Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Mark 7:9-15
by: Jerry Johnson.
Our nation is obsessed with good health. Look at the multi-billion dollar exercise video, nutrition supplement, and alternative medicine industries. By itself, there is nothing wrong with eating right, staying in shape, and generally treating our bodies like the temples they are (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).
The problem occurs when we begin to over-analyze outward appearances. In our passage, the Pharisees worried only about what goes into the body. As a result, they became judgmental, to the point of ignoring spiritual problems in their own lives. In our zeal for outward holiness, do we neglect the inward?