In his continuing series, Alan taught about “The Heart and Loving God” in relation to living out the Great Commandment. To listen to this message, simply click play on the audio player below. I’ve also included Alan’s outline with links to Scripture he references. Be blessed!
Living the Great Commandment (Part 2)
Deuteronomy 6:4-5; Matthew 22:36-40; Hebrews 12:14-17
The Heart and Loving God
Proverbs 23:7, Matthew 12:34, Matthew 5:8, 1 Peter 1:22
I. What do the scriptures mean by the Heart? The seat of action, emotions, will, thoughts, courage, strength, affections, discernment, and being.
Two conditions of the heart: 1) Made new or 2) in its natural state — it’s a dangerous thing to follow your heart if it’s not in relation to God.
II. The Heart in relation to God.
- God tries or tests. 1 Chronicles 29:17
- God knows. Psalm 44.21
- God searches. 1 Chronicles 28:9
- God influences. 1 Samuel 10:26
- God creates a new. Psalm 51:10
- God opens. Acts 16:14-15
- God enlightens. 2 Corinthians 4:6
- God strengthens. Psalm 27:14
- God establishes. Psalm 112:8
- God understands. Psalm 139:2
III. The Heart that doesn’t know God and been created new:
1. It’s desperately wicked. Jeremiah 17:9
What does it mean to be desperately wicked?
A rather long descriptive list: hateful to God; full of evil/evil imaginations; full of vain thoughts; fully set to do evil (Ecclesiastes 8:11); desperately wicked; far from God; not prepared to seek God; a treasury of evil (Matthew 12:33-37); a heart that is darkened, prone to error/depart from God, unbelieving, blind, of little worth, deceitful, deceived, divided (1 Peter 3:8-12), hard, haughty, influence by the devil, carnal, covetous, foolish, forward, idolatrous; a heart of madness (Ecclesiastes 9:3), mischief, pride, rebellion, elated by its own prosperity.
IV. The Heart that’s made new:
- 1. Seeks God. 2 Chronicles 19:3
- 2. Upright with God. Psalm 97:11
- 3. Clean. Hebrews 10:22
- 4. Pure. Matthew 5:6
- 5. Tender. 1 Samuel 24:5
- 6. Sincere. Hebrews 10:22
- 7. Broken and contrite. Psalm 34:18
- 8. Obedient. 1 Peter 1:13-16
- 9. Filled (being filled) with scripture. Psalm 40:8
- 10.Awed by God. Psalm 119:161
- 11. Meditative. Psalm 4:4
- 12. Devoted. Psalm 119:10
- 13. A treasure house of good stuff. Matthew 12:35
- and more…
V. How God guards our hearts. Philippians 4:4-9
Key words: rejoice, gentleness, prayer, petition, thanksgiving, gratitude, peace, guard, true, worthy of respect, just, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, praiseworthy. DO these things.
This is a call for a heart checkup. What are your prevailing thoughts, emotions, & words?
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