Jesus Legacy/Our Lives: Uncommon

14 And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand: 15 There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.” 17 And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18 And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, 19 since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.) 20 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. 21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”

Mark 7:14-

Defiled=Unclean/Impure

The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary Unclean and Clean

Uncleanness or impurity is basically defined as that which is a threat to or opposes holiness, and hence must be kept separate from that sphere.

Solomon sums up the problem well

Ecclesiastes 7:29 ESV

29 See, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes.

The Bible says in that God created mankind in his own image. (Imago Dei) Adam and Eve were created holy, set apart from all creation, in the image of God. Satan, the unclean one, tempted them and they sought out to be like God.

The fruit didn’t defile them, their disobedience did, and since then God has offered a way by which we can be made holy and set apart through his son Jesus.

Holiness: That which is consistent with God and his character, and that which is threatened by impurity.

dedicated to God-morally

spiritually excellent

1. The Problem

Christians like the Pharisees often times practice traditions without checking their heart.

Mark 7:14 ESV

14 And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand:

Jesus makes it clear.

Mark 7:15 ESV

15 There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.”

Mark 7:

His disciples want clarification

Mark 7:18-

Mark 7:18–20 ESV

18 And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, 19 since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.) 20 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him.

Jesus had rebuked the Pharisees for following man made traditions and often times passed them on like they were commands from God. In fact Jesus uses some a bit of sarcasm and quotes Isaiah the prophet.

Mark 7:6–8 ESV

6 And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, “ ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; 7 in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ 8 You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.”

Mark 7:

2. The Schemes: Lip service and false worship

Lip service and false worship

Mark 7:20–23 ESV

20 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. 21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”

Mark 7:20-2

Our Language, Our Entertainment (game of thrones), Sex before marriage, gluttony, alcohol consumption, idolatry (stuff), caffiene addition, greed, judgment, selfishness, hatred, gossip, pride, fear/worry, patriotism

3. The Solution

1 Corinthians 15:45 ESV

45 Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary Unclean and Clean

Uncleanness or impurity is basically defined as that which is a threat to or opposes holiness, and hence must be kept separate from that sphere.

Grace-No condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus

Romans 8:1 ESV

1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Grace-No condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus

Jesus

Romans 8:3 ESV

3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

The Holy Spirit

Romans 8:6–7 ESV

6 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot.

Romans 8:

Those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. (love, joy, Peace, Kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control

Romans 8:1–9 ESV

1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. 3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. 6 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

1 Corinthians 6:11 ESV

11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

1 Corinthians 15:45 ESV

45 Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

Galatians 5:24–25 ESV

24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

1 Cor

1 Cor 6:

Luke 1:74–75 ESV

74 that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, 75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.