Change of heart

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• Change of heart
• Do ones heart good
• Have a heart
• Lay to heart
• Near ones heart
• Set ones heart at rest
• Set ones heart on
• Take heart
• To ones hearts content

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What is the heart?

• Intellect, Gn.65
• Emotions, Gn.66
• Will, Gn.821

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I Obey From The Heart

• 1. Je.179, deceitful heart (sick, ESV)
• Je.1612, evil heart
• It even hides itself from itself
• 2. Ezk.1119 3626, changed heart
• New appetites, passions, quality
• Col.312
• 3. Lk.815, honest and good heart

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Sick (evil), changed, honest and good heart . . .

• 4. Ac.237, pierced heart
• Pierce with grief acute pain
• Gn.347 Lv.102
• 5. Ac.1123, determined heart
• 6. Ro.617, obedient heart
• Wholehearted NT molds beliefs and shapes
  behavior
• 7. Ro.1010, instructed heart

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II Worship With The Heart

• Mt.157-9
• Worship not merely sitting quietly on a pew
• Jn.423-24
• in spirit opposite of material, carnal,
  earthly, 20
• in truth opposite of ignorant worship, 22

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Worship Takes Work

• Preaching. Neh. 8. Ezk. 33
• Lords Supper, 1 Co.1128
• Prayer, 1 Co.1416
• Giving, 2 Co.97, purpose
• Opposite of grief or necessity
• Singing, Ep.519

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III The Heart Of Morals

• Pro.423
• Lords commentary Lk.645
• Good heart a good treasury
• Its treasure love of God / man
• Bad heart a bad treasury
• Its treasure carnal mind Enmity
  against God
• Ill-will to man

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Mt.1518-19

• Its easy to avoid lawless acts
• Against the law
• Fear getting caught, punished
• This safeguard breaks down if we give sin its
  way. E.g. 1 Sm.1314
• A kindred spirit one who agrees
• 2 Sm.11-12 Mt.15
• Ps. 5110

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Ep.432

• Easy to avoid an act of hatred (hate crime)
• Its another matter to control heart
• Bitterness
• Jealousy and envy
• Selfishness
• 1 Jn.315

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IV Love With All Your Heart

• Ro.129
• Hypocritical love is easy
• Pretend to love (say loving things), then
  disobey God (cut a reputation to ribbons)
• Ps.5521
• Pro.2624-25

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Mt.2237-39

• What is loving God w. all the heart? Complete
  sincerity and devotion willingly w. pleasure
  
• Opposite of halfheartedly or reluctantly
• 1. Love nothing compared to Him. Ga.220
• 2. Willing to give up anything to please /
  glorify Him. Gn.22 Ph.37-8

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Mt.2239-40

• What is it to love neighbor as self? 1.
  Fairness, Mt.712 (lawprophets) 1 Co.137
• Put best construction on neighbors
  words / actions
• 2. Help
• We owe our neighbor what we have a right to
  expect from him