From the Heart!

For Friday, June 23, 2023:

Mark 7:15 NLT, Jesus speaking: “It’s not what goes into your body that defiles you; you are defiled by what comes from your heart.”

Questions come up about Jewish dietary laws. They were originally designed to keep the people safe, to protect them from disease and illness. But with modern refrigeration, food prep cleanliness inspections and thorough cooking readily available, what we eat isn’t the threat it once was. Jesus as much as said that every kind of food is acceptable in God’s eyes.

We are not defiled by what goes into our bodies, but rather by what comes out. Evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness all come from within. When the heart goes off the tracks, goes off God’s plan, we are defiled by what comes out of us.

We should all be more concerned with what comes out of our hearts than what goes into our mouths!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus in the City Fellowship