Feb 17 : Matthew 15:1-28

"Don't you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man 'unclean.' For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. These are what make a man 'unclean'; but eating with unwashed hands does not make him 'unclean.' "
Eat whatever you like! This is what I learned most from this passage. =] jk, but kind of not. The beginning of this passage we see that the pharisees were asking Jesus why his disciples break the law of not washing their hands before they eat. Jesus says that it is not the rules that matter with faith, but the condition of the heart. He says that what we eat we poo, but what we take into our hearts is what shapes us, emotionally. What makes me clean is not the fact that I go to church every Sunday or write a blog everyday but rather what drives it. The heart is like the engine of a car. You can have a great looking car but if the engine is undependable then the whole car is undependable. A great example of something opposite of that is my 1996 black Honda Civic Hatchback DX. That car is not the greatest looking little bugger on the street, but let me tell you, the engine is remarkable. Not once have I had a major problem with it. A/C still works, single complact disc player, non-smoker, no accidents, >112,000. If you're interested I'm still selling it at $2950, cash only. haha jk. But really though - $2950. Ok ok enough joking. But like our lives, a little dent here and little ding there on the outside may appear 'unclean', but if our source of power comes from Truth and the Spirit we are on the right track to race with the best. Is legalism something you deal with on a day to day basis? Is it something you are yet unaware of and need to address? Let us all deal with it appropriately and fix the condition of the heart, not the appearance of our faith.