Tony E. Denton, 4/07. ASiteForTheLord.com

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Tony E. Denton, 4/07.ASiteForTheLord.com
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The Bible heart is not in our .
The Bible heart is in our .
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In other words, when the Bible speaks of the
heart, its nearly always referring to the mind
in fact, many times heart and mind are used
interchangeably (e.g.2 Cor. 314-15 consulted
later).
So lets ask and answer 1, 2, 3 questions about
the heart.
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The Heart Possesses Intellect.
ItThinks.
Luke 947 speaks of Jesus per-ceiving the thought
of the mul-titudes heart.
Hebrews 412 speaks of Gods Word as being a
discerner of the thoughts of the heart.
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The Heart Possesses Intellect.
ItReasons.
Mark 28 records Jesus asking a group, Why do you
reason about these things in your hearts?
Mark 817 records Jesus asking His disciples, Why
do you reason? ... Is your heart still hardened?
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The Heart Possesses Intellect.
And since it thinks and reasons, it also does 2
other things
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The Heart Possesses Intellect.
It Understands.
Matthew 1315 has Jesus saying, The heart of this
people has be-come dull, otherwise they would
understand with their hearts.
Mark 817 has Jesus asking His disciples, Do you
not yet under-stand? Is your heart still
hard-ened?
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The Heart Possesses Intellect.
It Believes.
Acts 837 cites Philip telling the Ethiopian, If
you believe with all your heart, you may be
baptized.
Romans 109-10 have Paul say-ing, If you
believe in your heart , you shall be saved. For
with the heart one believes to righteousness.
So
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Bible
The Heart Possesses Intellect
Thinks, Reasons, Understands, Believes.
Next
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The Heart Possesses Will.
It Desires.
Colossians 323 says, Whatever you do, do it
heartily.
Heartily not only has the word heart in it, but
it also means to do something out of desire.
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The Heart Possesses Will.
It Desires.
Colossians 323 says, Whatever you do, do it
heartily.
Heartily is from the same term translated will in
Ephesians 66 where Paul encouraged breth-ren to
do Gods will from the heart the point is that
theres a direct connection between heart and
will.
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The Heart Possesses Will.
It Desires.
Colossians 323 says, Whatever you do, do it
heartily.
First Thessalonians 217 says that Paul, having
been taken from the Thessalonians for a short
time in presence, not in heart, endeavor-ed more
eagerly to see them with great desire i.e., in
his heart, he desired to see them.
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The Heart Possesses Will.
It Purposes.
Acts 1123 relates that whenBarnabas went to
Antioch, he encouraged them all that with
purpose of heart they should continue with the
Lord.
Second Corinthians 97 has re-corded for us that
each Christian at Corinth was to give as he
pur-posed in his heart.
So
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The Heart Possesses Will
Desires Purposes.
Next
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The Heart Possesses Emotion.
It Loves.
Matthew 2237 has Jesus quoting the greatest
commandment of all You shall love the Lord your
God with all your heart.
First Peter 122 has Peter telling Christians to
love one another fervently with a pure heart.
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The Heart Possesses Emotion.
It Despises.
Second Samuel 616 says that Michal saw King
David and she despised him in her heart.
Leviticus 1917 has God saying to His people, You
shall not hate your brother in your heart.
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The Heart Possesses Emotion.
It Rejoices.
John 1622 alludes to Jesus as saying, I will see
you again, and your heart shall rejoice.
Acts 226 alludes to David as saying, My heart
rejoiced.
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The Heart Possesses Emotion.
It Suffers.
Romans 92 has Paul speaking of great sorrow and
continual grief in his heart.
Second Corinthians 24 has Paul speaking of how
that Out of much affliction and anguish of heart
he wrote with many tears.
So
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The Heart Possesses Emotion
Loves, Despises, Rejoices, Suffers.
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The Heart Possesses Conscience.
It Regrets.
Genesis 66 cites the fact that God was sorry
that He had made man and He was grieved in His
heart because of it.
Acts 237 cites the fact that after the
Pentecostians heard the Gos-pel, they were cut to
the heart.
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The Heart Possesses Conscience.
It Condemns.
Psalm 6920 says, Reproach (condemnation) has
broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness.
First John 320 says, If our heart condemns us,
God is greater than our hearts.
So
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The Heart Possesses Conscience
Regrets Condemns.
Now
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The Heart Varies in Conditions.
Encouraged
Acts 2722 records Paul as saying to a
shipwrecked crew, I urge you to take heart, for
there will be no loss of life among you.
