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Lesson 11 · September 12, 1891

The Heart and Its Fruit.—Mark 7:1-23

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Parallel: .

  1. 1.What question did the scribes and Pharisees ask Jesus on one occasion at Capernaum? .
  2. 2.What led them to ask this question? .
  3. 3.What was the custom and authority of the Jews in respect to cleansing? .
  4. 4.What kind of service was this, outward or inward? .
  5. 5.Is such service acceptable to God? .
  6. 6.In what does a careful regard for tradition of men always result? .
  7. 7.What illustration did he give them of their sin in this respect? .
  8. 8.What effect did their traditions have upon the fifth commandment? .
  9. 9.What did our Saviour declare to the people in regard to the source of defilement? .
  10. 10.By what words does he indicate the importance of the lesson? .
  11. 11.How did his words affect the Pharisees? . See note.
  12. 12.To what important truth did our Saviour then give utterance? .
  13. 13.Did his disciples understand these things? .
  14. 14.What rebuke did our Saviour give them? .
  15. 15.From whence did he say those things came that defile the man? ; .
  16. 16.What things does he mention as coming forth from the heart? .
  17. 17.What does Paul say in reference to these same things? .
  18. 18.Where, then, is the foundation of defilement in sin? ; .
  19. 19.In order that good fruit shall be borne in the life, what is absolutely necessary? .
  20. 20.The heart being made good, what will be the fruit of the life? .
  21. 21.What is necessary for us to do that this work may be wrought in us? .

Notes

They Were Offended.—"Caused to stumble" (Revised Version, margin). Reproof either leads to repentance or to rebellion. The object in giving it should always be to help the individual if possible; but whatever the object or motive in the one who gives it, we should always receive it with humility of heart. If we have done wrong, let there be hearty repentance and gratitude to God that he has thought us worthy of reproof. If we are innocent, we have cause of gratitude that he has kept us. In either case we should not be offended at the one who gives the reproof. If we are guilty, we deserve it. If it is given unjustly, the one who gave it should be pitied rather than hated. No power outside of our own heart can make us stumble. (See note to lesson 9.) "Great peace have they that love thy law, and they shall have no stumbling-block." , margin. All wrong feelings or motives cherished in the heart, all institutions of error in existence, will sometime be rooted up. If we put them away and renounce them, we will escape the destruction; but if we identify ourselves with them, we will, as a part of the evil, be rooted up with it.

Bible texts in this lesson

Matthew 15:1-20 · Mark 7:5 · Mark 7:1 · Mark 7:2 · Mark 7:3 · Mark 7:4 · Mark 7:6 · Mark 7:7 · Mark 7:8 · Mark 7:9 · Mark 7:10-12 · Mark 7:13 · Mark 7:15 · Mark 7:14 · Mark 7:16 · Matthew 15:12 · Matthew 15:13 · Matthew 15:14 · Mark 7:17 · Mark 7:18 · Mark 7:21 · Mark 7:23 · Matthew 15:18 · Mark 7:22 · Galatians 5:19-21 · Jeremiah 17:9 · Proverbs 4:23 · Ezekiel 36:26 · Ezekiel 36:27 · Matthew 7:17 · John 6:28 · John 6:29 · Psalms 119:165

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