• Devotions

    The Heart of the Matter

    This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain do they worhsip me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men,’ You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.”  Mark 7:6b-8 Do you know where your heart truly is?  Is it far from God or is it close? In Jesus’ day, the religious leaders were highly respected and were considered holy.  They were the experts of the Old Testament law.  The religious leaders prided themselves on keeping the law.  Their outward behavior could not be critized.  The only person that could was Jesus.  He did call them out.  True…