seem to simultaneously cross my mind

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 when I see a sign like that.

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 On the one hand,

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 I guess I'm glad that the restaurant cares

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 about the hygiene of their workers

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 and the cleanliness of their food.

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 But at the same time,

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 I'm thinking,

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 do the workers really need to be reminded

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 to wash their hands before returning to work?

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 What if the sign wasn't there?

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 Would they forget?

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 What does that say about the workers?

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 What does that say about this restaurant

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 and the food I've just eaten?

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 Well,

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 our passage today on the surface

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 is about washing hands.

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 But in Jesus' day,

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 this topic was about much more

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 than just personal hygiene.

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 It was about holiness,

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 about being clean and acceptable before God

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 and being set apart as God's people.

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 You see this from the language they use,

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 that the Pharisees aren't just concerned

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 that Jesus' disciples have dirty hands.

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 No,

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 the word they use is defiled.

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 Literally,

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 it's common,

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 which meant at the time,

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 ceremonially or ritually unclean.

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 Now,

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 there were a number of ways

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 you could become

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 ritually or ceremonially unclean,

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 according to the Old Testament.

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 Eating certain foods,

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 having certain skin diseases,

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 coming into contact with a dead animal

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 or a dead body,

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 these things and some others

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 would render you unclean,

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 according to the cleanliness laws

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 of the Old Testament.

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 And that meant,

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 if you were unclean,

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 that you couldn't enter the temple

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 and you couldn't worship in God's presence

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 with God's people.

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 And there were certain things

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 that you had to do

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 that you could do

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 to become clean again,

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 like sacrifices or offerings

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 or certain washings.

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 Now,

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 the point of all this

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 in the Old Testament

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 was to teach the people

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 and to keep before the people

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 this great fact

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 that God is infinitely holy

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 and we are not.

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 and that to be in God's presence,

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 we need a deep cleansing.

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 We need to be washed.

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 We need to be purified.

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 That's what all those laws

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 were meant to be demonstrating

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 and teaching the people.

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 Now,

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 you might think that

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 such a topic like this

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 sounds a little irrelevant today,

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 right?

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 After all,

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 you probably didn't wash your hands

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 this morning

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 in hopes that you'd achieve

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 ritual purity

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 so we'd let you in the front door

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 of the church,

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 right?

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 But if you stop

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 and think about it,

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 the desire

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 to be clean,

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 the desire

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 to be accepted,

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 the desire

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 to be free

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 from stain,

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 the desire

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 to be whole,

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 that desire

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 is just as real

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 and prevalent today

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 as it ever has been.

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 How many people today

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 are longing

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 for just that?

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 Even if they don't have

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 any belief in God

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 or any kind of adherence

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 to a traditional religion,

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 we feel unclean

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 and we're not even sure why.

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 Now,

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 the controversy

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 that Jesus has

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 with the Pharisees here,

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 or rather that the Pharisees

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 raised with him

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 in verses 1 through 5

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 kind of falls out

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 into two parts.

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 The first part

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 in verses 6 through 13

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 is all about

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 who gets to define

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 what's clean

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 or unclean.

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 And the second part

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 in verses 14 through 23

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 is about where

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 real uncleanness

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 comes from.

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 So first,

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 who gets to define it?

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 And second,

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 where does it really

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 come from?

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 And if we can see

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 how Jesus answers

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 those two questions,

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 then we'll be able

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 to see the answer

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 that Jesus gives

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 and the Bible gives

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 for how to really

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 deal with it.

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 So first,

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 let's look at

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 the question of

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 who gets to define

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 what's clean or unclean

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 in verses 6 through 13.

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 And the answer

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 that Jesus gives

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 in a nutshell here

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 is not human tradition,

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 but God's word.

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 It's not human tradition

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 or custom

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 that truly defines

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 what's clean or unclean,

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 but God's word alone.

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 Notice the question

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 that the Pharisees

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 and the scribes,

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 that is the religious experts,

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 ask in verse 5.

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 Why do your disciples

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 not walk

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 according to the tradition

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 of the elders,

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 but eat with defiled hands?

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 And we see in verses 3 and 4

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 that Mark,

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 probably for the benefit

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 of his Gentile readers,

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 sort of describes briefly

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 what some of those traditions

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 were that they were referencing.

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 Things like washing hands properly

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 before eating a meal

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 or ceremonial washing

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 when returning

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 from the marketplace

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 because the marketplace

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 obviously was a dirty place.

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 You could have come

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 into contact

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 with anything unclean there.

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 Things like rinsing cups

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 and pots,

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 things like even sprinkling

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 or washing the dining furniture.

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 Now, where did these rules

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 come from?

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 Well, they did not come

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 from the Old Testament,

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 from God's law,

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 the Torah.

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 These rules,

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 they came from a body

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 of unwritten oral tradition

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 that had grown up

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 and developed

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 after the Old Testament

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 was written.

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 And for advocates

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 of this oral tradition,

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 you see,

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 you see,

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 well, how did that oral tradition

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 crop up?

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 Well, it came to be believed

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 that the Torah,

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 that God's word,

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 was too ambiguous

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 to establish and govern

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 the Jewish community.

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 After all,

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 the written commandments

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 declared what God decreed,

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 but not always how

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 they were supposed

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 to be fulfilled.

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 So the oral tradition

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 grew up

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 and began to prescribe

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 in increasing detail

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 how the intent

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 of the Torah

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 ought to be fulfilled

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 in actual circumstances.

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 And by Jesus' day,

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 adherence

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 to this unwritten

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 oral tradition

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 started to become

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 as important

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 for groups like the Pharisees

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 as was their adherence

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 to Torah itself.

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 That the oral tradition

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 was just as authoritative

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 as God's word.

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 Some people even began

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 to believe

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 that Moses had received

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 two laws on Mount Sinai,

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 the written Torah

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 and the oral tradition,

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 and that both

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 had been handed down.

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 So you can see

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 why the Pharisees

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 were disturbed

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 when they saw

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 Jesus' disciples

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 not following

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 the tradition

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 of the elders.

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 But what's Jesus' response?

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 How does Jesus evaluate

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 this human tradition?

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 Verse 6,

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 And he said to them,

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 Well, did Isaiah prophesy

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 of you hypocrites?

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 As it is written,

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 This people honors me

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 with their lips,

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 but their heart

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 is far from me.

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 In vain do they worship me,

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 teaching as doctrines

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 the commandments

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 of men.

