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THE HEART SPEAKETH

INTRODUCTION

THE HEART OF A PERSON IS REVEALED BY WHAT THEY LET COME OUT OF THERE MOUTHS, YOUR MOUTH CAN SAY ONE THING , BUT YOUR HEART WILL REVEAL THE TRUTH. IF THE MOUTH AND HEART IS NOT ON THE SAME AGE, USUALLY IT COMES OUT IN THE CONDUCT OF THAT PERSON.

LUKE REVEALED 3 THINGS ABOUT THE HEART.

THE HEART DETERMINES YOUR CONDUCT.

CONDUCT REVEALS YOUR HEART.

A CHANGE OF HEART BRINGS A CHANGE OF CONDUCT.

A. THE HEART DETERMINES YOUR CONDUCT.

Luke 6:43 “For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.”

WHAT’S IN A PERSON HEART WILL SHOW THE WAY THEY CONDUCT THERE LIVES. YOU CAN SAY THAT YOU LOVE THE LORD, BUT IF YOUR ACTIONS SHOW SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM WHAT GOD’S WORD SAY, YOUR HEART IS UNHEALTHY.

A FRUITLESS LIFE DOES NOT MAKE AN IMPACT ON NO ONE LIFE, IF ANYTHING IT CORRUPT THOSE WHO ARE IN THERE ENVIRONMENT. BUT A GOOD HEART PRODUCE THOSE OF IT’S OWN KIND. WHEN YOUR HEART IS GOOD, YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE IS HEALTHY.

YOUR HEART IS THE CENTER OF YOUR BEING, IT DETERMINES YOUR OUTWARD BEHAVIOR. A CORRUPT HEART WILL PRODUCE FOOLISH BEHAVIOR. THAT’S WHY Jeremiah 17:9–10 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.”

WHEN YOUR HEART IS RIGHT YOU WON’T SAY THINGS OUT OF YOUR MOUTH THAT WILL CORRUPT YOUR CHARACTER. YOU WON’T LET CORRUPT COMMUNICATION PROCEED FROM YOUR MOUTH.

Matthew 7:15–17 “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.”

B. CONDUCT REVEALS YOUR HEART

Luke 6:44“For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.”

LUKE STATES THAT OUR OWN WAYS AND OUR OWN ACTIONS REVEALS ACTUALLY WHO WE ARE. PEOPLE WHO’S HEARTS ARE GOOD PRODUCE GOOD DEEDS. YOU CANNOT EXPECT GOODNESS OUT OF PEOPLE WHO’S HEARTS ARE CORRUPT.

WHEN YOUR HEART IS CORRUPT YOU’RE IN TOTAL REBELLION AGAINST THE LORD. JESUS SAID LOVE YOUR ENEMIES, DO GOOD TO THEM WHICH HATE YOU. BLESS THEM THAT CURSE YOU, AND PRAY FOR THEM WHICH DESPITEFULLY USE YOU.

HOW CAN A PERSON WHO’S HEART IS NOT RIGHT DO ANYTHING THAT THE LORD WOULD ASK THEM TO DO, BUT INSTEAD THEY WILL REPAY EVIL FOR EVIL.

BUT WHEN ONES LIFE IS UNDER THE DISCIPLINE OF THE LORD AND HIS HEART IS RIGHT, HE WON’T RESPOND BACK TO THE ENEMY, BUT HE WILL SPEAK WELL OF THEM AND PRAY FOR THEM THAT THEY HEART WILL CHANGE.

WHEN YOU ASSOCIATE WITH THOSE WHO ENGAGE IN NEGATIVE BEHAVIORS IT CAN HAVE A NEGATIVE INFLUENCE ON ONES OWN CHARACTER AND MORALS.

Matthew 12:33 “Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.”

C. A CHANGE OF HEART BRINGS A CHANGE OF CONDUCT.

Luke 6:48 “he is like a man which built a house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.”

WHAT CAN CAUSE A HEART AND CONDUCT TO CHANGE IN A PERSON LIFE?

IT’S WHEN YOU BUILD A FOUNDATION IN THE LORD.

THE BIBLE SAID THEREFORE IF ANY MAN BE IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATURE: OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY; BEHOLD, ALL THINGS ARE BECOME NEW.

WHEN YOU ALLOW THE LORD TO COME INTO YOUR HEART, THE LORD WILL GIVE YOU A NEW HEART AND NEW CONDUCT.

THE PROBLEM IS WE DON’T LET THE LORD CREATE IN US A CLEAN HEART AND RENEW A RIGHT SPIRIT WITHIN US.

ONCE THE LORD HAVE YOUR HEART HE HAS ALL OF YOU. BUT MOST OF US ARE NOT WILLING TO LET THE LORD HAVE ALL OF US.

IF WE DON’T LET THE LORD HAVE OUR HEARTS IT’S IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO SEE A CHANGE IN OUR CONDUCT OR OUR HEARTS.

DON’T LET YOUR MOUTH CORRUPT YOUR HEART OR YOUR HEART TO CORRUPT YOUR CHARACTER.