“What Makes Someone Defiled?”

 “What Makes Someone Defiled?”

 

Jesus said: “It is what comes from inside that defiles you.  For from within, out of a person’s heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.  All these vile things come from within; they are what defile you.”   Mark 7:20-23

 

In this part of Mark, chapter seven, Jesus is teaching about INNER PURITY.  And the subject was, “What makes someone DEFILED?”  Could they be DEFILED by eating without first washing their hands? And Jesus told them, “It’s NOT what goes into your body that DEFILES you, you are DEFILED by what COMES FROM your HEART.”

 

Then Jesus proceeded to teach the people and His DISCIPLES, that it is what comes from WITH-IN that DEFILES a PERSON.  Remember, mankind is BORN with a SIN-

 NATURE.  Therefore, it is what is in the HEART, such as:  EVIL THOUGHTS, SEXUAL IMMORALITY, THEFT, MURDER, ADULTERY, GREED, WICKEDNESS, DECEIT, LUSTFUL DESIRES, ENVY, SLANDER, PRIDE and FOOLISHNESS.    ALL these VILE things COME FROM WITHIN, and THEY ARE WHAT DEFILES YOU.

 

You cannot live with a DEFILED heart and expect to get into Heaven.  No matter how much money you give to the church or to the poor.  You see, it’s NOT BY WORKS that you do or MONEY that you GIVE.  But ONLY through the MERCY and GRACE of GOD and your OBEDIENCE to GOD’S PLAN of SALVATION, and by your TRUE FAITH in Him and His SON, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, who SUFFERED, BLED and DIED for the FORGIVENESS OF YOUR and MY SINS. And to GIVE us an ETERNITY in HEAVEN.  So, if you are harboring ANY of the things that DEFILE the HUMAN HEART, and will give you an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there.  You MUST DO the FOLLOWING THINGS in order to SECURE your ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN. 

 

First:  ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST.  You MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS DIED for YOU and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST CONFESS your sins to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFE-STYLE and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And like David, ask God to: “Create in You a CLEAN HEART, and to RENEW a LOYAL SPIRIT WITHIN YOU.” (Ps. 51:10). Then ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and let the CLEANSING BLOOD of the LORD JESUS CHRIST wash AWAY all those things that would make you a DEFILED PERSON.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t BE LEFT BEHIND!!!