What does a true kingdom person look like?

“These people honour [God] with their lips, but their hearts are far from [him]!” So says Jesus, quoting Isaiah, of the religious leaders who gather around him in Mark 7. It’s a stinging rebuke, levelled against the guys who, from the outside, probably looked like they had it all together, like they really knew God and cared about honouring him. We probably look around and can think of certain people that we think have it all together when it comes to God - we might even think of ourselves that way! But this week, we’re looking at Jesus’ challenge to look beyond the externals, to look at our hearts, and we’re looking at the great news that, despite what we find there, he has come to make us clean.