Know Your Enemy: Remedies Against the Flesh—How to & How Not To Fast (1) | Matthew 15:11-20

Lord's Day: Oct 6, 2024  Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: Self-Denial & Fasting Topic: Fasting Scripture: Matthew 6:16–18 Topics include Jesus' rebuke of hypocritical traditions of the Pharisees; man's first sin; taking care of ourselves; sexual sin in churches; how not to fast; fasting vs dieting; fasting as an end in itself; avoiding dangers before and after a fast, length of a fast; personal exceptions to and limitations of fasting; intermittent fasting. 11 “It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.” 12 Then the disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?” 13 But He answered and said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted. 14 “Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” 15 Now Peter answered and said to Him, “Explain the parable to us.” 16 And Jesus said, “Are you still lacking in understanding also? 17 “Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and goes into the sewer? 18 “But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man. 19 “For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false witness, slanders. 20 “These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.” Matthew 15:11-20 We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am: ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church4712 Montana Ave El Paso, Texas 79903 Contact us at: web: ThornCrownCovenant.Churchcall/text: (915) 843-8088email: [email protected] Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org and 316publishing.com