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 That's a quote

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 from Isaiah 29.

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 And Jesus says,

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 You leave the commandment

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 of God

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 and hold

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 to the tradition

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 of men.

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 Jesus calls them

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 hypocrites.

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 hypocrites.

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 That is,

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 they're saying

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 one thing

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 but doing another.

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 They're saying

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 that they're upholding

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 God's law,

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 but in reality

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 all they're doing

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 is holding on

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 to a man-made tradition.

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 And this makes

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 their worship of God,

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 Jesus says,

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 empty

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 or vain.

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 It's empty

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 because it's not God

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 that they're obeying

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 or following.

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 It's simply

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 human custom.

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 But the problem

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 gets worse.

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 It's not just

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 that they've added

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 human traditions

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 to God's word.

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 Jesus says in verse 9,

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 you have a fine way

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 of rejecting

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 the commandment of God

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 in order to establish

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 your tradition.

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 Jesus is saying

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 you cannot

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 hold on to tradition

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 without letting go

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 of God's commandments.

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 Now that's quite a charge.

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 Jesus gives the example here

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 of the fifth commandment,

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 honor your father

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 and your mother,

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 and that was

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 such a serious command

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 that cursing

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 or reviling

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 your father and mother

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 in ancient Israel

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 could be charged

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 as a capital offense.

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 Clearly this is something

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 God takes very seriously.

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 And yet in the first century

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 there was a practice

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 rooted in the oral tradition

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 of korban,

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 which means offering

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 or gift

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 as in an offering

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 to God.

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 What would happen

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 is that if someone

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 were to declare

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 that their goods

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 or their property

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 or korban,

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 it was to make

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 a vow that said

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 when I'm done

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 using this property,

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 these goods,

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 this wealth,

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 when I'm done

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 using this,

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 it's all going

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 to be given over

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 to God

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 and donated

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 to the temple.

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 Essentially the idea

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 was something like

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 deferred giving,

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 right?

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 Today a person

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 can will their property

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 to a charity

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 or an institution

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 at their death,

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 but in the meantime

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 they get to keep

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 possession over it

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 and get to keep

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 the proceeds

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 and the interest

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 that accrue from it

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 until they die

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 and then it goes

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 to whatever charity

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 they assign it to,

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 right?

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 Likewise,

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 in the first century,

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 if a son,

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 for example,

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 declared all his property

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 korban,

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 it would eventually

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 go to the temple.

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 But what that meant

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 was that because

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 it had been given

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 to God,

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 he didn't need

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 to use it

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 to take care

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 of his aging parents.

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 In essence,

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 you would vow it

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 to God

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 and that would

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 absolve you

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 of any responsibility

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 to use it

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 during your lifetime

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 to care for others,

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 even your parents.

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 And notice verse 12,

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 Jesus says,

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 you no longer

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 permit him

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 to do anything

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 for his father

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 or mother.

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 There are some

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 historical records

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 that show that

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 once property

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 had been sort of

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 vowed or offered

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 to God in this way

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 or promised

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 to the temple

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 in this way,

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 priests would even

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 discourage anyone

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 from withdrawing it

00:14:54.620 --> 00:14:55.319
 from korban

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 in order to return

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 it to regular use.

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 Now you can see

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 how they perhaps

00:15:04.439 --> 00:15:05.059
 justified

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 such a practice,

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 right?

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 After all,

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 doesn't God

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 deserve our very best?

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 Doesn't our commitment

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 to God rank higher

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 than even our commitment

00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:15.539
 to our earthly parents?

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 And so your

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 offering of your property

00:15:19.179 --> 00:15:19.719
 to God

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 supersedes

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 giving to your parents,

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 right?

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 But in reality,

00:15:26.079 --> 00:15:27.139
 the human tradition

00:15:27.139 --> 00:15:28.719
 of korban

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 nullified God's word.

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 Rather than

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 obeying God,

00:15:35.299 --> 00:15:36.159
 they rejected

00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:37.099
 what God's word

00:15:37.099 --> 00:15:38.120
 plainly said.

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 Honor your father

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 and your mother,

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 which certainly

00:15:42.339 --> 00:15:42.839
 entailed

00:15:42.839 --> 00:15:43.699
 caring for them

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 in their aging

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 and in their need.

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 And this wasn't

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 an isolated example.

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 Jesus says,

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 and many such things

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 you do.

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 This kind of thinking

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 was standard procedure,

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 Jesus says,

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 elevating human tradition

00:16:01.479 --> 00:16:03.500
 and thereby rejecting

00:16:03.500 --> 00:16:04.559
 God's word.

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 So who gets to define

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 what's clean

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 or unclean?

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 Human tradition?

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 Human customs?

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 No,

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 Jesus says,

00:16:19.259 --> 00:16:20.279
 God's word

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 alone.

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 Any attempt

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 to supplement

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 or add

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 to God's word

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 with human tradition

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 or human custom

00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:31.539
 will only end up

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 supplanting

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 or undermining

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 or replacing

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 God's word.

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 And this wasn't

00:16:38.620 --> 00:16:39.319
 just a problem

00:16:39.319 --> 00:16:40.899
 for first century Pharisees.

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 Church history

00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:43.379
 has replayed

00:16:43.379 --> 00:16:44.059
 this danger

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 again

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 and again

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 and again.

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 Whenever human tradition

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 was elevated,

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 God's word

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 was denigrated.

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 And as the authority

00:16:54.919 --> 00:16:57.019
 and understanding

00:16:57.019 --> 00:16:57.639
 of God's word

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 decreases,

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 human traditions

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 take more and more

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 and more

00:17:00.660 --> 00:17:01.460
 of an importance.

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 So whose voice

00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:06.880
 then

00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:08.539
 are you listening

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 to?

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 Are you looking

00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:13.720
 to merely human

00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:14.160
 voices

00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:15.220
 to tell you

00:17:15.220 --> 00:17:16.539
 whether or not

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 you're clean

00:17:17.600 --> 00:17:18.579
 and acceptable?

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 Or

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 are you looking

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 to God's word?

00:17:25.600 --> 00:17:26.819
 The influencers

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 on social media

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 your peers

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 at work

00:17:30.159 --> 00:17:31.059
 or at school

00:17:31.059 --> 00:17:32.459
 the great

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 intellectuals

00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:33.899
 of our day

00:17:33.899 --> 00:17:35.599
 none of these

00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:37.500
 can really define

00:17:37.500 --> 00:17:38.819
 what's clean

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 or unclean.

