Join us each Lord’s Day at 10:15am. We are currently walking through the Gospel of Matthew. As we look at Matthew 15:10-20 which is a pericope that shows how Jesus teaches the crowds in Gennesaret that the Pharisees tradition oh hand washing will not make you clean before God as we do not need to wash our hands, but we need to Wash Our Heart. Through Jesus’ teaching you learn that it is not what you do, but what Jesus does that makes the difference. This is because Jesus washes your heart so you’re clean.
“And he called the people to him and said to them, “Hear and understand: it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.” Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?” He answered, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.” But Peter said to him, “Explain the parable to us.” And he said, “Are you also still without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled? But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.” (Matthew 15:10-20 ESV)