A New Heart!

 

Jesus called the crowd together again and said, “Pay attention and try to understand what I mean.

The food that you put into your mouth doesn't make you unclean and unfit to worship God. The bad words that come out of your mouth are what make you unclean.”

After Jesus and his disciples had left the crowd and gone into the house, they asked him what these sayings meant.  He answered, “Don't you know what I am talking about by now? You surely know that the food you put into your mouth cannot make you unclean.

It doesn't go into your heart, but into your stomach, and then out of your body.” By saying this, Jesus meant that all foods were fit to eat.

Then Jesus said: What comes from your heart is what makes you unclean.  Out of your heart come evil thoughts, vulgar deeds, stealing, murder,  unfaithfulness in marriage, greed, meanness, deceit, indecency, envy, insults, pride, and foolishness.

All of these come from your heart, and they are what make you unfit to worship God.

Mark 7:14-23

Heart disease is said to be the leading cause of death worldwide. If your heart fails you cannot keep on living no matter how healthy the rest of your body is. You can live without an arm or a leg and there are parts of your body that are not essential to life, but your heart is.

Spiritual heart disease makes you unclean and it is easy to identify the problem because of the symptoms. Listen to them again. "Out of your heart come evil thoughts, vulgar deeds, stealing, murder, unfaithfulness in marriage, greed, meanness, deceit, indecency, envy, insults, pride, and foolishness." You will not be able to worship God when you come before Him with these things coming from your heart!

Jesus doesn't want to just patch up your old heart. Jesus wants to give you a new heart! With your brand new heart you can come before the Lord and worship Him with all your heart!

By the way, there is no waiting list for the new heart Jesus wants to give you. It is available right now. Let the Great Physician put a new heart in your life!