READ: Judges 9,10; Psalm 110; Luke 11:29-54
SCRIPTURE: Luke 11:39 Then the Lord said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
40 You foolish people! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also?
OBSERVATION: When Jesus was in the house of a Pharisee, before the Pharisee served him the meal, Jesus wanted to teach him an important lesson related to the practice of Pharisees. It appears that Jesus deliberately did not wash his hands. When the Pharisee was seeing him with a surprise as Jesus did not wash his hands, Jesus told him about the importance of cleaning the inside part as well. A cup that is cleaned only on the outside part may look nice. But if it is not washed thoroughly in and out, it would be unfit to use, though how costly or beautiful is it. People would notice only the outer part. So, various cultures across the globe give importance to external cleaning. But Jesus made it clear that God first sees our heart than our outward cleanliness.
APPLICATION: People say cleanliness is next to godliness. However, they mostly speak about outward cleanliness, and reluctant to speak about inward cleanliness. But Jesus always speaks about the cleanliness of heart. For Jesus, what comes from the heart that makes a person unclean and defiles him (Mk.7:20). So, I should give importance to keep my heart pure and clean than outward cleanliness.
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