00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:41.519
 Only

00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:42.720
 God can.

00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:45.659
 And that's a

00:17:45.659 --> 00:17:46.480
 greatly liberating

00:17:46.480 --> 00:17:46.959
 message.

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 You don't have

00:17:49.139 --> 00:17:49.599
 to listen

00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:50.439
 to the constant

00:17:50.439 --> 00:17:51.039
 noise

00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:51.639
 of voices

00:17:51.639 --> 00:17:52.519
 around you

00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:53.980
 trying to tell you

00:17:53.980 --> 00:17:54.839
 how to be okay

00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:55.919
 and how to be

00:17:55.919 --> 00:17:56.619
 the real you

00:17:56.619 --> 00:17:57.659
 and how to be

00:17:57.659 --> 00:17:58.179
 significant.

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 You don't have

00:18:00.159 --> 00:18:00.679
 to keep up

00:18:00.679 --> 00:18:01.000
 with the

00:18:01.000 --> 00:18:02.199
 constantly changing

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 fads of the

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 world in order

00:18:04.439 --> 00:18:05.199
 to be whole.

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 They can't

00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:08.259
 really define

00:18:08.259 --> 00:18:08.819
 what's clean

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 or unclean.

00:18:10.500 --> 00:18:10.939
 Only

00:18:10.939 --> 00:18:12.039
 God can.

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 So what does

00:18:16.119 --> 00:18:16.579
 God say?

00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:18.619
 Where does

00:18:18.619 --> 00:18:19.359
 real uncleanness

00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:19.839
 come from?

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 That brings us

00:18:21.779 --> 00:18:22.220
 to the second

00:18:22.220 --> 00:18:22.699
 point of our

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 passage.

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 In verses

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 14 through

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 23 Jesus

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 tells us

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 where real

00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:27.940
 uncleanness

00:18:27.940 --> 00:18:28.519
 comes from.

00:18:30.019 --> 00:18:30.880
 Verse 14

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 And he called

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 the people

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 to him again

00:18:32.600 --> 00:18:33.559
 and said to

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 them,

00:18:34.019 --> 00:18:34.559
 Hear me

00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:36.080
 all of you

00:18:36.080 --> 00:18:37.519
 and understand.

00:18:38.980 --> 00:18:39.759
 There's nothing

00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:41.059
 outside a person

00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:42.880
 that by going

00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:43.480
 into him

00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:44.700
 can defile him.

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 But the things

00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:47.360
 that come

00:18:47.360 --> 00:18:48.380
 out of a person

00:18:48.380 --> 00:18:49.440
 are what

00:18:49.440 --> 00:18:50.059
 defile him.

00:18:51.600 --> 00:18:52.420
 Now at first

00:18:52.420 --> 00:18:52.940
 this kind of

00:18:52.940 --> 00:18:53.920
 confuses the

00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:54.380
 disciples.

00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:55.940
 They think it's

00:18:55.940 --> 00:18:56.519
 kind of a

00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:57.140
 parable, right?

00:18:57.140 --> 00:18:57.519
 It's a little

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 confusing.

00:18:58.060 --> 00:18:58.480
 Okay, Jesus,

00:18:58.539 --> 00:18:58.980
 it's not the

00:18:58.980 --> 00:18:59.500
 food that we

00:18:59.500 --> 00:18:59.940
 eat.

00:19:00.500 --> 00:19:01.180
 It's the food

00:19:01.180 --> 00:19:01.519
 that comes

00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:01.860
 out.

00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:02.680
 What do you

00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:02.980
 mean?

00:19:03.560 --> 00:19:03.700
 Right?

00:19:05.840 --> 00:19:06.440
 But Jesus

00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:06.880
 says, no,

00:19:06.940 --> 00:19:07.160
 no, no,

00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:07.420
 no, no.

00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:08.920
 What I mean

00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:10.340
 is, it's not

00:19:10.340 --> 00:19:10.900
 what goes into

00:19:10.900 --> 00:19:11.360
 your mouth

00:19:11.360 --> 00:19:11.980
 that defiles

00:19:11.980 --> 00:19:12.279
 you.

00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:14.100
 It's what

00:19:14.100 --> 00:19:14.820
 comes out

00:19:14.820 --> 00:19:15.140
 of your

00:19:15.140 --> 00:19:15.560
 heart.

00:19:17.100 --> 00:19:17.720
 The real

00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:18.400
 problem isn't

00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:19.480
 foods or

00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:20.680
 washings or

00:19:20.680 --> 00:19:21.480
 anything outside

00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:22.000
 of you.

00:19:22.259 --> 00:19:22.779
 The real

00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:24.860
 problem is

00:19:24.860 --> 00:19:25.500
 inside of

00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:25.720
 you.

00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:28.360
 And it's

00:19:28.360 --> 00:19:28.799
 inside of

00:19:28.799 --> 00:19:29.240
 me, too.

00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:32.779
 Now the

00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:33.140
 truth is,

00:19:33.220 --> 00:19:33.620
 friends, this

00:19:33.620 --> 00:19:35.059
 passage should

00:19:35.059 --> 00:19:36.680
 disturb us.

00:19:38.579 --> 00:19:39.259
 We are

00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:40.000
 used to

00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:40.779
 hearing today

00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:42.740
 that if we

00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:43.360
 just get in

00:19:43.360 --> 00:19:43.960
 touch with our

00:19:43.960 --> 00:19:44.799
 deepest feelings

00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:46.400
 or learn to

00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:46.860
 listen to what

00:19:46.860 --> 00:19:47.599
 our heart is

00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:48.360
 truly telling

00:19:48.359 --> 00:19:50.339
 us, then

00:19:50.339 --> 00:19:50.939
 we will find

00:19:50.939 --> 00:19:51.419
 our real

00:19:51.419 --> 00:19:51.899
 identity.

00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:53.359
 Then we

00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:53.979
 will discover

00:19:53.979 --> 00:19:55.439
 happiness and

00:19:55.439 --> 00:19:56.759
 fulfillment and

00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:57.299
 wholeness.

00:19:58.579 --> 00:19:59.479
 It's not the

00:19:59.479 --> 00:20:00.139
 externals that

00:20:00.139 --> 00:20:00.659
 define us.

