288 - The Laver and Purification
Napsal(a) Jonathan S. Rose
Title: The Laver and Purification
Topic: Salvation
Summary: Before we are reborn, our outer self is a liability and a cause of problems. Afterwards it is an asset because it functions as a filter for purifying our spirit. This explains why we find so much junk in it sometimes!
Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.
References:
Exodus 30:17-21; 38:8
James 1:19-24
Exodus 40:6-8, 11-12, 30-32
Job 9:29-31; 15:14-16
Psalms 51:1-3, 7, 9-10, 17
Isaiah 1:16-18
Jeremiah 2:20-22
Ezekiel 36:24-26, 29, 31
Malachi 3:1-3
Mark 7:1-8, 14-23
2 Corinthians 7:1
Ephesians 5:25-27, 32
2 Timothy 2:20-22
James 4:7-8
Spirit and Life Bible Study broadcast from 1/11/2017. The complete series is available at: www.spiritandlifebiblestudy.com
Mark 7:1-8
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Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.
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Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault.
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(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don't eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.
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They don't eat when they come from the marketplace, unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.)
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The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why don't your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"
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He answered them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
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But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'
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"For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men--the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things."
