Real Devotion
ETB Matthew 2025/26 • Sermon • Submitted • Presented
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ETB
Real Devotion
Jesus rejects superficial religion.
Broken rules. (v.1-6)
Lip Service. (V.7-11)
Real Problem. (v. 16-20)
Subject: Superficial religion
Central Theme: Rejecting superficial religion.
Objective Statement:
We can reject superficial religion by noting three ways it can be identified.
We can reject superficial religion by noting three ways it can be identified.
1. Man made traditions are valued over God’s commands.
1. Man made traditions are valued over God’s commands.
1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, 2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. 3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? 4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. 5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; 6 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
2. Man made traditions are taught as God’s commands.
2. Man made traditions are taught as God’s commands.
7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, 8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. 9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. 10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: 11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
3. Man made traditions emphasize the external at the expense of the internal.
3. Man made traditions emphasize the external at the expense of the internal.
16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? 17 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? 18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: 20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
