{"id":1548,"date":"2018-06-21T20:56:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T20:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sing2jesus.org\/?p=1548"},"modified":"2018-06-21T20:56:52","modified_gmt":"2018-06-21T20:56:52","slug":"jesus-commandments-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sing2jesus.org\/?p=1548","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Commandments"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Strive for Inner Purity<\/strong>
\n\u201c10 Then Jesus called to the crowd to come and hear. \u201cListen,\u201d he said, \u201cand try to understand. 11 It\u2019s not what goes into your mouth that defiles you; you are defiled by the words that come out of your mouth.\u201d (Matthew 15:10-11, NLT)<\/i><\/p>\n

Jesus wants us to understand the true nature of \u201cinner purity.\u201d He doesn\u2019t want us to get caught up in the traditions of men \u2013 especially the ones that turn religious. Many times, we try to shape God\u2019s commandments to fit our convenience. Earlier, He scolds the Pharisees for making outward hypocritical statements. They were trying to use God\u2019s commandments as a way to skirt their family responsibilities. Jesus called them \u201chypocrites\u201d and \u201cblind guides.\u201d <\/p>\n

Eating food is a personal, physical thing that only affects your body, but speaking out loud is meant to be shared and affects everyone listening. Jesus wants us guard our hearts and words. In order to speak pure things, you must have a pure heart. If a heart is filled with depravity, it will live out a life of wickedness. But, if a heart strives to be clean, it will speak life-giving words. <\/p>\n

Lord Jesus! I know I can fail every day, because I am weak and sinful. Thank you for your mercy and grace! I know I cannot do any good on my own. Help me to always monitor my words and to seek those things in this life that make me more like You. May everything that I say be words given and guided by the Holy Spirit. May they give life, power, and blessing. Through Your Name I pray! Amen.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Strive for Inner Purity \u201c10 Then Jesus called to the crowd to come and hear. \u201cListen,\u201d he said, \u201cand try to understand. 11 It\u2019s not what goes into your mouth that defiles you; you are defiled by the words that come out of your mouth.\u201d (Matthew 15:10-11, NLT) Jesus wants us to understand the true […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[244,265,266],"class_list":["post-1548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-worship","tag-heart","tag-purity","tag-words"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfZYJd-oY","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sing2jesus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sing2jesus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sing2jesus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sing2jesus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sing2jesus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1548"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sing2jesus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1551,"href":"https:\/\/sing2jesus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1548\/revisions\/1551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sing2jesus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sing2jesus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sing2jesus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}