Matthew 15:1-20. Unbelievable mercy to unbelievable sinners: Isn’t washing your hands a good thing?

Rev. John Lukomski, co-host of Wrestling with the Basics on KFUO Radio joins Rev. Brady Finnern to study Matthew 15:1-20. Find Wrestling with the Basics at kfuo.org/WrestlingWithTheBasics. The Pharisees and scribes come with accusations concerning the traditions. Jesus points all of us away from the traditions to faith in the Word. He shows us the need for a new heart (Ezekiel 36:26), as the heart, apart from faith in Christ, is full of sin (evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, & slander). This is why Jesus did not allow the arguments from the Pharisees to rule the conversation with traditions. He is the one to give us a new heart like the Canaanite woman in the next few verses to come. “Lord Jesus, we pray for a new heart. A heart that repents and believes. A heart, by the power of the Holy Spirit, fights against the Old Adam and trusts that Your way is best. A heart that finds comfort in Your unending love by the cross. Lord have mercy. Amen”