INTENT
OF THE HEART
Matthew 12:34 34 O generation of
vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of
the heart the mouth speaketh.
Jesus was calling the pharisees snakes, and did so to their face. Saying
how can you, being so evil speak good things. Peoples words reveal their
thoughts and character whether it be good or bad thoughts.
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks means, the heart is
speaking words of good or words of evil out of this abundance of what the mind
has allowed from the thoughts to enter the heart.
This is not good. Because of wrong intentions. We must have good
determination with an extreme degree to change the way we think. We need to
consciously determine not to let the bad thoughts enter our heart.
Proverbs 18:21 21 Death
and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the
fruit thereof.
Christians who’s talk is constantly doubt are talking death and
problems. Those who speak the word and positive things of God speak life. The
way you think can change your life.
These statements illustrate the power words have. What a person says
will often return to him or her in some way. Adding or subtracting from their
life. Our speech does have consequences.
Matthew
12:36-37 36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall
speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy
words thou shalt be condemned.
Every
idle word that we speak, is talking about claims of righteousness which did not
exist, and an account shall be given in the day of judgement.
Whatever
is in the heart eventually comes out of the mouth. Abundance means an excess or
overflow and refers to the core of the nature of a person that will eventually
surface.
For
by your words you shall be justified. This is a confession of Christ and the
price that he paid on the cross will justify any person.
The
term by your words you shall be condemned is a confession of anything other
than Christ and the cross will be condemned.
Proverbs
28:14 14 Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth
his heart shall fall into mischief.
Hardening of the
heart will cause you to do things you would never do before your heart hardened.
It can cause you to go astray. A broken and contrite heart produces a happiness
that only God can give. The hardened heart can not be reached by the Holy Spirit.
We must as
believers be totally dedicated to have a soft heart and a fixed mindset on the
Lord. We must have the word of God as our standard, following Him seeking His
will for our life.
Jerimiah 17:
9-10 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and
desperately wicked: who can know it?
10 I the Lord search the heart, I try the
reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit
of his doings.
God
knows the hopeless intent and corruption of the natural heart. He says, no one
cultured and moral can either see or enter into the kingdom of God, unless
there is a new birth.
The
Lord searches our heart, only God can know our heart. I try the reins I referring
to the Lord allowing certain things to take place according to the disposition of
the person involved.
The
Lord knows all things, in other words, what is in the heart of man, even before
man knows his own heart. In order that man I not able to say that he was unjustly
judged the Lord allows events to transpire, which always reveals exactly what
is in the heart, whether good or bad.
The
word of God backs up the desperate wickedness of the human heart. The primary
characteristics of being in the flesh is an absolute inability to please God.
Galatians
5:19-21 19 Now
the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication,
uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred,
variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness,
revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told
you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom
of God.
If
one chooses to operate in an unrestrained behavior known as the works of the
flesh, it implies that we are not allowing ourselves to be led by the Spirit.
as we invite the Holy Spirit to direct us, he enables us to defeat the power of
the flesh more and more so we can walk in the way of freedom and righteousness.
The
works of the flesh fall into three categories. Sensual sin, spiritual sin, and
social sin. These wicked deeds are clearly seen, evident to the eye and performed
out in the open.
Notice
that most works of the flesh are social sins. It is in our personal
relationships that the desire of the flesh often reacts.
If
one is walking in the flesh, one or more of the sins will manifest themselves
in our life. The only way to walk in perpetual victory is to understand that
everything we do refers to the Holy Spirit. He works exclusively within the
confines of the sacrifice of Christ Jesus, and will exert His might power on
our behalf, enabling us to live a holy life.
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