WHAT IS THE HEART?
- The heart is the source of our rational understanding and thinking.
- The heart is the source of our emotions: like joy… our affections… our desires.
- The heart is the source of our conscience… our will… our faith.
“For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come” (Mark 7:21).
Sin begins in human nature: "within, out of the heart."
Sin develops in the human mind: in "evil thoughts."
Sin is expressed in human actions.
1. THERE IS DANGER IN REPLACING GOD’S TRUTH WITH MAN’S TRADITIONS - Mark 7:13
2. RELIGIOUS PRACTICES WILL NEVER MAKE US ACCEPTABLE TO GOD - Romans 3:19-20
3. WE SIN BECAUSE WE’RE BORN WITH A BAD HEART - Jeremiah 17:9
4. SALVATION INVOLVES GETTING A NEW HEART - Ezekiel 36:26
A CLEAN HEART IS…
- Focused on Scripture, not tradition.
- Focused on a clean heart, not clean hands.
- Focused on Jesus.
