Part
6
The
Anatomy and Workings of "the Heart"
Definition:
"Kardia:
'the heart'
(English, 'cardiac,' etc.), the chief organ of physical life ('for the
life of the flesh is in the blood,' Lev. 17:11), occupies the most
important place in the human system.
By
an easy transition the word came to
stand for man's entire mental and moral activity, both the rational and
the emotional elements.
In other words, the heart is used figuratively for the hidden
springs of the personal life.
The
Bible describes human
depravity as in the 'heart', because "sin" is a principle
which has its seat in the center of man's inward life, and then 'defiles'
the whole circuit of his action.
Ephesians
4:17-18
where God exhorts His people not to live like the Gentiles, in the vanity
[shallowness] of their mind, having the understanding
darkened,
being alienated from the life of God
through the ignorance that is in them,
because
of the
blindness of their heart."
1
Peter 3:4 But
let
it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not
corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the
sight of God of great price.
Matt
15:19-20 out
of the heart proceed evil thoughts,
murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: 20
These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen
hands defileth not a man.
"On
the other hand, Scripture regards the
heart as the sphere of Divine influence.
It represents the true character but conceals it" (J. Laidlaw, in
Hastings
' Bible Dict.)." (Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words.)
Romans
2:15 Which
shew the work of the law written in
their (Gentiles) hearts,
their conscience also bearing witness, and their
thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another...
Acts
15:8-9 God,
which knoweth the hearts,
bare them witness,
giving them the Holy Ghost (spirit),
even as he did unto us; 9 And put no difference between us and
them, purifying their hearts by faith
(in Christ).
Hebrews
4:12 For
the word of God is
quick (living),
and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the
dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a
discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
No
Man of Himself Knows His Own Heart
Jeremiah
17:9
The heart is deceitful
(fraudulent to man himself)
above all things, and desperately wicked:
who (among men) can know it?...
So,
who knows man's heart? Here Jeremiah agrees with Rom 2:15 above,
saying it's The Lord who knows and reveals Man's Heart to Man via man's
Conscience, exposing the heart's motive.
Jeremiah
17:10 ...
I The Lord Search The Heart,
I Try (penetrate)
The Reins (Heb. kilyah, the
mind's interior motive), even to give (reveal to) Every Man
(saved and unsaved) according to his
ways (what he does),
and according to the fruit of his
doings (the
consequence of his doings).
Today,
Under Grace, we have His innermost speaking...dividing our soul and
spirit, revealing our heart
Hebrews
4:12 For
the word of God is quick
(living), and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even
to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the
joints and marrow, and is a
discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Man
is cautioned by God to... 4Keep
thy heart
with all diligence;
for out of it are the issues
of life. Prov 4:23
·
The
Heart is the
Gateway to our being just
as a door to a building.
·
The
heart can
be open or closed to men and/or to God.
Romans
1:21
Because
that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were
thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their
foolish heart was darkened.
·
Whatever
touches man's inward being, enters in accord with his heart's
free will.
There
are (4) Four
Parts of the
Heart of
Man.
First,
The Heart of man consists
of
ALL 3 Soul parts
(mind Emotion and will)
Plus the Conscience
function of the human spirit. Below are proof text for each part, linked
to the heart of man
1)
Here we see the Soul's "thoughts"
and the
"intents"
of the will are in the heart
Heb
4:12
the word (Christ's
inward speaking) of God is quick
(living)...and is a discerner of the thoughts (mind) and intents
(will) of the heart.
Matthew
9:4 And
Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
Mark
2:8 ...
Jesus..., Why reason
ye these things in your hearts?
Luke 24:38 And he said unto
them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts
arise in your hearts?
Matthew
9:4
And Jesus knowing their thoughts
said, Wherefore think
ye evil in your hearts?
Genesis
6:5
And God saw that the
wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination
of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
2)
The Soul's "will"
is in the heart.
Acts
11:23
them
all, that with purpose of heart
they would cleave unto the Lord.
Heb
4:12
the word (Christ's
inward speaking) of God is quick (living)...and is a discerner of the thoughts
(mind) and intents (of the will) of the heart.
3)
The Soul's "emotion"
is in the heart
John
16:22
... your heart shall rejoice,
and your joy no man taketh from you.
John
16:6
But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow
hath filled your heart.
4)
THE SPIRIT'S "CONSCIENCE" IS GOD'S LIGHT UNTO THE
HEART
Hebrews
10:22
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts
sprinkled from an evil (troubled) conscience,
and our bodies washed with pure water.
1
John 3:20
For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart
All
Our Relationships are Maintained According to Our Heart. The Lord
Surveys, weighs or measures the Hearts of Men.
1
Samuel 16:7
for the Lord
seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward
appearance, but the Lord
looketh on the heart.
The
Lord Speaks from Outside/Into the unsaved
into their hearts via their Conscience.
Romans
2:14-15
...when the Gentiles,
which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law,
these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: 15Which
shew the work of the law (the knowledge
of good and evil) written in
their hearts, their
Conscience also Bearing
Witness, and their
thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
1.
The
Spirit of God speaks
via a mans spirit
as the antenna or receiver in man's heart.
2.
God's
gateway to the heart of man is man's "conscience."
3.
The
Conscience of man confirms "the
natural law" that
man gained when Adam ate of "The
Tree of the Knowledge of Good &
Evil."
4.
Thus
God convicts man's heart
of his sin and hopelessness and need for
a Savior.
5.
