Sermon
Mark 7:1-23 What Makes Us Clean
Stonebrook Community Church
Speaker: Matt Heerema, with John Shields
November 18, 2024 · 38 min
Summary
Mark 7 teaches that defilement comes not from external sources but from the human heart, which produces evil. Jesus declares that no external religious practice cleanses us; only a new heart from God through faith in Christ can make us acceptable to God. Listeners learn that while forgiveness is a free gift, becoming clean requires lifelong participation with the Holy Spirit in battling sin.
Highlights
We have an internal problem that requires an external solution, not an external problem that requires an internal solution.
Our response to our sin will tell us a whole lot about our relationship with God.
No amount of religious performance or good behavior can make us right with God. You need a new heart and this heart can only be had as a free gift from God.