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That Which Defiles
15 Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, 2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”
3 Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’[a]and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’[b] 5 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’ 6 they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. 7 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:
8 “‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
9 They worship me in vain;
their teachings are merely human rules.’[c]”
10 Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand. 11 What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”
12 Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
13 He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.14 Leave them; they are blind guides.[d] If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
15 Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”
16 “Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them.17 “Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?18 But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. 20 These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”
But every man is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.
You see what God fed the children with in the wilderness that they called manna?He does not. Aside from that his head has been crushed into incapable of doing anything.
He speaks spiritually. It is the mechanism that provokes thought. When he speaks subtly or not we have thoughts. Being aware of the spiritual world and being given a gift of discernment I often hear him talk to me and other angels.What do you think?
You see what God fed the children with in the wilderness that they called manna?
Psa 74:14
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
There is a saying, goes something like... You are what you eat.
Just thinking..
Hugs
If we are filled with the Holy Spirit the temptations are less. I often wonder how many tragedies could be avoided from people not engaging in activities or lack thereof that increase their tempted state?You see what God fed the children with in the wilderness that they called manna?
Psa 74:14
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
There is a saying, goes something like... You are what you eat.
Just thinking..
Hugs
It might be helpful to know.good question. I don't want to think about it.
I believe we've discussed this before at length. I still disagree.He does not. Aside from that his head has been crushed into incapable of doing anything. There is no LAW for Satan to use on the Nation of Israel. And the LAW has been fulfilled by Christ. Therefore how can Satan do anything?
Your own desires tempt you; by what the World offers.
Jesus makes it clear here.
James makes it clear here, by virtue of the Lord Yeshua. Unless you think this letter is just a flaw.
Doesn’t say anything about Satan. Our own lust, are our own no one else’s.
I think it makes Satan's job easier when we believe he is not trying to tempt us.He does not. Aside from that his head has been crushed into incapable of doing anything. There is no LAW for Satan to use on the Nation of Israel. And the LAW has been fulfilled by Christ. Therefore how can Satan do anything?
Your own desires tempt you; by what the World offers.
Jesus makes it clear here.
James makes it clear here, by virtue of the Lord Yeshua. Unless you think this letter is just a flaw.
Doesn’t say anything about Satan. Our own lust, are our own no one else’s.
We have before.I believe we've discussed this before at length. I still disagree.
To me. It’s stupid. To think someone whom is done away with, can’t tempt you. It really tones down Jesus and his victory. Satan must be stealing souls away if he is still active.I think it makes Satan's job easier when we believe he is not trying to tempt us.
I believe you are confusing prophesy with the present time.We have before.
To me. It’s stupid. To think someone whom is done away with, can’t tempt you. It really tones down Jesus and his victory. Satan must be stealing souls away if he is still active.
What happens is when you learn right from wrong by and through Jesus Christ, and you learn about how you and everyone else can be inside of their heart.
Greedy, Jealous, etc…
It’s us who desire and lust. Adam and Eve had their own desires, Eve seen the fruit as good for wisdom and decided to take. It wasn’t Satan. Adam decided to go on and choose his wife and eat with her because she must have been a hotty (jokingly), Adam then blamed God for giving him the woman as though his decision was not his fault.
Who is to blame? Satan? Or were they responsible for themselves and their decisions!
That’s the common denominator of saying look Satan still alive because of this. I don’t think like that.I believe you are confusing prophesy with the present time.
Look at how badly the world has gone astray. Politicians and the press constantly lie. Can't you see Satan's influence?
The Bible states that Satan rules the world (1 John 5:19). You can see it everywhere - lies, lies, lies. You even see it in the church.That’s the common denominator of saying look Satan still alive because of this. I don’t think like that.
Humans make choices.
Your own nephew can decide by himself to murder. Children learn about it early in life, from grade school.
The world has been a lot better in my opinion concerning the state which was seen prior to the destruction of Israel and the doing away with Satan.
Use to, you, believe in Christ you would be murdered on sight. That’s not like today.
That doesn’t mean there is no darkness, still lurking within our own soul. I can tell right from wrong, by just my conscious. Some conscious become seared; however Jesus can still heal their wounds and their vacant dark heart.
The Bible states that Satan rules the world (1 John 5:19). You can see it everywhere - lies, lies, lies. You even see it in the church.
The Bible prophesizes that Satan will be defeated. That is in the process of happening right now.
Satan will be defeated.Jesus also promises to remove Satan from that position.
John 12
Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out.
I understand though. You look at the world through a world view that suggest everyone and everywhere is demonic things going on.
Sure, there are two wisdoms you know?
James 3:13-18
New International Version
Two Kinds of Wisdom
13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. 14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.15 Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 16 For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
17 But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. 18 Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.
Still, it doesn’t suggest that Satan is still running around. Or that Satan continues tempts people, when temptation comes from our own heart and mind.
You can suggest Jesus has not won yet, that is okay. You already know I disagree with that stance because it really puts
Jesus in the limelight of being a liar himself.