MATTHEW 15: 10-11
"Listen, Jesus said, and try to understand. It is not what goes into your mouth that defiles you; YOU ARE DEFILED BY THE WORDS THAT COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH!"
There have been all kinds of prohibitions about what certain religious sects can eat. The Lord and the One Truth Today points out that it is not what you eat that defiles you! It is the words that come out of you mouth that defile you! Whether you eat meat on a certain day, or at all, is not important to God. Is it kosher, is not the issure with the Lord. Should we be vegans and vegitarians or carnivors? Does this sea product have scales or this animal have hoofs? The Lord is trying to help us understand that food products do not defile us, it is what we think and what we say that defiles us! Out of the abundance of the heart and mind, the mouth speaks. YOU ARE DEFILED BY THE WORDS THAT COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH!
You are not going to be defiled and unclean in the sight of God by what you let enter your mouth.
It all ends up the same way, as refuse that leaves your body. What really matters is what is in your heart and mind and that is demonstrated by what you say. You will either spit seeds and bring forth blessings or curses from your mouth. Your words will defile you and make you unclean. This may offend the traditions of many religious leaders, but their rules do not represent the New Testament and the Word of God. They are self imposed rules and they do not represent the Word of the Lord. If you have ears, then listen!
We should disregard all false doctrines and try to live and understand the Word of God and His Tuths. We need to learn not to follow blind quides and teachers because we too could fall into the ditch. The real message here is that we are to be careful what comes out of our mouth. Do your words bless or defile you? Is you heart and mind pure or unclean. Our words are seeds that we plant and then later we have to live on the harvest of those words. Try to understand it is not what goes into your mouth that defiles you, but the words that come out of your mouth.
You choose the words and the choices have consequences and bear fruit in the future. If you want to be clean and undefiled then choose your words carefully. If you want to honor God and yourself , make your words clean and undefiled!
