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Cleansing The Heart

Comprehensive term for the authentic person “The place of conscious and decisive spiritual activity...feelings, desires, passions, thought, understanding and will”

I. Heart – What Is It?

Central position, Ps.46:2 Bodily organ, 2 Sm.18:14 God’s feelings, Gn.6:6 [Lk.24:39; Jn.4:24] Inner person – Intellect, Gn.6:5 Desires, Dt.17:17 [1 Chr.29:18; Mt.5/6] Emotions Fear / anxiety, Gn.42:28 Joy / Sorrow, Pr.15:13 Courage / hope, Pr.13:12; Jn.16:33

Central position, Ps.46:2 Bodily organ, 2 Sm.18:14 God’s feelings, Gn.6:6 [Lk.24:39; Jn.4:24] Inner person – Intellect, Gn.6:5 Desires, Dt.17:17 [1 Chr.29:18; Mt.5/6] Emotions Will, 2 Chr.29:31 Affections, 2 Sm.14:1 Romance, Song 4:9

I. Heart – What Is It? II. Clean Heart – Why Desirable?

Clean hands, pure heart, Ps.24:4  Hands: actions  Heart: attitude Clean: innocent, Ps.10:8 Pure: moral (comes from heart) ▪ Pr.20:9(Ro.3:23) But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man – Mt.15:18

I. Heart – What Is It? III. Cleansing The Heart II. Clean Heart – Why Desirable?

Lepers, Lv.14:2, 4, 7-8, 14, etc. “Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, ‘I am willing; be cleansed.’ And immediately his leprosy was cleansed” – Mt.8:3 (11:5)

Lepers, Lv.14:2, 4, 7-8, 14, etc. Lk.4:27, Naaman Ep.5:26, sinner “Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, ‘I am willing; be cleansed.’ And immediately his leprosy was cleansed” – Mt.8:3 (11:5) Water + Word of God = Cleansed

Apostasy, 2 Chr.30:18-20 Long removed from true worship Restored to true worship Set heart to seek God Ignorant of cleansing requirements Needed pardon Expected to learn, grow, ‘get it right’ – 1 K.14:8 Acts 8:18-24; 17:30-31

Davis’s supplication, Ps.139:23-24 Word can lead him, reveal his faults Some faults may be unknown to him He longs to be clean (Ps.51:2)

I. Heart – What Is It? IV. How To Cleanse The Heart II. Clean Heart – Why Desirable? III. Cleansing The Heart

Ps.119:9, 11 [Jn.15:3; Mk.7:19-22] Pr.20:30 [Is.53:5; Ja.4:8] Ezk.36:25-26 Gn.34:7 Lv.10:3 Ps.109:16 Ac.2: Gn.34:7 Lv.10:3 Ps.109:16 Ac.2: Cleanse Gentiles Ac.10:15, 47-48; 15:7-9 (Ro.6:17) Not faith alone, 2:37-38 Acts 2:37, prick, be pierced, stabbed

Ps.119:9, 11 [Jn.15:3; Mk.7:19-22] Pr.20:30 [Is.53:5; Ja.4:8] Ezk.36: Pt.3:15, dedicate (ct. 2 Pt.2:14) 1 Jn.1:7, 9 (3:19-21) Conscience is God’s spy and man’s overseer