Issues of the Heart
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Matt 5:28
Matt 5:28
Matthew 5:28 (NKJV)
But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Matthew 5:28 (BBC): So Jesus reminded His disciples that mere abstinence from the physical act was not enough—there must be inward purity.
Matthew 5:28 (BBC): So Jesus reminded His disciples that mere abstinence from the physical act was not enough—there must be inward purity.
How many can honestly claim to be entirely free of both anger (Matthew 5:21–22) and inappropriate desire? Jesus continues to raise the standards, making it sound harder and harder to get into the kingdom of heaven. Who could be so righteous?
How many can honestly claim to be entirely free of both anger (Matthew 5:21–22) and inappropriate desire? Jesus continues to raise the standards, making it sound harder and harder to get into the kingdom of heaven. Who could be so righteous?
In part, Jesus is pushing that very point: that nobody is righteous enough. All are sinful. At the same time, He is showing the expectation Christians ought to have for their inner, private lives. Christ is leaving no room for legalism or technicalities—He is defining sin as something which begins and continues in the heart.
In part, Jesus is pushing that very point: that nobody is righteous enough. All are sinful. At the same time, He is showing the expectation Christians ought to have for their inner, private lives. Christ is leaving no room for legalism or technicalities—He is defining sin as something which begins and continues in the heart.
He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.
For this purpose Jesus was manifested (Manifest-known, evident, plain, visible; be brought out into the open)
For this purpose Jesus was manifested (Manifest-known, evident, plain, visible; be brought out into the open)
1 John 3:10 (KJV 1900): In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
1 John 3:10 (KJV 1900): In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
Children of God is made manifest (Manifest-known, evident, plain, visible; be brought out into the open)
Children of God is made manifest (Manifest-known, evident, plain, visible; be brought out into the open)
1 John 3:14 (KJV 1900): 14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
1 John 3:14 (KJV 1900): 14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.
Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of life.
1 Corinthians 13:5 (BBC): Love thinks no evil, that is, it does not attribute bad motives to others. It does not suspect their actions. It is guileless.
1 Corinthians 13:5 (BBC): Love thinks no evil, that is, it does not attribute bad motives to others. It does not suspect their actions. It is guileless.
1 Corinthians 13:6 (BBC): 13:6 Love does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth. There is a certain mean streak in human nature which takes pleasure in what is unrighteous, especially if an unrighteous act seems to benefit one’s self.
1 Corinthians 13:6 (BBC): 13:6 Love does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth. There is a certain mean streak in human nature which takes pleasure in what is unrighteous, especially if an unrighteous act seems to benefit one’s self.
Philippians 2:13 (GW): 13 It is God who produces in you the desires and actions that please him.
Philippians 2:13 (GW): 13 It is God who produces in you the desires and actions that please him.
Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
One reason God hates sin so, is it breaks relationships With each other.
One reason God hates sin so, is it breaks relationships With each other.