00:20:00.879 --> 00:20:01.659
 Yes, we agree

00:20:01.659 --> 00:20:02.319
 with that, but

00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:03.219
 then Jesus says,

00:20:03.619 --> 00:20:04.859
 but it's not the

00:20:04.859 --> 00:20:05.599
 internal either.

00:20:07.899 --> 00:20:08.639
 Jesus has

00:20:08.639 --> 00:20:09.159
 something quite

00:20:09.159 --> 00:20:09.619
 different to

00:20:09.619 --> 00:20:09.879
 say.

00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:11.399
 He says,

00:20:11.459 --> 00:20:11.819
 getting in

00:20:11.819 --> 00:20:12.459
 touch with your

00:20:12.459 --> 00:20:13.339
 truest, deepest

00:20:13.339 --> 00:20:14.539
 feelings won't

00:20:14.539 --> 00:20:15.279
 sort you out.

00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:18.359
 What if the

00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:18.879
 feelings that

00:20:18.879 --> 00:20:19.500
 most truly

00:20:19.500 --> 00:20:20.500
 express who we

00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:21.019
 currently are

00:20:21.019 --> 00:20:21.700
 turn out to be

00:20:21.700 --> 00:20:22.279
 murderous,

00:20:23.359 --> 00:20:23.960
 adulterous,

00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:25.460
 envious,

00:20:26.539 --> 00:20:26.940
 foolish,

00:20:28.059 --> 00:20:28.379
 arrogant,

00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:29.200
 and all the

00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:29.559
 rest?

00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:33.379
 The fact that

00:20:33.379 --> 00:20:33.940
 we have these

00:20:33.940 --> 00:20:35.180
 feelings down in

00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:35.720
 our hearts

00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:37.000
 doesn't mean

00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:37.579
 that they're

00:20:37.579 --> 00:20:38.779
 validated or

00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:39.759
 true or right

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.339
 or good.

00:20:41.839 --> 00:20:42.500
 On the

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:43.000
 contrary,

00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:44.420
 it means we

00:20:44.420 --> 00:20:45.160
 have a problem.

00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:47.279
 A problem

00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:47.899
 that runs

00:20:47.899 --> 00:20:48.960
 right through

00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:49.399
 us.

00:20:52.180 --> 00:20:52.940
 One writer

00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:53.379
 put it this

00:20:53.379 --> 00:20:53.619
 way,

00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:55.240
 there's a

00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:56.460
 crack in

00:20:56.460 --> 00:20:57.000
 the building

00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:58.779
 which isn't

00:20:58.779 --> 00:20:59.379
 just a bit

00:20:59.379 --> 00:21:00.019
 of damaged

00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:01.399
 stonework on

00:21:01.399 --> 00:21:02.039
 the exterior,

00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:03.879
 the whole

00:21:03.879 --> 00:21:05.259
 structure is

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:05.799
 faulty.

00:21:07.859 --> 00:21:08.240
 Keeping

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:09.359
 external purity

00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:10.160
 laws can be

00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:11.119
 one way of

00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:11.779
 papering over

00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:12.319
 the crack,

00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:14.180
 but so can

00:21:14.180 --> 00:21:14.460
 quote,

00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:15.039
 getting in

00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:15.480
 touch with

00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:16.140
 your feelings.

00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:19.740
 If there's

00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:20.019
 evil,

00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:21.500
 it infects

00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:21.819
 the whole.

00:21:24.340 --> 00:21:24.880
 You see,

00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:25.100
 in the

00:21:25.100 --> 00:21:25.360
 Bible,

00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:25.860
 the human

00:21:25.860 --> 00:21:26.680
 heart that

00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:27.360
 Jesus references

00:21:27.360 --> 00:21:27.880
 a number of

00:21:27.880 --> 00:21:28.380
 times in this

00:21:28.380 --> 00:21:28.759
 passage,

00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:29.960
 it's the center

00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.340
 of your

00:21:30.340 --> 00:21:31.579
 personality in

00:21:31.579 --> 00:21:31.860
 the Bible.

00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:32.259
 It's sort of

00:21:32.259 --> 00:21:32.980
 the wellspring

00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:33.360
 of your

00:21:33.360 --> 00:21:33.960
 thoughts and

00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:34.539
 your feelings

00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:34.840
 and your

00:21:34.840 --> 00:21:35.279
 actions.

00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:36.779
 Jesus is

00:21:36.779 --> 00:21:37.359
 telling us

00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:38.039
 here that

00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:38.680
 it's as if

00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:39.299
 deep down

00:21:39.299 --> 00:21:39.599
 in that

00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:40.279
 central part

00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:40.519
 of who

00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:41.059
 we are,

00:21:42.059 --> 00:21:42.460
 there's a

00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:43.420
 computer virus

00:21:43.420 --> 00:21:44.980
 running amok

00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:46.680
 and it's

00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:47.460
 churning out

00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:48.259
 code after

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:48.960
 code after

00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:50.119
 code that

00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:51.180
 begin with

00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:51.559
 what Jesus

00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:52.059
 calls in

00:21:52.059 --> 00:21:52.559
 verse 21,

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.720
 evil thoughts

00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:54.279
 or evil

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:54.819
 intentions.

00:21:55.660 --> 00:21:56.599
 It's as if

00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:57.039
 there's this

00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:58.279
 self-centered

00:21:58.279 --> 00:21:59.339
 bent in

00:21:59.339 --> 00:22:00.119
 everything that

00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:00.639
 we do.

00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:03.480
 And after

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:03.920
 those evil

00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:04.460
 intentions,

00:22:05.060 --> 00:22:05.880
 Jesus lists

00:22:05.880 --> 00:22:07.060
 six nouns

00:22:07.060 --> 00:22:07.759
 that in the

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.259
 Greek are all

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:09.100
 actually plural.

00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:10.720
 The first six

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.340
 after evil

00:22:11.340 --> 00:22:12.020
 thoughts,

00:22:12.100 --> 00:22:12.620
 evil intentions,

00:22:12.900 --> 00:22:13.280
 they're all in

00:22:13.280 --> 00:22:14.140
 the plural as

00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:14.840
 if to describe

00:22:14.840 --> 00:22:16.000
 evil actions.

00:22:16.660 --> 00:22:17.180
 Acts of

00:22:17.180 --> 00:22:18.160
 sexual immorality,

00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:19.759
 thefts,

00:22:20.420 --> 00:22:20.740
 murders,

00:22:21.580 --> 00:22:22.259
 adulteries,

00:22:23.060 --> 00:22:23.580
 deeds of

00:22:23.580 --> 00:22:24.400
 avarice or

00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:24.860
 coveting,

00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:26.820
 malicious acts.

