![]() In His grace, God can create a new heart within us (Psalm 51:10 Ezekiel 36:26). “With the heart one believes unto righteousness” (Romans 10:10). This only happens by the power of God in response to faith. In order for a person to be saved, then, the heart must be changed. All these evils come from inside and make a man unclean.” Our biggest problem is not external but internal all of us have a heart problem. Jesus pointed out the fallen condition of our hearts in Mark 7:21-23: “From within, out of men’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. Based on His knowledge of the heart, God can judge righteously: “I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings” (Jeremiah 17:10). Jesus “knew all men, and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for He knew what was in man” (John 2:24-25). He “knows the secrets of the heart” (Psalm 44:21 see also 1 Corinthians 14:25). We may not understand our own hearts, but God does. Who can understand it?” In other words, the Fall has affected us at the deepest level our mind, emotions and desires have been tainted by sin-and we are blind to just how pervasive the problem is. Jeremiah 17:9 says, “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. The human heart, in its natural condition, is evil, treacherous and deceitful. And God blesses His people with leaders who know and follow His heart (1 Samuel 2:35 Jeremiah 3:15). David was a man “after God’s own heart” (Acts 13:22). In essence, this is what it says: the heart is that spiritual part of us where our emotions and desires dwell.īefore we look at the human heart, we’ll mention that, since God has emotions and desires, He, too, can be said to have a “heart.” We have a heart because God does. The Bible mentions the heart almost 1,000 times. Instead, we’ll focus on what the Bible has to say about the heart. Neither is this article concerned with romantic, philosophical, or literary definitions. Rev.First, we’ll state the obvious: this article is not about the heart as a vital organ, a muscle that pumps blood throughout the body. 8:10 10:16 – “I will put my laws into their minds” 3:2 – “set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth” * 4:8 – “whatever is true, right, pure…let your mind dwell on these…” *Ĭol. 2:5 – “have this mind in you which was also in Christ Jesus” * 14:5 – “let each man be fully convinced in his own mind” * 22:37 – “Love the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind and strength” * 20:12 – “The Lord who seest the mind and the heart” 17:10 – “I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind” 26:3 – “the steadfast of mind Thou wilt keep in perfect peace” Titus 3:5 – “renewing by the Holy Spirit” 3:10 – “the new man is being renewed to a true knowledge…” * 4:23 – “be renewed in the spirit of your mind” *Ĭol. 4:16 – “our inner man is being renewed day by day” *Įph. 12:2 – “be transformed by the renewing of your mind” * Titus 1:15 – “their mind and their conscience are defiled” * 2:18 – “inflated without cause by a fleshly mind” * ![]() 1:21 – “alienated and hostile in mind”Ĭol. ![]() 3:19 – “set their minds on earthly things” *Ĭol. ![]() 2:3 – “the desires of the flesh and of the mind”Įph. 11:3 – “minds led astray from simplicity and purity to Christ” *Įph. 1:28 – “a depraved mind, to do things which are not proper” Be blessed –Īttitudes of mind that need to be renewed I felt this was a great follow-up to the post from the other day: Tactical Spiritual Warfare. Insight on what a mind that needs to be renewed looks like, scripture calling for a renewed mind, and other verses of what a renewed mind looks like. I found this on the internet today and would like to share it.
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