Discouraged
Luke 181 records Jesus teaching that men always
ought to pray and not lose heart.
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The Heart Varies in Conditions.
Luke 815 has Jesus praising the noble and good
heart.
Hebrews 312 has Paul warning, Beware, brethren,
lest there be in any of you an evil heart.
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The Heart Varies in Conditions.
Humble
Matthew 1129 notes Jesus as saying that Hes
lowly in heart.
Proud
Proverbs 214 notes that one of the things God
detests in a person is a proud heart.
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The Heart Varies in Conditions.
Open
Acts 1711 commends the Bere-ans for being
open-minded.
Closed
Second Corinthians 314-15 condemn some Jews for
being closed-minded Their minds were hardened.
For a veil lies on (over) their heart.
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The Heart Varies in Conditions.
Obedient
Romans 617 refers to those who obeyed from the
heart, resulting in salvation.
Impenitent
Romans 25 refers to the impeni-tent heart of
many Jews, resulting in condemnation.
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The Heart Is Initially Pure.
Matthew 183 tells us that Jesus once said to His
followers, Unless you are converted and become as
little children, you will by no means enter the
kingdom. Then
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The Heart Is Initially Pure.
Matthew 194 tells us that soonafter that Jesus
said to them again, Let the little children come
to Me for of such is the kingdom. So
When were born, were pure in heart and part of
Gods kingdom. But then
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The Heart Becomes Polluted.
Unfortunately, we allow sin to en-ter our lives,
polluting our intellect, will, emotions, and
conscience.
Proverbs 209 reads, Who can say, I have made my
heart clean I am pure from my sin? And
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The Heart Becomes Polluted.
Romans 78-11 read, Sin, taking opportunity by
the commandment, produced in me all manner of
evil desire. For apart from the Law sin was dead.
I was alive once with-out the Law, but when the
com-mandment came, sin revived and I died. And
the commandment that was to bring life, I found
to bring death. For sin, taking occasion by the
commandment, deceived me and by it killed me. So
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The Heart Must Be Changed.
John 37 has Jesus demanding people to Be born
again. And
Romans 122 has Paul demanding Christians to Be
transformed (Gk. metamorphosis) by the renewing
of their mind (heart). So
The most important question is
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The Intellect Is Changed By the Testimony of God.
Romans 1017 has Paul saying, Faith comes by
hearing the Word of God. And
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The Intellect Is Changed By the Testimony of God.
John 2030-31 have John saying, Truly these
signs are written that you may believe Jesus
is the Christ, the Son of God, and that
be-lieving you may have life. So
The intellect thinks, reasons, and understands
the testimony, pro-ducing FAITH !
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The Will Is Changed By the Motives of God.
Second Corinthians 510-11 reveal Motive 1The
Fear of Judgment Paul wrote that We must all
appear before the judgment seat of Christ. ...
Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we
persuade men.
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The Will Is Changed By the Motives of God.
Romans 24 reveals Motive 2 The Goodness of
God Paul plainly said that The goodness of God
leads to repentance. So
The will longs after God, producing REPENTANCE !
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The Emotions Are Changed By the Commitment of God.
John 316 states that God so loved the world that
He gave His only be-gotten Son, that whoever
believes in Him should not perish but have
everlasting life.
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The Emotions Are Changed By the Commitment of God.
Second Corinthians 89 states, You know the grace
of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was
rich, yet for your sakes He became poor that you
through His poverty might be rich. So, based on
the love of God
Our emotions well up within us, producing a
CONFESSION of our commitment to Him!
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The Conscience Is Changed By Our Submission to
God.
Romans 816 declares that The Spirit Himself
bares witness with our spirit that we are
children of God. And
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The Conscience Is Changed By Our Submission to
God.
First Peter 321 declares that There is also an
antitype that now saves us, namely baptism (not
the put-ting away of the filth of the flesh, but
the answer of a good consci-ence toward God). So
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The Conscience Is Changed By Our Submission to
God.
Our conscience, instead of con-demning us, now
pardons us be-cause we have submitted our will to
Gods will by obeying the cul-minating act of
BAPTISM through which we are saved.
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In Summary...
Whats the heart comprised of? Intellect, will,
emotions, and conscience. Whats the hearts
condition?It begins pure, then becomes polluted,
remaining that way until we decide to change it
to avoid condemnation. And
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Whats the heart changed by? The intellect is
changed by the testi-mony of God, producing
FAITH. The will is changed by the motives of God,
producing REPENTANCE. The emotions are changed by
the commitment of God, producing a CONFESSION.
And The conscience is changed by our submission
to God in BAPTISM.