The document discusses the heart of spiritual matters. It notes that Jesus taught that external traditions are less important than obeying God's commandments and that what comes from within a person, such as their thoughts and words, is more significant than external factors in determining their spiritual state. The document is from a church website and expresses that the church's mission is to live and share God's grace so that communities experience His transforming love and peace.

1. A Matter of the Heart www.princeofpeace.org.au

2. Love

3. Love Compassion

4. Love Compassion Sadness

5. Love Compassion Sadness Apathy

6. Love Compassion Sadness Apathy Evasiveness

7. The Heart of the Matter “You have let go of the commandments of God and are holding on to the traditions of men” (vs 8)

8. The Heart of the Matter “You have let go of the commandments of God and are holding on to the traditions of men” (vs 8) “Nothing outside a man can make him ‘unclean’ by going into him. Rather it is what comes out of a man that makes him unclean.” (vs 14)

9. The Heart of the Matter It’s not the external things that really matter. It’s what comes from your heart.

10. Welcome to Prince of Peace Our Mission is to live and share the grace of God so our communities experience His transforming love and peace www.princeofpeace.org.au