Last week, Adventist World Radio was at the Paris Olympics, working with 95 young people in conjunction with ASI France and the North France Conference to distribute literature to the attendees. AWR has printed 1.1 million tracts and tens of thousands of copies of The Desire of Ages. If you would like to join AWR on an upcoming evangelistic or health mission trip (such as Rwanda for Christ in 2025) visit awr.org/missiontrips Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s07YfpD_o7I
Monday: Clean Hands or Clean Heart?
Daily Lesson for Monday 5th of August 2024
Read Mark 7:14-19. What did Jesus mean by the riddle in Mark 7:15?
Jesus’ words in this passage have been a conundrum for many as they ponder their relationship to the teachings of Leviticus 11:1-47 regarding clean and unclean foods. Is Jesus doing away with such distinctions? Are Seventh-day Adventists mistaken in teaching that church members who eat meat are to eat it only from the clean-animal list?
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First, it would be odd for Jesus suddenly to dismiss Mosaic instructions in Mark 7:14-19 when He had just defended Moses against tradition in Mark 7:6-13. Second, the very tradition that the Pharisees were promoting does not have a basis in Old Testament teaching; the food laws, in contrast, do. Third, what Mark 7:19 means when it says that Jesus cleanses all food is not that the food laws are abolished but instead that the tradition of touch contamination that the Pharisees had made was invalid. This, for example, is that false notion that if you could be contaminated by coming in contact with Gentiles, then you also could be contaminated through contact with food that they had touched.
Read Mark 7:20-23. What did Jesus say causes contamination of a person?
In Mark 7:19, Jesus notes that food does not go into the heart but into the stomach and then passes out through the intestinal tract. But in Mark 7:21-23, He notes that evil comes from inside the heart, from the center of who a person is. He presents a list of vices that start from evil thoughts but then end in evil actions.
When the reference to the fifth commandment in Mark 7:10 is included with the vice list, every commandment of the second table of the Decalogue is there. Further, Jesus refers to vain worship, in Mark 7:7, the breaking of what is at the heart of the first four commands of the Decalogue. Thus, Jesus stands as a defender of the Law of God throughout this passage.
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You might have the right theology, but who fully and ultimately has your heart? |
(1)Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/24c-06-clean-hands-or-clean-heart/
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We are Adventist World Radio, dedicated to sending the gospel to every corner of the world, even in the most remote and inaccessible locations. Through radio broadcasts, Cell Phone Evangelism, Godpods, and Digital Evangelism on various social media platforms, we're striving to reach millions across the world in their native languages. Since we started broadcasting back in 1975, we've seen and heard some truly inspirational stories of people who've experienced life-changing encounters with God. Regardless of their beliefs or professions, we have seen God reach a pagan chieftain, a witch, a professional assassin, and even rebels. Witness God’s work at AWR, from broadcast to baptism. #short Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSWi9QRBpx4
