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Thursday, May 1, 2008
Defiled!
All these bad things begin inside a person, in the mind: bad
thoughts, sexual sins, stealing, murder, adultery, greed,
doing bad things to people, lying, doing things that are
morally wrong, jealousy, saying bad things about people,
proud boasting, and foolish living. All these evil things
come from inside a person. These things make a person wrong."
-- Mark 7:21-23 (ERV)
KEY THOUGHT:
Sometimes in our quest to emphasize Jesus' concern about our inner
being, we accidentally let go of any sense of holy standards. Jesus did
not. Jesus' followers were instructed not to do so. Morality was
stressed as a response to God's grace, was the product of a life led by
the Holy Spirit, and was the demonstration that they died to their old
life of sin when a person was baptized with Christ into his death.
Immorality was condemned in specific and strong terms. The observable
immorality and corruption, however, found it's origin in Satan's
influence on the inner being of a person. Externals were simply the way
a person's inner life became exposed.
TODAY'S PRAYER:
Father in heaven, please work on my heart. Purify my motives and my
desires. Make me your person, holy and pure. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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