00:22:28.820 --> 00:22:29.600
 And then

00:22:29.600 --> 00:22:30.160
 those six

00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:30.980
 plural nouns,

00:22:31.100 --> 00:22:31.500
 those evil

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:31.880
 acts,

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.380
 are followed

00:22:32.380 --> 00:22:33.040
 by six

00:22:33.040 --> 00:22:33.820
 nouns in

00:22:33.820 --> 00:22:34.240
 the singular

00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:35.480
 as if to

00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:35.800
 say,

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.120
 here are the

00:22:37.120 --> 00:22:38.080
 evil attitudes,

00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:39.720
 deceit,

00:22:40.860 --> 00:22:41.640
 sensuality,

00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:43.019
 envy,

00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.180
 slander,

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:45.160
 pride,

00:22:46.080 --> 00:22:46.779
 foolishness.

00:22:49.360 --> 00:22:50.220
 Notice there's

00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:50.620
 a bit of a

00:22:50.620 --> 00:22:51.320
 progression here,

00:22:51.340 --> 00:22:51.800
 isn't there?

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.220
 From intention

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:53.920
 or desire

00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:55.460
 to actions

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:56.420
 and then

00:22:56.420 --> 00:22:57.259
 finally into

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:58.700
 settled attitudes

00:22:58.700 --> 00:22:59.920
 or habits.

00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:04.980
 So what is

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.560
 Jesus telling

00:23:05.560 --> 00:23:06.019
 us then?

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:08.480
 Is he telling

00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:08.779
 us that

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:09.220
 everything is

00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:09.680
 hopeless?

00:23:10.820 --> 00:23:11.620
 That humans

00:23:11.620 --> 00:23:12.000
 are just

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:12.540
 awful and

00:23:12.540 --> 00:23:12.800
 we should

00:23:12.800 --> 00:23:13.279
 give up?

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.500
 No.

00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:18.700
 He's telling

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.240
 us that what

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:20.019
 we need

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.880
 above all

00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:21.380
 else

00:23:21.380 --> 00:23:23.180
 isn't merely

00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:24.100
 clean hands

00:23:24.100 --> 00:23:25.580
 but clean

00:23:25.580 --> 00:23:26.080
 hearts.

00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:30.119
 that's why

00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:30.720
 the Pharisees

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:31.039
 were so

00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:31.579
 misguided.

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:32.859
 They thought

00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:33.259
 that if they

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:33.579
 could just

00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:34.419
 compile more

00:23:34.419 --> 00:23:34.779
 and more

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.460
 traditions and

00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:36.299
 regulations about

00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:37.359
 external cleanliness

00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:38.299
 they could really

00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:38.899
 be cleaned.

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:41.699
 But it was

00:23:41.699 --> 00:23:42.079
 never going to

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:42.359
 work.

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:46.179
 I ran across

00:23:46.179 --> 00:23:46.819
 an article this

00:23:46.819 --> 00:23:47.839
 week by the

00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:48.619
 jewelry designer

00:23:48.619 --> 00:23:49.439
 Alex and

00:23:49.439 --> 00:23:49.859
 Annie or

00:23:49.859 --> 00:23:50.259
 Annie and

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:50.619
 Alex.

00:23:50.619 --> 00:23:51.799
 Kim you

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.119
 know who I'm

00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:52.539
 talking about

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:52.779
 right?

00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:53.559
 Alex and

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:54.000
 Annie and

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:54.799
 they said

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:55.279
 here's how you

00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:55.539
 do a

00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:55.839
 spiritual

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:56.459
 cleanse.

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:58.099
 They listed a

00:23:58.099 --> 00:23:58.619
 few things.

00:23:59.239 --> 00:23:59.939
 One was take

00:23:59.939 --> 00:24:00.359
 a bath.

00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:02.699
 The other was

00:24:02.699 --> 00:24:03.359
 find some good

00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:05.139
 crystals that

00:24:05.139 --> 00:24:05.479
 you could sort

00:24:05.479 --> 00:24:05.799
 of harness

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.379
 their energy.

00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:07.539
 The other was

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.000
 sort of light

00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:08.699
 some incense

00:24:08.699 --> 00:24:09.919
 and do some

00:24:09.919 --> 00:24:10.839
 herbal kind of

00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.419
 incense around

00:24:11.419 --> 00:24:11.859
 your room.

00:24:12.659 --> 00:24:13.159
 The other was

00:24:13.159 --> 00:24:13.679
 write down the

00:24:13.679 --> 00:24:14.179
 name of all the

00:24:14.179 --> 00:24:14.719
 people who've

00:24:14.719 --> 00:24:15.319
 offended you and

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:15.899
 then burn it.

00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:17.379
 Right?

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:18.659
 Now none of

00:24:18.659 --> 00:24:19.019
 those things are

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.599
 wrong right?

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.119
 I don't know about

00:24:20.119 --> 00:24:20.779
 the crystal thing

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.419
 but you know

00:24:21.419 --> 00:24:23.399
 those can all be

00:24:23.399 --> 00:24:24.179
 relaxing or

00:24:24.179 --> 00:24:24.679
 therapeutic.

00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.899
 But it seems a

00:24:28.899 --> 00:24:29.639
 little pharisaical

00:24:29.639 --> 00:24:30.159
 doesn't it?

00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:30.899
 More and more

00:24:30.899 --> 00:24:31.939
 external practices

00:24:31.939 --> 00:24:33.619
 to try to find

00:24:33.619 --> 00:24:34.159
 an internal

00:24:34.159 --> 00:24:34.639
 cleansing.

00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:37.879
 But you know

00:24:37.879 --> 00:24:38.159
 the other

00:24:38.159 --> 00:24:38.819
 strategy that we

00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:39.359
 try today is

00:24:39.359 --> 00:24:40.299
 justice misguided.

00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:41.679
 You know we

00:24:41.679 --> 00:24:42.299
 tell people to

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:42.699
 follow their

00:24:42.699 --> 00:24:43.299
 feelings and

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:43.679
 trust their

00:24:43.679 --> 00:24:44.159
 heart and

00:24:44.159 --> 00:24:44.479
 then they'll

00:24:44.479 --> 00:24:44.979
 be whole.

