Re:Verse passage – Mark 7:1-23 (day seven)
There is nothing outside the man which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man. vs 15
“Although it may not seem so now, this passage, when it was first spoken, was well-nigh the most revolutionary passage in the New Testament.” -Barclay
What makes this so revolutionary? The focus of many of the rules in ancient Israel, including parts of the the Law, were hyper focused on keeping the individual ritualistically pure as to differentiate them from a pagan society. To do so, they watched closely the things they took into their body. What Jesus begins to challenge them on is the idea that the things coming out of the body, the things we say and do, are a better reflection of the purity of the soul than the things we eat. Our hands may be clean, our hearts can still be dirty.
Even though we might not struggle with things that are Kosher in modern Christianity, we still struggle with the same mentality. Many in our churches today are more concerned with how others perceive them and how they appear than the actual cleanliness of their heart. When observed at a closer level, their words, their actions, and their fruit will tell a much different story. What are the things that come out of you?
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