Matthew 15:1-20 - "Scripture & Tradition"

17/12/2023 54 min
Matthew 15:1-20 - "Scripture & Tradition"

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Episode Synopsis

What starts as an aggressive examination of Jesus quickly turns into a trial of the emptiness of man-made religion. Not only has Jesus easily acquitted Himself of all wrong, but He has turned the tables and concluded a devastating case against the Pharisees. The standard of righteousness is not our own rules and ideas, no matter how new and exciting and compelling they seem, but the unchanging Word of God. The actual Law of God has weighed the human heart and found it wanting. The excrement that comes out of our hearts if far more putrid than the excrement produced by what goes through the stomach. As we grow in grace, the charge is to be transformed by the renewal of our minds (Rom. 12:2). The renewal of the mind roots us in the eternal truths of God's Word, and the transformation of our lives is made evident by the fruit of our lives, and by the new things which come out of our mouths.