Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them

Mark 7:1-23

The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. 

So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?” He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: “‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules. “‘

Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.” 

“What comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”

Why?

The Pharisees and teachers of the law checked the disciples of Jesus against the law of  Moses, But the reality is they worship the Lors in vain, and their teachings are merely human rules.

So am I worshiping the Lord in ceremony only? Attending worship in church, and reading the bible every morning, Do these become my habit, Do my heart and mind and behavior show to honor the Lord?

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所信的是信仰還是教條?

這個律法不是真正摩西的律法，猶太人立了許多別的規矩。他們為了行摩西律法而定出許多施行細則，結果成了猶大法典！內容比摩西的律法多好幾倍！

人驕傲的本性，想要做給人看，動機不是真正愛神，而是為了更多他想要的東西、恩典。這是行為主義，靠著自己的努力得到更多的益處。因此看重外表。洗手洗腳為了怕沾染不潔淨東西。人因為罪性，所做出來的惡事。人常用神的吩咐做藉口，掩蓋自己的惡行。

人總是可以「自圓其說」，鑽律法的漏洞。人的問題在於人心。我們要常常去思想這是我們個人的想法，還是來自神的心意?

潔淨與聖潔，不同於也有乾淨。

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How?

I need to check and repent myself, let my heart and my mind closer to the Lord and honor the Lord!