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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.
Sabbath EX.
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.
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 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?
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
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.
I.
A Parable on Defilement
A. Jesus Calls The Crowd
B. Hear this!
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?
C. The Parable
a revolutionary statement to a Jewish person
Flipping a system upside down
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.
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
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 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 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.
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