Today Pastor Brandon Cotten walks through the things that defile the heart. He first responses to the Pharisees' question about why Jesus' disciples don't follow the Pharisees' traditions. But the Pharisees' hearts were far from God. It's not what rules you're following, but it's a heart problem. What is in the heart—such as evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness and slander—are the things that defile a person, not whether or not they wash their hands before they eat.

Matthew 15:1-20

Are you allowing the Holy Spirit to change your heart today?

Be careful not to boil your relationship down with God to a series of do's and don'ts, or a list that you just check off. Instead, abide in Jesus today.