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A Clean Heart
Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to You.
(Psalms 51:13) NKJV
When we give the desire to know God preeminence in our life our heart will be purified. We believe in Jesus Christ and get saved, but that’s only the beginning. Continually seeking the Lord as an ongoing imperative purifies our heart. Then the pure in heart will see the Lord. The more of the Lord that we seek, then the more of the Lord we will know.
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I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.
(Jeremiah 17:10) NKJV
Preparing our hearts doesn’t involve special diets or exercise, it comes down to taking two simple steps: believing in Jesus Christ, and confessing our sins. The sanctification we receive from faith in Jesus makes us a holy vessel in which the Holy Spirit takes up residence. We’re indwelt by the Spirit of God.
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Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.
(Matthew 5:8) NKJV
God will be seen by those who have a pure heart. So how do we make our heart pure? By seeking God. It’s another example of how understanding the correct relationship between cause and effect is rather important.
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For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.
(Matthew 15:19) NKJV
Jesus was asked why he didn’t stop his disciples from eating before they had washed their hands. He was very direct in pointing out that we’re not defiled by what we put into our mouths, even if our hands are dirty. We’re defiled by what comes out of our mouths, and that starts in the corruption of our heart.
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The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?
(Jeremiah 17:9) NKJV
Heart condition may be substantially more complicated than whether we smoke, our cholesterol levels, or any of the related medical factors which are involved. It would appear that the condition of our heart is directly related to condition of our relationship with God.
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And that very hour He cured many of infirmities, afflictions, and evil spirits; and to many blind He gave sight.
(Luke 7:21) NKJV
We can be possessed by evil spirits. We’ve deduced that spirits are vapor, so it’s simply a matter of breathing it in.
And supper being ended, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray Him, Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God, rose from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself.
(John 13:2-4) NKJV
The soul is one aspect of life. The Spirit is another.
Continue reading “Into the Heart”The Spirit is a vapor, for example Oxygen, which binds with the hemoglobin molecule in red blood cells to animate a body through metabolic processes. The spirit/body entity serves as the host or tabernacle for a soul.
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Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
(Psalms 51:10-12) KJV
The condition of our heart reflects the condition of our relationship with God. It’s manifested both spiritually and physically. God is good to them that have a clean heart, so how do we make our heart clean?
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