The Mind Without The Heart (3)
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Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: But the Lord pondereth the hearts.
In america We’ve seen an inversion of obedience and grace....
It used to be understood that obedience was the evidence of grace
Today they have put grace before obedience.
We must understand that the essence of sin is self.
If this be true then repentance would be considered a turning away from self....
One of the underlying problems is people don’t even understand what they understand.....
I heard a lady say one time.......
We are saved by grace alone
and by Jesus Christ alone
and by faith alone
All to often, people have developed a relationship with the church rather than a relationship with God......
Revival, whether personal or collective, is unlikely to come unless true repentance is understood....
When we allow God to move on our minds it is a much needed foundation of information
But when we allow God to move on our hearts, transformation can truly be realized.....intellectualism...
The bible says that there are those that are ever learning but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
My experience talking to a homeless man (the greeter)
What he was saying is shame on me for knowing it and not doing it…for letting it remain head knowledge and not heart transformation.
Not only do we repent…but we turn from sin and do what we know to do...
We become obedient to the word of God.
There is a huge difference between acknowledging sin and truly repenting of it......remorse
there is a sorrow that leads to death and a sorrow that leads to life.....
We must vindicate ourselves from sin..
meaning: Turning so far from sin that one cannot be accused of sin rightfully.
Vindicate means:
to free from allegation or blame
To be truly set free from and to be free from a charge.
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
If in our bodies/lives we are continuing in sin then we are not serving God and should come to a true place of repentance.
Allowing God to not only transform our minds but more importantly…our hearts.
When we are truly surrendered to God…A noticeable change will occur!!!
if no change is seen…then perhaps we need to find a place of true repentance....heart felt and not merely by head knowledge.
by a sorrow that is not earthly, as unto death, but a spiritual sorrow that leads to God…and then to LIFE.
Quote: A mind without the heart is like a plan without action (author) Darrell Nellis.
Like having materials to build but not building anything. (like our border wall)
If we allow God to transform our hearts we can then take what we have learned and begin to build a true spiritual house built upon a firm foundation.
God first transforms the heart and then renews the mind.
the heart is spoken of in Scripture as the center of the moral and spiritual life. The conscience, for instance, is associated with the heart. In fact, the Hebrew language had no word for conscience, so the word heart was often used to express this concept.
When we therefor, give our whole heart, soul, mind and strength to God…We are surrendering everything that we are.
Above all, you must get heaven into your own heart, for you will never have your heart in heaven till you have heaven in your heart.
Abraham, A Pattern To Believers