Heart Before Sacrifices

Matthew 15:1-20/ Mark 7:1-23

Isa 29:13

Amos 5:21-27

Jeremiah 7:21–26 CSB

This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices, and eat the meat yourselves, for when I brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak with them or command them concerning burnt offering and sacrifice. However, I did give them this command: ‘Obey me, and then I will be your God, and you will be my people. Follow every way I command you so that it may go well with you.’ Yet they didn’t listen or pay attention but followed their own advice and their own stubborn, evil heart. They went backward and not forward. Since the day your ancestors came out of the land of Egypt until today, I have sent all my servants the prophets to you time and time again. However, my people wouldn’t listen to me or pay attention but became obstinate; they did more evil than their ancestors.

Psalm 51:16-17

“For You do not delight in sacrifices” - context is for forgiveness and not necessarily a commentary on proper sacrifices.

What is it that fully makes an sacrifice acceptable before God?

The Right Spirit

The Right Heart

What conditions must the Spirit and the Heart be

Broken

Humble