Title Hypocrites (Mark 07:1-13)
Content The Jewish religious leaders continued to attack and criticize Jesus and His ministry.
caught There was such an argument when Jesus cast out demons, and there was an argument about Jesus eating with tax collectors and prostitutes. There was also controversy over the healing of man on the Sabbath.
1. Jesus was accused This time, the disciples were accused of not performing the washing ritual, one of the Jewish rites.
The habit of washing is a tradition derived from the law as an inheritance of the elders. This is not a legally mandated item. Perhaps it is a tradition that follows the law.
So the Jews did not eat unless they washed their hands.
However, the disciples of Jesus eat without washing, so there is no problem.
In particular, the background of this washing ceremony was a part of the purification ceremony.
I was afraid that I would become unclean by eating food with unclean hands, so I would have kept it in the first place. However, as this was passed down as hereditary, washing hands and not washing hands became more important than the uncleanness or cleanliness of the body.
The original meaning was lost and it became a heavy burden on the Jews.
2. Pharisees with only lips alive The Lord is telling them what Isaiah said about hypocrites.
This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
Respect with your lips, pray to God, praise God. Confess (talk about) God. But their hearts are far from God.
I don't really love God.
This is how Israeli worship is expressed.
They come to me with their lips to worship, praise, and offer their gifts, but because they do not give their hearts and do not dedicate themselves, God will not smell the smell of your burning meat.
He said it was disgusting.
It means that they are not interested in the rituals, only the jetbop.
Today, God lives with their lips, and they confess that God is their Savior, but they are the saints who are estranged, lying, hurting, and seeing the living God. How can this be? These are the images of those who fear God only with their lips.
3. We must keep God's commands.
Jesus is teaching through the present situation in Israel that we must keep the commands.