Cleanliness Is Next to Godliness
Calvary Church with Skip Heitzig Audio Podcast
Skip Heitzig
4.8 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
I have spent my entire ministry telling people what the Bible does say. In this series I have been telling you what it doesn’t say—that is, commonly used sayings that many have assumed were from Scripture but are not. Today we look at one that many a parent has quoted to a child, and teachers have quoted to their students. Our story in Mark 7 reveals three categories of cleanliness.
I. Cleanliness Had Become External
II. Cleanliness Was Seen as Eternal
III. Cleanliness is Really Internal
Talk with God: Prayerfully consider your relationship with the Lord. Have religious habits taken the place of an active, intimate connection?
Talk with others: Ask a fellow believer how they stay focused on the Lord when life distracts them.
Talk with kids: How does knowing that God has a plan help you face hard situations?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Calvary Church with Skip Heitzik. We're so glad you joined us today. We've heard |
| 0:05.7 | and even repeated catchy band-aid phrases that seem comforting and empowering. Phrases like |
| 0:11.3 | God helps those who help themselves. Speak your truth. Follow your heart. But did you know |
| 0:17.5 | the Bible doesn't say any of that? In this study, we'll turn to scripture to expose commonly repeated misconceptions and find |
| 0:26.0 | freedom and true power in the life-changing truth of God's word. |
| 0:31.9 | It is an honor for us to serve you at this church. |
| 0:36.2 | And this, as you've already heard, is the week where we cast |
| 0:39.6 | our vote. And we live in a constitutional republic, which means you have a voice. We have a voice. |
| 0:47.1 | And I believe it is the responsibility of every believer to get involved. And you might say, |
| 0:53.8 | well, gosh, I'm just |
| 0:54.6 | undecided. I'm a Christian, but I like to sit these things out. If that's the case, |
| 1:00.3 | this is a good opportunity this week for you to repent of that and go to the voting poll, |
| 1:06.9 | even if it takes you a little extra time and make your voice known. |
| 1:11.6 | It's a matter of issues. You're not voting for one person. I don't like the personality of this or that person. |
| 1:17.6 | You are voting for thousands of people who will go to Washington, |
| 1:22.6 | implement a set of values and policies that either you agree with or disagree with. |
| 1:28.7 | So vote biblical values as you get into the voting booth this week. |
| 1:33.6 | Well, would you turn in your Bibles, please, to the book of Mark, |
| 1:37.8 | the gospel of Mark, second book in your New Testament, Mark chapter 7, |
| 1:43.6 | Mark chapter 7, where we're going to attempt to look at this |
| 1:48.5 | statement that is often used in our culture, cleanliness is next to godliness. |
| 1:54.8 | I was reading the other day on Pinterest, a little post that somebody posted that said, if cleanliness is next to godliness, |
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