Good Morning Friends,
“What goes into a man’s mouth does not make him
‘unclean,’ but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him ‘unclean.’ 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.’” (Matthew 15:11; 17-20)
What does your mouth reveal about your heart?
Jesus said that what comes out of the mouth comes
from the heart. So, you can tell what is in a man’s heart by what comes out of
his mouth!
This teaching came out of the context of a
rebuke to the Pharisees. The Pharisees were very concerned with outward
religion. They were concerned because the disciples of Jesus were not careful
to do the ceremonial cleansing that was required before eating. Jesus’ point is
that it’s not the dirty hands that make a man unclean, but a dirty heart. And a
dirty heart is revealed by the things that come out of a man’s mouth!
James taught a great deal about the tongue in
his book. His teaching indicated that the tongue is the most difficult part of
the body to control. That is consistent with this teaching of Jesus. The tongue
can’t be controlled by focusing on trying to control it. Rather, the only way
the tongue will be changed is when the heart is changed.
So, what does your mouth reveal about your
heart? What kind of heart-change do you need?
His, by Grace, Steve
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