00:24:46.659 --> 00:24:47.379
 But that can

00:24:47.379 --> 00:24:47.839
 never work

00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:48.119
 either.

00:24:50.159 --> 00:24:50.919
 So what's the

00:24:50.919 --> 00:24:51.259
 answer?

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.479
 How do we get

00:24:53.479 --> 00:24:54.219
 a clean heart?

00:24:57.699 --> 00:24:58.279
 Well you know

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:58.939
 the answer isn't

00:24:58.939 --> 00:24:59.759
 actually found in

00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:00.759
 our passage this

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.579
 morning per se.

00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:03.740
 In this passage

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.400
 Jesus only

00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:05.240
 diagnoses the

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.640
 problem.

00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:07.980
 And the

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.460
 problem is more

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:09.160
 radical than we

00:25:09.160 --> 00:25:09.599
 could have ever

00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:10.440
 imagined isn't it?

00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:11.920
 You know it's so

00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:12.599
 easy for us to

00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:13.160
 think about

00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:14.359
 external things we

00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:15.180
 need to change to

00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:15.759
 be okay.

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.519
 But Jesus is

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.039
 saying you've got

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.440
 to go much

00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:19.200
 deeper than that.

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.420
 But there is a

00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:22.920
 hint in our

00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:25.059
 passage that

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:25.879
 points to the

00:25:25.879 --> 00:25:26.660
 answer that the

00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:27.400
 rest of Mark's

00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:28.180
 gospel gives.

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:30.160
 There's a hint.

00:25:31.080 --> 00:25:31.700
 Did you notice at

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:32.240
 the end of verse

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:34.279
 19 how Mark

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:34.960
 gives this little

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:35.900
 editorial comment?

00:25:36.820 --> 00:25:37.180
 He says,

00:25:37.560 --> 00:25:37.940
 thus Jesus

00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:39.040
 declared all

00:25:39.040 --> 00:25:39.800
 foods clean.

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:42.180
 It's such a

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:42.560
 short little

00:25:42.560 --> 00:25:43.480
 statement that we

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:45.500
 miss how radical

00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:46.100
 it is.

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:48.620
 After all, do you

00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:49.160
 see what Jesus

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:49.900
 just did in this

00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:50.460
 passage?

00:25:51.620 --> 00:25:52.560
 Mark underlines it

00:25:52.560 --> 00:25:53.220
 for us at the end

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:54.220
 of verse 19 with

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:54.620
 this little

00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:55.839
 parenthetical aside.

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.919
 For thousands of

00:25:57.919 --> 00:25:58.759
 years God had

00:25:58.759 --> 00:25:59.539
 taught the people

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:00.159
 of Israel that

00:26:00.159 --> 00:26:00.839
 some foods were

00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:01.819
 clean and some

00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.759
 were unclean and

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.559
 it mattered a lot

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:04.099
 which ones you

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:04.599
 ate and didn't

00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:04.819
 eat.

00:26:05.439 --> 00:26:06.199
 And by doing so

00:26:06.199 --> 00:26:06.939
 God was teaching

00:26:06.939 --> 00:26:07.639
 his people that

00:26:07.639 --> 00:26:08.359
 they needed to be

00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:09.579
 holy and clean and

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:10.479
 set apart in order

00:26:10.479 --> 00:26:10.939
 to be in his

00:26:10.939 --> 00:26:11.559
 presence, in order

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:12.219
 to be his people.

00:26:12.479 --> 00:26:13.299
 But now in an

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:13.879
 instant Jesus

00:26:13.879 --> 00:26:15.179
 declares all foods

00:26:15.179 --> 00:26:15.579
 are clean.

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.939
 Just like that.

00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:19.159
 Isn't that

00:26:19.159 --> 00:26:19.539
 amazing?

00:26:20.239 --> 00:26:20.739
 After just

00:26:20.739 --> 00:26:21.859
 excoriating the

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:22.579
 Pharisees for

00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:23.399
 elevating human

00:26:23.399 --> 00:26:24.039
 tradition above

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:24.680
 God's word,

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.720
 Jesus comes and

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.839
 says, I'm telling

00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:27.460
 you all foods are

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:27.779
 clean.

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:30.619
 Tells you a little

00:26:30.619 --> 00:26:31.359
 something about who

00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:31.960
 Jesus thought he

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:33.159
 was, doesn't it?

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:38.779
 Now that I'm

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:40.099
 here, Jesus is

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:42.319
 saying, the purity

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:44.639
 laws are reaching

00:26:44.639 --> 00:26:45.299
 their fulfillment.

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.639
 Under the old

00:26:47.639 --> 00:26:48.480
 covenant, Jesus is

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:49.279
 saying, my father

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:50.480
 taught you about

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:51.700
 your need to be

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:52.259
 made clean.

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:52.319
 clean.

00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:54.779
 But now, all

00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:55.740
 that is coming

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.460
 to its

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.299
 fulfillment, to

00:26:57.299 --> 00:26:57.839
 its goal.

00:26:58.940 --> 00:26:59.440
 What those

00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:00.119
 clean laws were

00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:00.920
 meant to teach

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:01.900
 you, what they

00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:02.339
 were meant to

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:04.079
 point to, it's

00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:04.599
 here.

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:07.259
 The Old

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.960
 Testament spoke

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.900
 of purity and

00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:09.799
 set up the laws

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:11.200
 as signposts to

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.400
 it.

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:13.119
 But now Jesus

00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:13.900
 was offering the

00:27:13.900 --> 00:27:14.420
 reality.

00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:17.579
 Does that mean

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:18.119
 the laws were

00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:18.839
 worthless or

00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:19.160
 pointless?

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:19.859
 No.

00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:21.879
 Not at all.

00:27:22.659 --> 00:27:23.159
 Think about it.

00:27:23.199 --> 00:27:24.319
 If you arrive at

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:26.199
 a destination, you

00:27:26.199 --> 00:27:26.799
 don't need the

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.679
 signposts anymore,

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.359
 right, that lead

00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:28.719
 you there.

00:27:29.419 --> 00:27:30.119
 But that's not

00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:30.519
 because the

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:31.059
 signposts were

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:32.979
 wrong, but because

00:27:32.979 --> 00:27:33.500
 they've led you to

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.240
 the right place.

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:35.359
 The signposts did

00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:36.219
 their job and they

00:27:36.219 --> 00:27:36.779
 were good.

