August 25, 2010 Soap or Blood? 3

"Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. Nothing outside a man can make him unclean by going into him, Rather, it is what comes out of a man that makes him unclean."

Good Salvation Wednesday Morning, my dear brothers and sisters... Please pray right now for Eleanor Saylor who has just left her home by ambulance to go to the hospital. Also please keep praying for Janet as she recovers from major back surgery. And please keep Vicki and her family on your prayer list daily, she has a very full plate and a lot, a whole lot of health issues. Also please pray for the unsaved and for God to use those of us who are Born Again to work the fields of harvest to bring in the Lost.

On a side note, I am again having computer problems, so if I am late, or you do not receive a message please let me know...

Soap or Blood? 3: Mark 7:14 - Again Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, "Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. Nothing outside a man can make him unclean by going into him, Rather, it is what comes out of a man that makes him unclean." (NIV)

Now at first look at this scripture we might start thinking about putting food into our mouth and eating it, and then about the way the unused parts come out and surely they would be unclean, but that is not at all what this scripture is really about. When His disciples questioned Him about this Parable, Jesus said to them.

Mark 7:18 - "Are you so dull?" He asked. "Don't you see that nothing that enters a man from the outside can make him unclean? 19 For it doesn't go into his heart but into his stomach, and then out of his body." In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean. (NIV)

Folks, I want you to really think about this, I want you to think about things that come out of man that make him unclean, and where it comes out and some of the reasons why. Yes, I am going to let you think about it overnight and even read about it... hey an open book test... Mark 7:1/23.

Dear Heavenly Father, help us this day to get to work for You. We know You have commanded this in Your Word to us, and we pray this day that You clean us up before we go to work for You, for we want to be very sure that nothing unclean comes out of us when we are speaking for You, and in fact we want to be very sure that nothing unclean ever comes out of us. Lord, please heal Eleanor, Janet, and Vicki this day. Lord, also please touch my wife Dolores and take away the pain... Lord, give it to me if need be... In the name of Jesus, Amen.

Now go forth sharing your blessings and loving on Jesus. And dear brothers and sisters, please try each day to look at the best part of the day, and remember that when all else seems to be going wrong, Jesus is still loving you, He really is. Praise God for all things, folks, all things, even pain, and yes, Dolores and I both do that, even as we pray for Him to take it away, we praise Him for it... Love ya, Pastor Dan.