Intro-argument from this morning

 

Mark 7:14-23
14 And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand:

15 There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.

17 And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable.

18 And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding?  Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, 

19 since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled? (Thus he declared all foods clean.)

20 And he said, “what comes out of a person is what defiles him.  

21 for from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 

22 coveting, wickness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.

23 all these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.

 

14 And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand:

15 There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.

17 And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable.

18 And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding?  Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, 

19 since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled? (Thus he declared all foods clean.)

20 And he said, “what comes out of a person is what defiles him.  

21 for from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 

22 coveting, wickness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.

23 all these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.

 

*p1 As we look at what comes from the heart, Lets understand that God knows and personally examines each one of our hearts*

Jeremiah 17:9-10 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? 10“I the LORD search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”

Proverbs 21:2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart.

1 chronicles 28:9b

 

Back to the text

 

21 for from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 

22 coveting, wickness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.

23 all these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.

 

**p2 What are we to do about this evil, sinful heart which defiles us?**

    1. He reveals Jesus to us
      1. 2 Corinthians 4:6 6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
    2. He exchanges our old heart for a new one
      1. Ezekiel 36:26-27 26And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.
        1. What does this look like? 
        2. It looks like the gospel
          1. The gospel says that Christ exchanged the glory of being in heaven with the father to rescue us from our sins
        1. What does this new heart look like?
          1. A heart that loves the lord with their whole heart, mind, soul, strength
          2. A heart that beats for him, his glory, that loves people
        1. Cause good things to come out of your heart
  1. He will establish your new heart
    1. 1 thessalonians 3:12-13 12and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you, 13so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
      1. Blameless in holiness-opposite of defiled

 

Back to the text

Read vs 21-23 again

 

*p3Now that God has revealed Jesus to our hearts, exchanged our hearts and established our hearts, and made our hearts blameless in holiness, does this text still apply to us?*

 

Sermon Notes on Mark 7:14-23

 

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