Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Mark 7:17-23
by: Paula Davis.
The Pharisees learned all the rules and were quick to recall them at the appropriate time, when they could catch someone in the act of disobedience. Unfortunately, the Pharisees were more concerned with what people were eating than whether they had food at all. The knowledge did not make it to their hearts, so what came from their mouths was cold and calculated, arrogant, and not filled with love. Have you ever had days like that? Jesus was concerned that His disciples understood that love should always rule our hearts. Only then would it overflow from their mouths. He wants this for us as well.