How corrupt is the human heart?
If the human heart is irredeemable, how could Jesus say the pure in heart
will see God because that would be impossible.
The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Gen 6:5
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the heart of the wicked is of little worth.
Prov 10:20
The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
Prov 15:28
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Matt 5:8
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. 20 These are what defile a person.
Matt 15:19-20
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
Matt 22:37
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick
Jeremiah 17:9
So where is your corruption.
If the heart can be cleansed and bring forth good things for a righteous man
it cannot be corrupted in and of itself.
So I see no corruption, I see an inevitable rebellion against God because of
how it has been made to exist in communion with God, without which it
destroys itself and dies.
We inherit from Adam an aloneness, and separation from God that will destroy
us inside.
The more we justify ourselves and our sinful acts and intentions the more it will
decay and destroy us.
One of the first lessons we learn is to pretend something to get attention,
lying, to manipulate. Once we go down this road it is difficult to stop.
Now if Jesus could not save our hearts and straighten us out, what is the point
of the witness of the church, or walking in the light, or over overcoming sin, and
being a good example if we have overcome nothing.
So the heart must be capable of being purified and set true to God and righteousness.
We could not love God with a corrupt heart, because that would be dishonouring Him.
The cross purifies us from all unrighteousness, including our hearts.
If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
1 John 1:7
If the human heart is irredeemable, how could Jesus say the pure in heart
will see God because that would be impossible.
The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Gen 6:5
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the heart of the wicked is of little worth.
Prov 10:20
The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
Prov 15:28
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Matt 5:8
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. 20 These are what defile a person.
Matt 15:19-20
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
Matt 22:37
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick
Jeremiah 17:9
So where is your corruption.
If the heart can be cleansed and bring forth good things for a righteous man
it cannot be corrupted in and of itself.
So I see no corruption, I see an inevitable rebellion against God because of
how it has been made to exist in communion with God, without which it
destroys itself and dies.
We inherit from Adam an aloneness, and separation from God that will destroy
us inside.
The more we justify ourselves and our sinful acts and intentions the more it will
decay and destroy us.
One of the first lessons we learn is to pretend something to get attention,
lying, to manipulate. Once we go down this road it is difficult to stop.
Now if Jesus could not save our hearts and straighten us out, what is the point
of the witness of the church, or walking in the light, or over overcoming sin, and
being a good example if we have overcome nothing.
So the heart must be capable of being purified and set true to God and righteousness.
We could not love God with a corrupt heart, because that would be dishonouring Him.
The cross purifies us from all unrighteousness, including our hearts.
If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
1 John 1:7