{"id":1233,"date":"2024-03-20T18:43:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T18:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/?p=1233"},"modified":"2024-03-20T18:43:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T18:43:49","slug":"defilement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/?p=1233","title":{"rendered":"Defilement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">He went on:\u00a0<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">\u201cWhat comes out of a person is what defiles them.\u00a0For it is from within, out of a person\u2019s heart, that evil thoughts come\u2014sexual immorality, theft, murder,\u00a0adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.\u00a0All these evils come from inside and defile a person.\u201d<\/mark>\u00a0\u00a0(Mark 7:20-23, NASB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Jesus had just finished a discussion with some Pharisees, who had wondered why His disciples were eating with unwashed hands.\u00a0 \u00a0Jesus called them hypocrites, since they obeyed man&#8217;s traditions instead of God&#8217;s commandments.\u00a0 He then got into a discussion with the people.\u00a0 The passage above is Jesus explaining further to His disciples.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deadmannotwalking.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-4.png?resize=525%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deadmannotwalking.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-4.png?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deadmannotwalking.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-4.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deadmannotwalking.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deadmannotwalking.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-4.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deadmannotwalking.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-4.png?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deadmannotwalking.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-4.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mark 7:21-22 image.\u00a0 Found at Bible Portal,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bibleportal.com\/verse\/-for-it-is-from-within-out-of-a-persons-heart-that-evil-thoughts-comesexual-niv-5043\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mark 7:21-22 N<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Jesus tells His\u00a0 disciples that they should guard their hearts because out of the hearts come defilement.\u00a0 He then gives us a laundry list of the sins that defile us.\u00a0 My heart is the home of the Holy Spirit.\u00a0 I pray every day for God to renew my heart and my soul and my mind so that I will be wholly and totally devoted to Him.\u00a0 I pray to the Holy Spirit to help me not to defile His Temple so that He will find complete and total rest and comfort here with me.\u00a0<br>In this season of Lent we should all resolve to guard our hearts.\u00a0 From our hearts come true defilement.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jesus Paid it All - Fernando Ortega - Lyrics\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D5DyeCx8H4U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Worship:\u00a0 &#8220;Jesus Paid It All,&#8221; by Fernando Ortega<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"the Ball Brothers - It&#039;s About the Cross (OFFICIAL video)\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TYSJj-EHAAk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Worship:\u00a0 &#8220;It&#8217;s About The Cross,&#8221; by The Ball Brothers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Our daughter Meredith Cooper is visiting Sue and me this week.\u00a0 She posed an interesting question yesterday.\u00a0 She was reading from the Torah and she said that when the Israelites were wandering through the Sinai wilderness they were required to make grain offerings.\u00a0 She wondered where they got their grain.\u00a0 I took a few hours to think and then I got on the computer.\u00a0 It seems to me that when God gives us a command He also gives us the means to carry it out.\u00a0 God must have led the Israelites to a place where they could harvest grain.\u00a0 God also commanded them to observe the Passover in which they had to eat unleavened bread so they had to have gotten their grain from somewhere.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He went on:\u00a0\u201cWhat comes out of a person is what defiles them.\u00a0For it is from within, out of a person\u2019s heart, that evil thoughts come\u2014sexual immorality, theft, murder,\u00a0adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.\u00a0All these evils come from inside and defile a person.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0(Mark 7:20-23, NASB) Jesus had just finished a discussion with &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/?p=1233\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Defilement&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1235,"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233\/revisions\/1235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}