Heart, fallen and redeemed

The unregenerate heart

Hostile to God

Psalm 14:1 NKJV

The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, They have done abominable works, There is none who does good.

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Hardened against God

Jeremiah 18:12 NKJV

And they said, “That is hopeless! So we will walk according to our own plans, and we will every one obey the dictates of his evil heart.”

Pharaoh’s hard heart:

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Spiritually ignorant

Ephesians 4:18 NKJV

having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart;

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Proud

Psalm 73:7 NKJV

Their eyes bulge with abundance; They have more than heart could wish.

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Deceitful

Jeremiah 17:9 NKJV

“The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?

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Sinful

Genesis 6:5 NKJV

Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

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Condemned

Proverbs 11:20 NKJV

Those who are of a perverse heart are an abomination to the Lord, But the blameless in their ways are His delight.

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Conversion: the changed heart

Convinced of need

John 16:8 NKJV

And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

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Changed by the Holy Spirit

Ezekiel 36:25–27 NKJV

Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.

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Given faith

2 Corinthians 4:6 NKJV

For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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Spurious conversion

A less-than-saving change

1 Samuel 10:9 NKJV

So it was, when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, that God gave him another heart; and all those signs came to pass that day.

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