Mark 7:14-23

Intro

Expired food

food that doesn’t agree with you

recap last week

hinor with lips hearts are far from me

Read Mark 7:14-23

The Proclamation

In a continuation of the dialogue from last week Jesus makes this proclamation

After he gets done ripping into the pharisees he calls the people to him

He calls them to him to do what he has come to do

TO TEACH THEM

Its a plea of importance

Obviously more was said than just this, but Mark sticks with the high notes

Hear me all of you

This is something you all need to understand

All of you who live by these man made traditions need to listen

All of you who have traded the commandments of God for the traditions of man

Listen I am going to tell you the truth

Remember this is a man who speaks with more authority than the scribes

Because this is the man who was there when the law was given

A man who wrote the law and knew its intent

Listen to this proclamation

Its not what goes in thats the problem

Using the logic of the rabbis of the time Jesus proclaims that if you say something inside a jar can make a person unclean

How much more so if the inside of a person is unclean

Jesus uses their logic and goes the extra step

All of these things that live outside of the person cannot make them unclean

A bad piece of fruit