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Originally Posted by Actor
Mark 7:1 - 8
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The passage interprets itself. Jesus rebuked the scribes and Pharisees for one of their man-made religious rituals of purification. The issue in the passage is not dirty hands, per se -- but ceremonially impure hands. What if Jesus' disciples' hands were clean enough to eat bread?
Do you ever eat out? Do you ever eat on the run? Maybe pop into a Starbucks or Dunkin' Donuts for a caffeine fix and a donut? Or have you ever pulled into a fast food drive-through to literally eat on the run in the car because you're hungry? Or maybe you've got the munchies while grocery shopping and you buy a bag or box of your favorite junk food to eat on the way. The point to all this is: Do you Mr. Germaphobe always wash your hands before you eat? If not, does this mark you as being germ-ignorant?
