SCRIPTURE: Matt. 14-16

Matthew 15

10-11He then called the crowd together and said, “Listen, and take this to heart. It’s not what you swallow that pollutes your life, but what you vomit up.”

12Later his disciples came and told him, “Did you know how upset the Pharisees were when they heard what you said?”

13-14Jesus shrugged it off. “Every tree that wasn’t planted by my Father in heaven will be pulled up by its roots. Forget them. They are blind men leading blind men. When a blind man leads a blind man, they both end up in the ditch.”

15Peter said, “I don’t get it. Put it in plain language.”

16-20Jesus replied, “You, too? Are you being willfully stupid?

OBSERVATIONS: Peter is a dud. He wants to be sharp, but is sharp like a bag of hammers. Me too, sometimes.

APPLICATION: Joey, don’t be willfully stupid. Get the point. It’s clear here.

PRAYER: God, I need your guidance to guide others. Please give me clear words so I can avoid the ditch for both of us. In Christ I pray, amen.