Bible Questions Answered:
“All you bible thumpers are all the
same. If I love to go to the bar and drink and have a smoke
condemnation, condemnation, don't do this don't to that etc. etc.
What I do is my business, and is not
sin! Matter of fact, a friend the other day gave me a bible verse
that says what I do is not sin or wrong...so there, he said it is
mark 7:15 so write that one down, I dare you to tell everyone that
one!!!”
Bill/ Ulm, Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg)
Bible Text:
Mark 7:14,15,17-23 NLT
14 Then Jesus called to the crowd to
come and hear. “All of you listen,” He said, “and try to
understand.
15 It’s not what goes into your
body that defiles you;
(But here is the rest of that verse,
and teaching....)
you are defiled by what comes from
your heart.”
17 Then Jesus went into a house to
get away from the crowd, and His disciples asked Him what He meant by
the parable He had just used.
18 “Don’t you understand
either?” He asked. “Can’t you see that the food you put into
your body cannot defile you?
19 Food doesn’t go into your
heart, but only passes through the stomach and then goes into the
sewer.” (By saying this, He declared that every kind of food is
acceptable in God’s eyes.)
20 And then He added, “It is
what comes from inside that defiles you.
21 For from within, out of a
person’s heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft,
murder,
22 adultery, greed, wickedness,
deceit, lustful desires, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.
23 All these vile things come
from within; they are what defile you.”
You say that it
is not a sin to do your drinking, but What Does It Cause You To
Do?
That Is Sin!
Proverbs
23:29-35 KJV
29 Who hath
woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who
hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
30 They that
tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
31 Look not
thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the
cup, when it moveth itself aright.
32 At the
last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
33 Thine eyes
shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse
things.
34 Yea, thou
shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that
lieth upon the top of a mast.
35 They have
stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me,
and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
Homily:
Here is a term not known until the 20th Century, it is a
term computer programmers defined.
GIGO, translation...Garbage In, Garbage Out.
Should a programmer inadvertently, put a programming mistake into his
computer program, all would crash! And why, what had happened? By
mistake he had put garbage in (a mistake), and garbage was the
result.
Oh, how deceitful sin is!
God Knows The Heart:
Psalm 7:9 KJV
"...God
trieth the hearts and reins (mind
of man)."
Psalm 44:21 KJV
Shall not God
search this out? for He knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Proverbs 17:3 KJV
The fining
pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the
hearts.
Proverbs 21:2 KJV
Every way of
a man is right in his own eyes: but The Lord pondereth the hearts.
Jeremiah 17:9 KJV
The heart is
deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Acts 1:24 KJV
And they
prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men..."
Acts 15:8 KJV
And God,
which knoweth the hearts..."
Romans 8:27 KJV
And He that
searcheth the hearts knoweth..."
I Corinthians 4:5 KJV
Therefore
judge nothing before the time, until
The Lord
come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and
will make manifest the counsels of the hearts..."
Hebrews 4:12,13 KJV
12 For the
word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged
sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and
of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and
intents of the heart.
13 Neither is
there any creature that is not manifest in His sight: but all things
are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.
Does it matter what you put into your mind, body, soul and spirit?
Absolutely, because what you feed on is what will come from you!
The Heart Of Sinful Man:
Proverbs 12:20 KJV
Deceit is in
the heart of them that imagine evil..."
Proverbs 12:23 KJV
"...the
heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
Proverbs 15:28 KJV
"...the
mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
Proverbs 18:12 KJV
Before
destruction the heart of man is haughty..."
Ecclesiastes 7:4 KJV
"...the
heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Ecclesiastes 8:11 KJV
Because
sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the
heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Ecclesiastes 9:3 KJV
"...the
heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their
heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
Matthew 12:34 ,35 KJV
34 O
generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for
out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart
bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure
bringeth forth evil things.
Matthew 15:18 KJV
But those
things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and
they defile the man.
Acts 28:27 NLT
For the
hearts of these people are hardened, and their ears cannot hear, and
they have closed their eyes— so their eyes cannot see, and their
ears cannot hear, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot
turn to Me and let Me heal them.’
Romans 16:18 KJV
For they that
are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by
good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
God Guards The Hearts Of His
People:
Psalm 19:8 NLT
The commandments of The Lord are right, bringing joy to the heart.
The commands of The Lord are clear, giving insight for living.
Romans 10:10 KJV
For with the
heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession
is made unto salvation.
Ephesians 6:6-8 NLT
6 "...As
slaves of Christ, do the will of God with all your heart.
7 Work with
enthusiasm, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for
people.
8 Remember
that The Lord will reward each one of us for the good we do..."
Hebrews 13:8,9 KJV
8 Jesus
Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
9 Be not
carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good
thing that the heart be established with grace..."
I Peter 3:3,4 KJV
3 Whose
adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair,
and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
4 But let it
be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible,
even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight
of God of great price.
Ephesians 5:15-20 NLT
15 So be
careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are
wise.
16 Make the
most of every opportunity in these evil days.
17 Don’t
act thoughtlessly, but understand what The Lord wants you to do.
18 Don’t be
drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled
with the Holy Spirit,
19 singing
psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, and making
music to The Lord in your hearts.
20 And give
thanks for everything to God The Father in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
Psalm 19:14 KJV
Let the words
of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy
sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.