00:27:36.959 --> 00:27:37.659
 But now that you're

00:27:37.659 --> 00:27:39.579
 there, you don't

00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:40.259
 need them anymore.

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:44.299
 The clean laws were

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:45.599
 pointing to Jesus

00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:47.479
 the whole time.

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:50.200
 You see, this is

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:50.779
 where Jesus and

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:51.259
 the Pharisees

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:52.680
 perhaps most

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.860
 profoundly differed.

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:56.339
 The Pharisees saw

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:56.900
 the Old Testament

00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:58.039
 primarily as a

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:59.400
 book of rules that

00:27:59.400 --> 00:27:59.860
 needed to be

00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:00.620
 explained and

00:28:00.620 --> 00:28:01.779
 applied through an

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:03.860
 ever-increasing body

00:28:03.860 --> 00:28:04.799
 of human traditions

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.519
 and regulations.

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.380
 But the Old

00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:09.940
 Testament isn't

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:11.000
 primarily a code of

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.440
 behavior.

00:28:13.640 --> 00:28:14.319
 God's word

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:15.779
 primarily is a story

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:17.359
 which leads to

00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:18.799
 Jesus as its

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:19.299
 fulfillment.

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:22.420
 Yes, God does

00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:23.359
 give us laws and

00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:24.059
 they're good.

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:26.920
 But we don't get

00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:27.720
 clean through an

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:29.160
 ever-increasing list

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.960
 of regulations.

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:32.200
 We get clean

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:33.460
 through the person

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:33.980
 of Jesus.

00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:37.319
 Not through what we

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:38.819
 do or don't do,

00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:40.519
 but through what

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.259
 Jesus has done.

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:44.099
 But how does that

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:44.379
 work?

00:28:44.380 --> 00:28:47.460
 Jesus was able to

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:49.180
 fulfill the purity

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.820
 laws of the Old

00:28:49.820 --> 00:28:51.900
 Testament because

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:53.420
 he was the ultimate

00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:55.540
 sacrifice that makes

00:28:55.540 --> 00:28:56.320
 us clean.

00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:59.440
 When God became a

00:28:59.440 --> 00:29:00.880
 human being in

00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:03.300
 Jesus Christ, he was

00:29:03.300 --> 00:29:04.120
 able in his

00:29:04.120 --> 00:29:05.580
 humanity to take

00:29:05.580 --> 00:29:07.420
 all of our dirt and

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:09.180
 all of our stains and

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:10.220
 all of our guilt and

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:11.800
 shame and he was able

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:13.740
 to take them and

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:15.539
 bear them up on the

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:15.960
 cross.

00:29:18.159 --> 00:29:20.379
 In love, he took

00:29:20.379 --> 00:29:21.159
 the place of

00:29:21.159 --> 00:29:22.759
 everyone who would

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:24.000
 admit their uncleanness

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.819
 and trust in him.

00:29:25.619 --> 00:29:28.039
 And when he died in

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:30.799
 our place, all of our

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:32.440
 spiritual uncleanness

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:33.879
 died with him.

00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:37.500
 That unclean heart

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:38.700
 that we all have

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:40.380
 stopped beating

00:29:40.380 --> 00:29:42.020
 when Jesus was put

00:29:42.020 --> 00:29:42.660
 in the grave.

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:45.420
 But then,

00:29:46.040 --> 00:29:46.960
 three days later,

00:29:47.860 --> 00:29:48.540
 he rose.

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:51.100
 A new

00:29:51.100 --> 00:29:52.780
 thing was born

00:29:52.780 --> 00:29:53.760
 on Easter

00:29:53.760 --> 00:29:54.620
 Sunday

00:29:54.620 --> 00:29:56.780
 in our humanity

00:29:56.780 --> 00:29:58.260
 coming out of the

00:29:58.260 --> 00:29:58.580
 tomb.

00:29:58.579 --> 00:30:01.279
 The apostle Paul

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:02.379
 says he rose

00:30:02.379 --> 00:30:03.799
 for our

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.439
 justification.

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.799
 You see, a new

00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:07.699
 covenant was now in

00:30:07.699 --> 00:30:08.059
 place.

00:30:09.159 --> 00:30:09.679
 The old covenant

00:30:09.679 --> 00:30:10.319
 that God set up

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:10.980
 through Moses was

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.919
 now fulfilled by

00:30:11.919 --> 00:30:12.279
 Jesus.

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:13.279
 All its demands

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:14.460
 had been obeyed.

00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:15.419
 All its penalties

00:30:15.419 --> 00:30:16.199
 had been paid.

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.379
 Now, the only thing

00:30:17.379 --> 00:30:18.439
 that was left to do

00:30:18.439 --> 00:30:20.240
 was simply to trust

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.919
 in the one who had

00:30:20.919 --> 00:30:21.740
 done it for you.

00:30:23.419 --> 00:30:24.279
 This is the new

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:25.059
 covenant in Jesus

00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:25.559
 Christ.

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:27.960
 You and I

00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:28.839
 give him

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:30.259
 your sinful heart

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:32.000
 and in return

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.779
 he gives you a new

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.139
 heart.

00:30:33.659 --> 00:30:34.519
 A heart of flesh

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:35.839
 filled with his

00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:36.259
 spirit

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:37.839
 that beats for him

00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:39.319
 in the power

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:40.099
 of his resurrection.

00:30:43.179 --> 00:30:44.079
 Now, that doesn't

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:44.619
 mean that you'll

00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:45.720
 never struggle

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.279
 with sin

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:47.200
 as a Christian.

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:49.419
 Christians will

00:30:49.419 --> 00:30:50.079
 battle with sin

00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:50.740
 until the day

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.779
 we meet Christ

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.519
 in glory.

00:30:53.399 --> 00:30:54.359
 But what it does

00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:54.700
 mean

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:56.059
 is that sin's

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:56.799
 power won't

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:58.140
 rule over you.

00:30:58.840 --> 00:30:59.420
 There's a new

00:30:59.420 --> 00:31:00.080
 principle now

00:31:00.080 --> 00:31:00.779
 at work in you.

00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:03.759
 Working out

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:05.740
 not evil practices

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:06.720
 and evil attitudes

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:08.120
 but putting you

00:31:08.120 --> 00:31:08.840
 on a trajectory

00:31:08.840 --> 00:31:10.519
 of righteousness

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:11.720
 and truth

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:12.519
 and justice.

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:14.860
 Because you've

00:31:14.860 --> 00:31:15.480
 been made new.

