By: Rev. Raul P. Ternida
Text : 1 Samuel 16:7
Aim : To teach what heart is all about and the significance of it why God is looking at the heart.
Intro : Man is looking at the outward appearance… but God looks at the heart
Discussion:
A. What Heart is all about?
The Center
- According to the Bible, the heart is the centre not only of spiritual activity, but of all the operations of human life. (Deu_6:5; Mat_22:37)
- Deu 6:5 “And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.”
- Illustration : “The Hub”
The Home
- The heart is the “home of the personal life,” and hence a man is designated, according to his heart, wise (1Ki_3:12, etc.), pure (Psa_24:4; Mat_5:8, etc.), upright and righteous (Psa_11:2; Psa_78:72), pious and good (Luk_8:15).
- Want to know a person?.... Visit his/her home!”
The Seat
- The heart is also the seat of the conscience (Rom_2:15).
- “Starting place”; “The Source”
- Obedience starts here! - It is naturally wicked (Gen_8:21), and hence it contaminates the whole life and character (Mat_15:18) Hence the heart must be changed, regenerated (Eze_36:26; Psa_51:10-14), before a man can willingly obey God.
- The process of salvation begins in the heart by the believing reception of the testimony of God, while the rejection of that testimony hardens the heart (Psa_95:8; Pro_28:14; 2Ch_36:13).
B. Sins of the Heart
The radical corruption of human nature is clearly taught in Scripture and brought into connection with the heart. It is “uncircumcised” (Jer_9:26; Eze_44:7; compare Act_7:51); and “hardened” (Exo_4:21); “wicked” (Pro_26:23); “perverse” (Pro_11:20); “godless” (Job_36:13); “deceitful and desperately wicked” (Jer_17:9 the King James Version). It defiles the whole man (Mat_15:19, Mat_15:20); resists, as in the case of Pharaoh, the repeated call of God (Exo_7:13). There, however, the law of God is written (Rom_2:15); there the work of grace is wrought (Act_15:9), for the “heart” may be “renewed” by grace (Eze_36:26), because the “heart” is the seat of sin (Gen_6:5; Gen_8:21).
C. The process of heart renewal
Removal of a “stony heart” - Eze_11:19
Cleaning - Psa_51:10
Fixing - Psa_112:7
o Through “the fear” of the Lord (1Sa_25:1)
o Through “Believing” (Rom_10:10)
o Through the power of God (Jer_31:33)
o Through “prayer” (Act_1:24)
o Through God's Spirit (Eph_3:16; Gal. 4:6)
o Through God’s Love (Rom_5:5)
D. Reasons for heart preparation
-Joshua 3:5 “And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow Jehovah will do wonders among you.”
- Psa. 96:3 “Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.”
Conclusion: 1 Samuel 16:7
David was young, in experience, innocent but his heart is stable, set before God and ready for God’s miracle for he has a believing heart, heart that longs for God. His decisions and his flesh sometimes fail him but his heart never fails him.
1Ki 3:12 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee
Psa 24:4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Mat 5:8 Blessed [are] the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Psa 11:2 For, lo, the wicked bend [their] bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. (INNOCENT)
Psa 78:72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. (PERFECTION)
Luk 8:15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep [it], and bring forth fruit with patience.
Rom 2:15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and [their] thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
Gen 8:21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart [is] evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Mat 15:18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man
Eze 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
Psa 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Text : 1 Samuel 16:7
Aim : To teach what heart is all about and the significance of it why God is looking at the heart.
Intro : Man is looking at the outward appearance… but God looks at the heart
Discussion:
A. What Heart is all about?
The Center
- According to the Bible, the heart is the centre not only of spiritual activity, but of all the operations of human life. (Deu_6:5; Mat_22:37)
- Deu 6:5 “And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.”
- Illustration : “The Hub”
The Home
- The heart is the “home of the personal life,” and hence a man is designated, according to his heart, wise (1Ki_3:12, etc.), pure (Psa_24:4; Mat_5:8, etc.), upright and righteous (Psa_11:2; Psa_78:72), pious and good (Luk_8:15).
- Want to know a person?.... Visit his/her home!”
The Seat
- The heart is also the seat of the conscience (Rom_2:15).
- “Starting place”; “The Source”
- Obedience starts here! - It is naturally wicked (Gen_8:21), and hence it contaminates the whole life and character (Mat_15:18) Hence the heart must be changed, regenerated (Eze_36:26; Psa_51:10-14), before a man can willingly obey God.
- The process of salvation begins in the heart by the believing reception of the testimony of God, while the rejection of that testimony hardens the heart (Psa_95:8; Pro_28:14; 2Ch_36:13).
B. Sins of the Heart
The radical corruption of human nature is clearly taught in Scripture and brought into connection with the heart. It is “uncircumcised” (Jer_9:26; Eze_44:7; compare Act_7:51); and “hardened” (Exo_4:21); “wicked” (Pro_26:23); “perverse” (Pro_11:20); “godless” (Job_36:13); “deceitful and desperately wicked” (Jer_17:9 the King James Version). It defiles the whole man (Mat_15:19, Mat_15:20); resists, as in the case of Pharaoh, the repeated call of God (Exo_7:13). There, however, the law of God is written (Rom_2:15); there the work of grace is wrought (Act_15:9), for the “heart” may be “renewed” by grace (Eze_36:26), because the “heart” is the seat of sin (Gen_6:5; Gen_8:21).
C. The process of heart renewal
Removal of a “stony heart” - Eze_11:19
Cleaning - Psa_51:10
Fixing - Psa_112:7
o Through “the fear” of the Lord (1Sa_25:1)
o Through “Believing” (Rom_10:10)
o Through the power of God (Jer_31:33)
o Through “prayer” (Act_1:24)
o Through God's Spirit (Eph_3:16; Gal. 4:6)
o Through God’s Love (Rom_5:5)
D. Reasons for heart preparation
-Joshua 3:5 “And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow Jehovah will do wonders among you.”
- Psa. 96:3 “Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.”
Conclusion: 1 Samuel 16:7
David was young, in experience, innocent but his heart is stable, set before God and ready for God’s miracle for he has a believing heart, heart that longs for God. His decisions and his flesh sometimes fail him but his heart never fails him.
1Ki 3:12 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee
Psa 24:4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Mat 5:8 Blessed [are] the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Psa 11:2 For, lo, the wicked bend [their] bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. (INNOCENT)
Psa 78:72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. (PERFECTION)
Luk 8:15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep [it], and bring forth fruit with patience.
Rom 2:15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and [their] thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
Gen 8:21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart [is] evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Mat 15:18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man
Eze 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
Psa 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
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