Matthew 15: 1-20 – Dirty Hands, Clean Heart
God came to earth to keep us from legislating ourselves into oblivion. We see the sins of others and we want to play God so we heap mountains of rules and regulations on the little people thinking this will keep sinful nature in check. Somehow it's not enough. In fact, it makes us even more unruly. Do we really think conforming to some arbitrary manmade laws is going to make us righteous? Earth friendly or even green? Think again!
Can we just wash our hands and still allow our hearts and souls to fester? "Turn your life inside out," Jesus says. Think about washing your heart with some heavenly Chlorox. Only Jesus can remove the stains AND keep it from getting filthy again.
When people say "no" to God being involved in their lives they create their own pitiful rules to try
and clean things up. It just adds to the clutter and they are still as filthy as before.
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