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The Heart of Man
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall
see God." (Matt. 5:8)
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The Heart of Man
Because of this statement of Jesus, Christian
discipleship is often called "the religion of the
pure in heart."
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The Heart of Man
But what is the heart that must become pure
and how does God change it?
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The Heart of Man
What does the Bible teach?
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The Heart is a Treasure Chest
"A good man out of the good treasure of his
heart brings forth good things, and an evil man
out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things."
(Matt. 12:35)
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The Heart is a Treasure Chest
"But those things which proceed out of the
mouth come from the heart, and they defile a
man...."
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The Heart is a Treasure Chest
"For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts,
murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false
witness, blasphemies." (Matt. 15:18-19)
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The Heart of Man
Intellectual
Nature
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The Heart Is Intellectual
But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why
do you think evil in your hearts?" (Matt. 9:4)
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The Heart Is Intellectual
But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His
spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves,
He said to them, "Why do you reason about
these things in your hearts?" (Mark 2:8)
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The Heart Is Intellectual
"'For the hearts of this people have grown dull.
Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes
they have closed, Lest they should see with
their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they...
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The Heart Is Intellectual
"...should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I should heal them.'" (Matt. 13:15)
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The Heart of Man
Emotional
Nature
Intellectual
Nature
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The Heart Is Emotional
"'You shall not hate your brother in your heart.
You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not
bear sin because of him.'" (Lev. 19:17)
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The Heart Is Emotional
Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God
for Israel is that they may be saved. (Rom. 10:1)
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The Heart Is Emotional
Since you have purified your souls in obeying
the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of
the brethren, love one another fervently with a
pure heart. (1 Peter 1:22)
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The Heart of Man
Emotional
Nature
Ethical Nature
Intellectual
Nature
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The Heart Is Ethical
For if our heart condemns us, God is greater
than our heart, and knows all things. Beloved, if
our heart does not condemn us, we have
confidence toward God. (1 John 3:20-21)
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The Heart Is Ethical
For as many as have sinned without law will also
perish without law, and as many as have sinned
in the law will be judged by the law (for not the...
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The Heart Is Ethical
...hearers of the law are just in the sight of God,
but the doers of the law will be justified; for
when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by
nature do the things in the law, these, although...
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The Heart Is Ethical
...not having the law, are a law to themselves,
who show the work of the law written in their
hearts, their conscience also bearing witness,
and between themselves their thoughts...
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The Heart Is Ethical
...accusing or else excusing them) in the day
when God will judge the secrets of men by
Jesus Christ, according to my gospel. (Rom.
2:12-16)
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The Heart of Man
Emotional
Nature
Ethical Nature
Intellectual
Nature
Volitional Nature
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The Heart Is Volitional
For the word of God is living and powerful, and
sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing
even to the division of soul and spirit, and of...
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The Heart Is Volitional
...joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart. (Heb. 4:12)
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The Heart Is Volitional
So let each one give as he purposes in his
heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God
loves a cheerful giver. (2 Cor. 9:7)
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The Heart Is Volitional
But God be thanked that though you were
slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart
that form of doctrine to which you were
delivered. (Rom. 6:17)
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The Heart of Man
Emotional
Nature
Ethical Nature
Intellectual
Nature
Volitional Nature
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God Changes the Heart of Man
Emotionally
Ethically
Intellectually
Volitionally
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God Changes the Heart of Man
How God changes the heart in its various
natures will be the subject of our next lesson.
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