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b'Clean Hands and a Pure Heart \\u2013 Mark 7Psalm 24:3-6 \\u2013 \\u201cWho shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; TEXT -MARK 7Scribes and Pharisees came to see Jesus they were from Jerusalem (70 mile journey)If hands are defiled the body is defiled, wash to the elbows"if the Pharisees touched but the garments of the common people, they were defiled, .. hence, when they walked the streets, they walked on the sides of the way, that they might not be defiled by touching the common peopleF23:Jesus says it is a matter of the heart -Unclean is a heart issue before GodBodily waste is cleaner to God than the sin of the heartJob 14:4 - Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? There is not one.Col.12:21-25- \\u201c21 \\u201cDo not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch\\u201d 22 (referring to things that all perish as they are used)\\u2014according to human precepts and teachings? 23 These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.\\u201d2 Tim. 3:5-7 \\u2013 There will be terribles times in the last days\\u2026. having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people. 6 They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires,7 always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.\\u201d12 sins of the heart \\u2013 the origin of sin is in the heat motivation of man.Jeremiah \\u2013 17:9 \\u2013 \\u201cThe heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?\\u201dThe remedy \\u2013 Ezekiel 36:25-26- \\u201cI will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.\\u201dClean hands do what a pure heart motivates'