Sermon: We Have A Heart Problem

“We Have A Heart Problem” Matthew 15:10-20 September 6, 2026 Pastor Tony Felich  Sermon Application [file]   ----more---- Matthew 15:10–20 And he called the people to him and said to them, “Hear and understand: [11] it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.” [12] Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?” [13] He answered, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. [14] Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.” [15] But Peter said to him, “Explain the parable to us.” [16] And he said, “Are you also still without understanding? [17] Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled? [18] But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. [19] For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. [20] These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.”   Our greatest problem is not what is around us, but what is within us.         •  Defilement does not come from outside us (vv. 10–11)         •  Blind religion cannot cure what is inside us (vv. 12–14)         •  Sin flows from the heart within us (vv. 15–20)         •  We need God to give us a new heart