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Chapter 7 of Mark takes a good look at the tendency of men to replace their traditions over the law of God.

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1. Ceremonial Defilement
   1. Pharisees watching closely
   2. Washing is Baptizo
   3. v6-7 Isaiah 29:13
   4. Do we have or know of any “traditions” that are observed today?
2. The Counter Charge of Jesus
   1. “Full well … ” = You are doing a good job of rejecting God’s commandments.
   2. Corban: an example of how God’s word got changed to men’s tradition
3. Jesus explains the source and nature of real defilement
   1. By the same authority as Matthew 5:21-22, Jesus changes the law on external defilement
   2. Men’s laws are grievous and burdensome (Matthew 23:4, Luke 11:46
   3. Not God’s 1 John 5:3
   4. It Cannot defile … v17-19 declaring all meats clean. Religious dietary restrictions are all wasted effort.
   5. Peter did not as late as Acts 10:11-15
4. Healing of the daughter of the Syrophoenician
   1. Tyre and Sidon
   2. The woman knew Jesus Matthew 15:21
   3. The disciples wanted to send her away Matthew 15:23
   4. The woman laid claim to a place in God’s house
5. The Deaf Mute of Decapolis
   1. This was the area that heard about the Gerasene demoniac
   2. Jesus hid hand gestures used to communicate from the other people

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