When studying Scripture and a question is encountered within a passage, be sure to understand the premise underlying it- do not take it at face value.

3. Mark 7:1-3/ESV
Now when the Pharisees gathered to Him,
with some of the scribes who had come from
Jerusalem, they saw that some of His
disciples ate with hands that were defiled,
that is, unwashed. (For the Pharisees and all
the Jews do not eat unless they wash their
hands properly, holding to the tradition of
the elders,
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4. Mark 7:4-5/ESV
and when they come from the marketplace,
they do not eat unless they wash. And there
are many other traditions that they observe,
such as the washing of cups and pots and
copper vessels and dining couches.) And the
Pharisees and the scribes asked Him, “Why
do Your disciples not walk according to the
tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled
hands?”
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5. Mark 7:6-8/ESV
And He said to them, “Well did Isaiah
prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written,
“‘This people honors Me with their lips,
but their heart is far from Me;
in vain do they worship Me,
teaching as doctrines
the commandments of men.’
You leave the commandment of God and
hold to the tradition of men.”
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6. Mark 7:9-11/ESV
And He said to them, “You have a fine way of
rejecting the commandment of God in order
to establish your tradition! For Moses said,
‘Honor your father and your mother’; and,
‘Whoever reviles father or mother must
surely die.’ But you say, ‘If a man tells his
father or his mother, “Whatever you would
have gained from me is Corban”’ (that is,
given to God) —
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7. Mark 7:12-13/ESV
then you no longer permit him to do
anything for his father or mother, thus
making void the word of God by your
tradition that you have handed down. And
many such things you do.”
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11. “I think the cause of the civil war was
basically how government was going to
run, the freedoms and what people could
and couldn’t do.”
͞ Nikki Haley
12 DEC 2023

12. “I think the cause of the civil war was
basically how government was going to
run, the freedoms and what people could
and couldn’t do.”
͞ Nikki Haley
12 DEC 2023
“Politics is downstream from culture.”
͞ Andrew Breitbart
Too much talk leads to sin. Be sensible and
keep your mouth shut.

13. When there are many words,
transgression is unavoidable, But
he who restrains his lips is wise.
͞ Proverbs 10:19 [NASB’95]

14. When there are many words,
transgression is unavoidable, But
he who restrains his lips is wise.
͞ Proverbs 10:19 [NASB’95]
Too much talk leads to sin. Be
sensible and keep your mouth
shut.
͞ Proverbs 10:19 [NLT]

15. First Biblical question with a
HIDDEN PREMISE was “Did God
really say…” [Gen 3:1].

16. “There is yet one man by whom we may
inquire of the Lord, Micaiah the son of Imlah;
but I hate him, for he never prophesies good
concerning me, but always evil.” …Then the
king of Israel summoned an officer and said,
“Bring quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.” …And
when he had come to the king, the king said to
him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to
battle, or shall I refrain?” And he answered,
“Go up and triumph; they will be given into
your hand.” But the king said to him, “How
many times shall I make you swear that you
speak to me nothing but the truth in the name
of the Lord?”

17. And he said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the
mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd.
And the Lord said, ‘These have no master; let
each return to his home in peace.’” And the
king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not
tell you that he would not prophesy good
concerning me, but evil?”
͞ 2 Chronicles 18:7a, 8, 14-17 [ESV]

18. And he said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the
mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd.
And the Lord said, ‘These have no master; let
each return to his home in peace.’” And the
king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not
tell you that he would not prophesy good
concerning me, but evil?”
͞ 2 Chronicles 18:7a, 8, 14-17 [ESV]
“As YHWH lives, what my God says, that I will
speak.”
͞ 2 Chronicles 18:13

19. First Biblical question with a
HIDDEN PREMISE was “Did God
really say…” [Gen 3:1].
Having a CHRIST CENTERED premise to
your life and, therefore, your QUESTIONS
& ANSWERS is not a bad thing.

20. You have wearied the LORD with your
words; yet you ask, “How have we
wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do
evil are good in the sight of the LORD,
and in them He delights,” or, “Where is
the God of justice?”
͞ Malachi 2:17 [BSB]

21. First Biblical question with a
HIDDEN PREMISE was “Did God
really say…” [Gen 3:1].
Having a CHRIST CENTERED premise to
your life and, therefore, your QUESTIONS
& ANSWERS is not a bad thing.
MANKIND has always been happy to put
WORDS in YHWH’s MOUTH. cf Malachi 2:17

22. In today’s passage, the disciples’
hands were clean they were just not
WASHED according to the CEREMONY
OF TRADITION, not of Scripture.

23. In today’s passage, the disciples’
hands were clean they were just not
WASHED according to the CEREMONY
OF TRADITION, not of Scripture.
The Wrong Premise: “It is a greater OFFENSE
to teach anything contrary to the voice of the
RABBIS than to contradict SCRIPTURE itself.”
– The Mishna

24. If a man vows a vow to the Lord, or
swears an oath to bind himself by a
pledge, he shall not break his word. He
shall do according to all that proceeds
out of his mouth.
͞ Exodus 30:2 [ESV]

25. If you had known what this means, ‘I
desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you
would not have allowed rash words to
have voided the Law of Moses.
͞ Variation of Matthew 12:7

26. When one aspect of the Law is in
contradiction to another, let’s
decide the outcome by GRACE
and not by WORLDLY GAIN.

27. When one aspect of the Law is in
contradiction to another, let’s
decide the outcome by GRACE
and not by WORLDLY GAIN.
When studying Scripture and a QUESTION is
encountered within a passage, be sure to
understand the PREMISE UNDERLYING it –
do not take it at FACE VALUE.

28. The information media that you
consume today comes with a
PREMISE that you need to
UNDERSTAND and ACCOUNT for.

29. The information media that you
consume today comes with a
PREMISE that you need to
UNDERSTAND and ACCOUNT for.
COMPELLED SPEECH is not new. cf Daniel 3:1-30

30. The information media that you
consume today comes with a
PREMISE that you need to
UNDERSTAND and ACCOUNT for.
COMPELLED SPEECH is not new. cf Daniel 3:1-30
The two main premises of the Bible are this:
SALVATION in Jesus ALONE and
SANCTIFICATION till we are called HOME.

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