2.8-What makes us think that we can hide from God? Did Adam and Eve hide from Him?

2.8-
Jesus encountered people who were very religious and knew all the rules about how to remain politically and religiously correct, but their hearts were unclean.  He gave a list about what makes a person really dirty inside the heart.
-Evil thoughts
-fornication
-theft
-murder
-adultery
-coveting
-wickedness
-deceit
-sensuality
-envy
-slander
-pride
-foolishness
Do devout religious people think about these things and do them.  Does their ability to keep this from being known by their local church or congregation make them pure?  God is the most important audience of one.

Mark 7.
14 After He called the crowd to Him again, He began saying to them, “Listen to Me, all of you, and understand: 15 there is nothing outside the man which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man. 16 [[f]If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”]
17 When he had left the crowd and entered the house, His disciples questioned Him about the parable. 18 And He *said to them, “Are you so lacking in understanding also? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him, 19 because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and [g]is eliminated?” (Thus He declared all foods clean.) 20 And He was saying, “That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man. 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, [h]fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, 22 deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit, sensuality, [i]envy, slander, [j]pride and foolishness. 23 All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man.”

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