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:17.140
 Because you've

00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:17.840
 been made whole.

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.640
 Because Christ

00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:20.080
 has made you

00:31:20.080 --> 00:31:20.460
 clean.

00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:24.059
 And if that's

00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:24.640
 true of you

00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:25.440
 in Christ

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:27.620
 then you won't

00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:28.720
 need the external

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.279
 voices

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:30.500
 of human

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:31.200
 customs or

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:31.600
 traditions

00:31:31.600 --> 00:31:32.600
 to validate

00:31:32.600 --> 00:31:33.000
 you.

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.960
 What a wonderful

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:35.440
 thing

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:36.600
 to not have

00:31:36.600 --> 00:31:37.120
 to live

00:31:37.120 --> 00:31:37.980
 according to

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.940
 the ever-changing

00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.900
 attitudes and

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.539
 customs and

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:40.980
 traditions

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:42.180
 of a world

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:42.819
 that can't quite

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:43.319
 figure out

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:43.880
 what it thinks.

00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:47.720
 And it also

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.180
 means that you

00:31:48.180 --> 00:31:48.700
 won't need to

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:49.460
 search your

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:50.360
 internal voices

00:31:50.360 --> 00:31:51.020
 of your heart

00:31:51.020 --> 00:31:51.400
 either.

00:31:52.040 --> 00:31:52.660
 You don't have

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:53.320
 to go on some

00:31:53.320 --> 00:31:54.540
 hunt to find

00:31:54.540 --> 00:31:55.240
 the real you

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:56.060
 deep in the

00:31:56.060 --> 00:31:56.920
 swirling desires

00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:57.520
 of your own

00:31:57.520 --> 00:31:57.920
 psyche.

00:31:59.520 --> 00:32:00.300
 Because you're

00:32:00.300 --> 00:32:00.700
 rooted in

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:01.260
 something much

00:32:01.260 --> 00:32:01.880
 more sure

00:32:01.880 --> 00:32:03.000
 and lasting

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:04.040
 and secure.

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.500
 You've found

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:07.500
 your identity

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:08.420
 in God's word

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:09.880
 and God's son

00:32:09.880 --> 00:32:11.780
 alive and active

00:32:11.780 --> 00:32:12.300
 in you

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:13.200
 through God's

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:13.619
 spirit.

00:32:14.659 --> 00:32:15.559
 And that's the

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:16.000
 cleanness,

00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:16.639
 that's the

00:32:16.639 --> 00:32:17.119
 wholeness

00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:18.500
 that you and I

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.079
 were made for.

00:32:20.399 --> 00:32:21.139
 Let's pray

00:32:21.139 --> 00:32:21.460
 together.

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:30.879
 Our Father in

00:32:30.879 --> 00:32:31.399
 heaven, we take

00:32:31.399 --> 00:32:31.899
 a moment

00:32:31.899 --> 00:32:34.639
 in the stillness

00:32:34.639 --> 00:32:35.639
 here together

00:32:35.639 --> 00:32:36.359
 gathered as your

00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:36.740
 people

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:38.460
 to confess

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:40.919
 that we not

00:32:40.919 --> 00:32:41.500
 only have

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:41.960
 unclean

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.600
 hands

00:32:42.600 --> 00:32:44.200
 but we have

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:44.600
 unclean

00:32:44.600 --> 00:32:45.079
 hearts.

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.180
 Lord, we

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:49.579
 don't like

00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:50.340
 admitting this.

00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:53.200
 We don't like

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.840
 admitting that

00:32:53.840 --> 00:32:55.019
 we need a

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.640
 solution that

00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:56.360
 goes as deep

00:32:56.360 --> 00:32:57.200
 as our very

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:57.600
 heart.

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:01.700
 And yet,

00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:02.200
 Father, we

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:02.759
 thank you

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.880
 that this is

00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:04.279
 the very

00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:05.079
 solution you've

00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:05.740
 provided in

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.120
 Christ.

00:33:08.100 --> 00:33:09.120
 We pray that

00:33:09.120 --> 00:33:09.920
 by your spirit

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:10.600
 you would be

00:33:10.600 --> 00:33:11.220
 doing your

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:13.740
 work in

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:14.380
 our hearts

00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:15.940
 that changes

00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:16.380
 from the

00:33:16.380 --> 00:33:17.160
 inside out

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:17.980
 by your

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.440
 grace.

00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:21.100
 Father, for

00:33:21.100 --> 00:33:22.200
 those who are

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:22.539
 here this

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:23.019
 morning who

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:23.539
 are still

00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:24.200
 considering

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:24.960
 Christianity,

00:33:26.600 --> 00:33:27.240
 considering the

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:27.880
 claims of

00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:29.460
 Jesus to be

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:30.940
 Lord, to be

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:31.299
 the real

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:32.120
 cleanser, God,

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:32.779
 I pray that you

00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.319
 would help

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:36.880
 them to see

00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:37.700
 Christ in all

00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:38.319
 of his beauty

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:40.660
 and to trust

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:41.100
 in him.

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.460
 Father, and for

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:43.940
 those that you

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.759
 have drawn to

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:46.759
 yourself, into

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.660
 your family, into

00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:48.299
 your church, for

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:49.680
 those who you've

00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:50.460
 given this new

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:51.360
 birth in this

00:33:51.360 --> 00:33:52.140
 clean heart, God,

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:54.120
 I pray that we

00:33:54.120 --> 00:33:54.980
 would continue to

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.720
 put sin to

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:57.860
 death and walk

00:33:57.860 --> 00:33:58.400
 in paths of

00:33:58.400 --> 00:33:59.120
 righteousness for

00:33:59.120 --> 00:33:59.920
 your namesake.

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:03.259
 Lord, and help us

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:05.240
 as a church to be

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:06.480
 guided always and

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:07.359
 ever by your

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:07.839
 word.

00:34:10.739 --> 00:34:12.000
 To not let human

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.900
 traditions or

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:14.139
 customs drive us

00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:15.079
 by fear or by

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:16.940
 pride, but to let

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:18.239
 your word always do

00:34:18.239 --> 00:34:18.980
 its work in our

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:21.880
 midst, leading us

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.539
 and guiding us

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:23.380
 into all truth.

00:34:24.739 --> 00:34:25.699
 We pray this,

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:26.239
 Father, in the

00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:26.840
 mighty name of

00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:27.159
 Jesus.

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:27.820
 Amen.