Rotten To The Core
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Last week we learned that the Pharisees persecuted Jesus, how did they do it?
Last week we learned that the Pharisees persecuted Jesus, how did they do it?
Jesus’ disciples were eating with defiled hands, which according to the “tradition of the elders” caused them to be defiled. What the Pharisees did was take the laws of God and invented more laws on how to follow the law of God.
Jesus’ disciples were eating with defiled hands, which according to the “tradition of the elders” caused them to be defiled. What the Pharisees did was take the laws of God and invented more laws on how to follow the law of God.
Sabbath EX.
Sabbath EX.
The Message of Mark 5. Religious Opposition to Jesus Intensifies (7:1–23)
The shadow of a Gentile falling across a dish or plate made it unclean.
So in the mind of the Pharisee they used the Word of God, which is all about Jesus, to persecute the Son of God. When in actuality they were condemning Jesus based on their tradition and interpretation of the WOG.
So in the mind of the Pharisee they used the Word of God, which is all about Jesus, to persecute the Son of God. When in actuality they were condemning Jesus based on their tradition and interpretation of the WOG.
But before you condemn them, don’t we do the same thing?
But before you condemn them, don’t we do the same thing?
God you promised you would supply all my needs...
God you promised you would supply all my needs...
God you promised you would give me the desires of my heart…God says yes I did say that, but I also said “Delight yourself in the Lord and I will give you the desires of your heart.” You see what that verse is really saying when you delight yourself in the Lord, your desires will begin to become like God’s desires, and when your desires align with God’s desires, he freely gives.
God you promised you would give me the desires of my heart…God says yes I did say that, but I also said “Delight yourself in the Lord and I will give you the desires of your heart.” You see what that verse is really saying when you delight yourself in the Lord, your desires will begin to become like God’s desires, and when your desires align with God’s desires, he freely gives.
When we through these verses back at God, Are we attempting to condemn God, thinking we are manipulating him to give us what we think we need? How is this different from the Pharisee?
When we through these verses back at God, Are we attempting to condemn God, thinking we are manipulating him to give us what we think we need? How is this different from the Pharisee?
What we learned last week is that the Pharisee's heart was far from God, the manipulated the WOG to their own selfish gain. They had an appearance of religion, but were Rotten to the Core on the inside. Which is the title to this sermon rotten to the core. Before we jump into the text today, we need to look at two concepts.
Defilement- There were certain laws the Jewish people had to keep known as the clean/unclean laws. Some of these involved which food they ate and how it was prepared. For example, we know that Jewish peeps would not be enjoying some whole hog BBQ or Catfish dinners, these were considered unclean. God created these laws for various reasons.
To Protect-Do not think of meat in the way we do now. There was no USDA to govern the Jewish people. God created these laws to protect them from the diseases and illnesses they could come into contact with by eating some of these animals.
To Stand Out- God wanted his people to stand out from among the rest, to be different, so God prohibited certain foods, told them how to dress, etc.
Holiness- God also wanted them to be holy. Does refraining from eating bacon make you holy? NO! What made them holy was obedience to God’s word. God issued a command, disobedience, resulted in uncleaness or defilement. It wasn’t the pork that made them unclean, it was the disobedience to God. God, through these laws, was teaching a lesson in holiness & defilement.
2. Heart- When we here heart we think of the organ that pumps blood through our body, without it we die. It is central to human existence. To a Jewish person in Bible times, their understanding of the heart was also central to human existence, but they were not referring to the organ inside of you. Lets look at a couple of passages
Keep your heart with all vigilance,
for from it flow the springs of life.
Put away from you crooked speech,
and put devious talk far from you.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light,
To a Jewish person, living in Jesus day the heart was the center of the life of the person, it is what he used to make decisions, we call it the mind, to the Jew it was the heart. It was the seat of his emotions, and the actions or what he willed. The heart was his mind will and emotions.
With these two concepts as the backdrop, lets jump into our Text.
And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand: 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.”
I. A Parable on Defilement
A. Jesus Calls The Crowd
B. Hear this!
The Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel according to Mark Recovering the True Intent of the Law (7:1–23)
Listen to me, everyone, and understand.’ ” The verb for “listen” (Gk. proskaleomai) occurs nine times in Mark in the context of solemn pronouncements.
Mark again links Faith with understanding, you will not believe if you do not understand. How does faith come?
But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
C. The Parable
a revolutionary statement to a Jewish person
Flipping a system upside down
Mark Pinpointing the Source of Defilement
With these words, Jesus took on the whole rabbinical system of ritual purification, especially the elaborate food and cleansing regulations. He declared, “It’s not what you eat and it’s not what you drink; nothing from the outside defiles you or contaminates you.” He pinpointed man’s problem not as something outside himself but as something inside, something internal that produces defilement.
Mark Pinpointing the Source of Defilement
Simply put, the whole dietary system of Israel was worthless in terms of producing righteousness.
II. Jesus Enlightens His Disciples
A. This was so revolutionary, even his disciples were confused.
Goes against everything they were taught
Yet they were wrong, and misunderstood the intentions of God’s Law
point out sin
lead them to cry out to God in repentance
Not what goes in but what comes out.
B. Jesus Explains/Mark Editorializes
Jesus explanation
Mark’s editorial comment
Memoirs of Peter
The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray. And he became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance and saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth. In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air. And there came a voice to him: “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.” But Peter said, “By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.” And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has made clean, do not call common.” This happened three times, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven.
2. If Mark was discipled by Peter, we can see why this statement is in here.
III. Rotten to the Core
A. Out the heart comes
Our problem is we are not radical enough about sin! What do you mean?
nobody’s perfect
everyone sins
God will forgive me
Jesus was radical about sin!
Y’all are worried about the foods you eat, washing hands, traditions of elders. You guys missed the point!
If the heart is the very core of our existence, who we are, the seat of our mind, emotions and will, then what Jesus is saying here is we are rotten to the core.
Jesus points out evil acts & evil attitudes
The Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel according to Mark Recovering the True Intent of the Law (7:1–23)
The first six terms occur in the plural, denoting evil acts.
Evil Thoughts Evil devising and schemes. They set the stage for what follows.
Sexual Immorality (porneia) General word identifying any and all sexual sins contrary to God’s will. It includes premarital, extramarital, and unnatural sexual behavior.
Theft Stealing. Taking from another what is not yours. The eighth commandment (; ).
Murder Taking an innocent life. The sixth commandment (; ).
Adultery Violating the marriage covenant by engaging in sexual behavior mentally () or physically with someone you are not married to. The seventh commandment (; ).
Greed Coveting, a desire for more at the expense or exploitation of another. The tenth commandment (; ).
The Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel according to Mark Recovering the True Intent of the Law (7:1–23)
The last six terms occur in the singular, denoting evil attitudes:
Evil Actions Behavior that is bad, wicked; deliberate malice.
Deceit Deception, dishonesty, cunning treachery.
Promiscuity Unbridled, shameless living that is lacking in moral discernment or restraint.
Stinginess (lit. “an evil eye”) Figure of speech for envy, jealousy, rooted in unbelief. It believes God is withholding His best from you. A heart ailment that has the seeds of its own destruction sown within. It is never satisfied! It always wants more.
Blasphemy Slander; defaming; speaking evil of man or God.
Pride Arrogance, haughtiness.
Foolishness Senselessness; spiritual insensitivity.
iii. Will you get radical about your sin issue, the heart?
a. Will you submit to Christ as Lord and allow him to give you a new heart?
b. Will you take sin seriously?
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