SURRENDERING OUR EXCUSES // Matthew 15:10-11, 15-20

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of addressing the inner condition of our hearts rather than relying on outward religious performance.

Are you secretly using outward religious performance to hide a struggling heart, or blaming your external circumstances for the sin that actually originates from within? In this message from Matthew 15, Jesus cuts through the illusion of external righteousness, teaching that true defilement—and our deepest rebellion—comes exclusively from the unaddressed condition of our own hearts rather than our outside experiences. Listen in to discover how to abandon the exhaustion of religious posturing and experience true spiritual transformation by bringing your unfiltered inner life to the only Savior who can heal it.

Topics covered

• religious performance
• spiritual transformation
• inner heart condition
• external righteousness
• sin
• self-examination

Keywords

• surrender
• excuses
• defilement
• rebellion
• spirituality
• Jesus
• healing

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Matthew 15

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