Scapegoating: Leviticus 15:1-16:28
What comes out of the mouth: Mark 7:1-23
I am poor and needy: Psalm 40:11-17
Mouth of a fool: Proverbs 10:13-14
Keep in mind that not everything Jesus said & did was written down in the gospels. Of all the things of Jesus Mark knew about, he decided that this was important enough to be written down.
Think about all the junk that comes out of our mouths. Jesus wasn’t lying when He said that it’s what comes out of our mouth that defiles us.
Now before you start saying that it doesn’t apply to today, that times have changed, yada-yada – think again. People like to say that our world has changed too much to live godly lives, including with our mouths, in today’s time. Those people don’t know much about the Roman empire.
Mark wrote his gospel primarily for the Romans. Their lifestyles were about as decadent as 21st century Americans. It’s safe to say that if the Romans were expected to watch their mouths, we are too.
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