”Spiritual Traditions and the Heart”, Alex Clegg, Thames Valley churches of Christ

Matthew 15.1-9

1. Spiritual Traditions

• “These people honour me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.”
• Jesus doesn’t say tradition is bad.
• Tradition is often just “human rules”.
• “Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.”
• The Pharisees tradition didn’t match God’s will.
• Do you have traditions/human rules in your spiritual life?
• Do they help your heart to be close to God?
• Do they align with the will of God?
• Do you have traditions/human rules in your spiritual life?
• Do they help your heart to be close to God?
• Do they align with the will of God?
• The Pharisees didn’t share God’s heart.
• “These people honour me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.”

2. The Heart

• Unclean from the inside out, not the outside in.
• The word of God gets at our hearts.
• “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” Proverbs 4:23
• How near does your heart feel towards God?
• Where might you be refreshed by thinking about your heart towards God?
• Have a heart to heart with God!

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