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“Follow your heart!”

“Follow your heart!”. Proverbs 16:1-6. The Heart. Created in the image of God, Gen. 1:26-27; 2:25 Born innocent, Matt. 18:3; Rom. 7:9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; Who can know it?” (Jer. 17:9) What happened? Eccl. 7:29. Temptation and Sin.

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“Follow your heart!”

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  1. “Follow your heart!” Proverbs 16:1-6

  2. The Heart • Created in the image of God,Gen. 1:26-27; 2:25 • Born innocent,Matt. 18:3; Rom. 7:9 • “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; Who can know it?”(Jer. 17:9) • What happened?Eccl. 7:29

  3. Temptation and Sin • Lusts from within and enticements from without,Jas. 1:12-16 • “They have sought out many schemes”Eccl. 7:29 • Sin takes opportunity,Rom. 7:8, 11 • “Sin lies at the door” – Must rule over it,Genesis 4:7

  4. Temptation and Sin • Foolish to trust your heart as your standard and guide,Prov. 28:26; 16:25 • Our ways are pure to us, but God judges,Prov. 16:1-3 • Contrast man’s heart and God’s counsel,Prov. 19:21 • Cain & Abel: Do not “follow your heart”

  5. “Follow your heart!” • In personal faith,Gen. 4:3-5; Heb. 11:4 • Cain: Followed his heart; Not righteous • Abel: Acted by faith; Righteous • Saul,Acts 26:9; 1 Tim. 1:13 • Heart may convince us we have personal faith, but what does the Bible say?!

  6. “Follow your heart!” • In religious service,Gen. 4:3-5; Heb. 11:4 (Jas. 1:26) • Cain: Gave what he knew & valued: It was what he wanted to give – Rejected • Abel: Gave what he knew & valued: It was what God wanted him to give – Accepted

  7. “Follow your heart!” • Service offered without God’s word of approval is rejected,Matthew 7:21-23 • Worship(Jno. 4:24) • The church(Matt. 16:18; Eph. 1:22-23; 4:4; 5:23) • Doctrine(Col. 3:17; 2 Tim. 3:10) -Proverbs 16:25; Jeremiah 17:9-

  8. “Follow your heart!” • In personal morality, Gen. 4:8 (Mk. 7:21) • Cain: Anger, hate and murder • Works were evil,1 Jno. 3:12, 10 • Anger, Gen. 4:5-6 • Premeditation,Gen. 4:8 • Liar,Gen. 4:9 • Abel: Works were righteous,1 Jno. 3:12

  9. “Follow your heart!” • In personal morality • Evil language,Eph. 4:29; 5:4 • Heart that is not converted to purity • Worldly values & conduct,1 Pet. 4:1-3 • Mind that is controlled by the flesh • Dishonesty,Eph. 4:25; 1 Pet. 2:12 • Heart that is deceiving itself -Proverbs 16:25; Jeremiah 17:9-

  10. “Follow your heart!” • In family values, Gen. 4:9 (1 Jno. 3: 11-12) • Cain: “Am I my brother’s keeper?” • No love in his heart • Family love and brotherly love,Col. 3:19; Titus 2:4; 1 John 3:13-15

  11. “Follow your heart!” • Many unloving things while “following my heart,” Gen. 4:9 (1 Jno. 3:11-12) • Divorce,Matthew 19:6 • Demanding and selfish,Eph. 5:21, 33 • Disobey parents,Ephesians 6:1-3 • Disrespectful of each other,Matt. 7:12 -Prov. 16:25; Jer. 17:9-

  12. The heart is deceitful • Not because God created it that way • Because we yield to temptation • Sin distorts, damages and destroys the heart’s purity and innocence • Cain: Following heart led to vain worship, anger, hatred, murder, lying and curse(Jude 11) • Abel: Lived by faith in God& His word

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