God's
Convicts,
but then speaks words of love,
forgiveness, cleansing
& acceptance...
In Christ
The
Lord knows and exposes our heart...to us.
Jeremiah
17:10 I
the Lord search the heart, I
try the reins (the motive),
even to give every man (consequences) according to his ways (doings), and
according to the fruit of his doings.
The
Sovereign Lord permits circumstances & situations of life to challenge
us in order to Reveal or Expose
man's heart
to the
Man.
The fruit of a
man's doings are the
Consequences of his doings. This
is used to teach us
our need of the only Righteous One - Christ the Savior..
Do
you hear the Lord?
Many
Christians say, "I just don't hear
God" or "He
never reveals things to me." But if your saved you do hear
Him.
John
8:47
He
that is of God heareth God's words:
ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
Perhaps
you don't recognizing His inner speaking.
·
"Christ
in you"
speaks, but you may not be attuned to hearing Him.
·
Or
sometimes its because we are not
"pure," having a mixed
motive!
A
KEY >> "Blessed
are the pure in heart:
for they shall see God." (Matthew
5:8)
"Pure"
is defined as
Unmixed (NOT
just outwardly "Clean")
·
Pure
means:
elementally pure, through &
through
·
Being
without mixture.
A mixture means it contains "two or more" elements.
·
Mixed
motive: Many seek God BUT they also have other ambitions for
themselves.
·
All
of us start out as a "self-for self."
We proceed in that way until God
deals with our heart.
·
A
Mixture of
motive is like two eyes looking in two directions
making our
vision blurred.
8
A
double minded man is
unstable in all his ways. (James 1:8)
·
Christians
often start with
more than one aim or goal
in their heart?
1.
Aiming to walk by Christ
2.
But also to be somebody
in their, job, career, ministry, reputation, to be in control.
Mixture
could be to seek to have "Christ"
plus "OUR OWN" agenda.
BUT,
Christ must be our ALL!
God's
Work & Your Self-works may LOOK the
same, but the MOTIVE of HEART
is the issue.
Col.
3:22
Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not
with eyeservice,
as menpleasers; but
in singleness (pure,
without mixture) of heart,
fearing God:
So,
The Lord's Must Change (Renew) Our Heart.
13
For it
is God Which Worketh In You Both To Will And To Do Of His Good Pleasure.
Philip. 2:13
When
our heart turned from the Law to Christ alone within us, we see and
enjoy the life and
Liberty
of His "Spirit of Life" and are changed inwardly... in our
heart.
15But
even unto this day, When Moses (The
Law) Is Read, the Vail
Is Upon Their Heart. 16Nevertheless when
it (the heart) shall turn to the Lord, the vail
shall be taken away.
17Now
the Lord is that Spirit: and where
the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18
But we all (in our soul self), with open
face beholding as in a glass (mirror) the glory of the Lord,
are CHANGED (Gk. metamorphoo,
transformed inwardly as a caterpillar is into a butterfly) into
the Same Image (of Christ) from glory
to glory, even as by
the Spirit of the Lord. (2Cor.
3:15-18)
1.
He turns us
to Him by the circumstance and situations of life in this fallen world.
The Law offers no help its dead, being written on stone. Then, recognizing
no way out, we are reduced
to turning to Him.
2.
In Turning, we find His
presence in us
and He demonstrates His Unconditional
Love.
3.
His love
opens
our heart and
Touches our Conscience...
He Exposes "OUR Self-for Self doing" self-reliance Vs. HIS
self-less love and His life
Hebrews
9:14
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit
offered himself without spot to God,
Purge (Purify) Your Conscience From Dead Works
to serve the living God
(rather than the law)?
4.
He purifies our conscience as
"He shines into our heart
changing us into His Image"
2
Cor. 4:6
For God, who commanded the light to
shine out of darkness, Hath
Shined In Our Hearts, to
give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in
the face of Jesus Christ.
Now
His love now can flow
Out of Our Pure Heart & Conscience.
5Now
the end of the commandment is charity (love) out
of a pure heart, and of a good
conscience, and of faith
unfeigned (without pretending): 1 Tim. 1:5
Paul's
"always"
dealt with his own conscience.
"herein
do I exercise myself,
to have always a Conscience Void of Offence toward God, and toward
men." Acts 24:16
With
our Conscience Cleansed, we have
Fellowship
Restored!
3
That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may
have fellowship
with us: and truly our fellowship
is with the Father, and with
his Son Jesus Christ. And these things write we unto you, that
your joy may be full. 1
John 1:3-4
We
Walk in the Light, keeping our conscience
clear and to Maintain
Fellowship with Him.
5...
God is light, and in him is no
darkness at all. If we say that we
have (or are in) fellowship with him, and walk
in darkness, we lie,
and do not the truth: 1John 1:5
The
Conflict Within Every Believer - Who will reign?
If I live independent of Him, then I SIN.
A)
The "Christ Me"
God's Righteous Seed In Ss
CANNOT SIN!
"Whosoever
is born of God doth not commit sin;
for his seed (sperma)
remaineth (stays) in
him:
and he cannot sin, because
he is born of God."
1 John 3:9
B)
But the "Independent Me"
(my independent unrenewed soul/heart) Does
Sin When I break that
Union
with
Him In My Spirit.
"If
we say that we have no sin,
we deceive ourselves, and the
truth is not in us." 1
John 1:8
With
Fellowship Established
we have
our Intuition and
conscience enlivened by the indwelling Christ - we hear Him.
His
Spirit "Abideth
in You (us)"
but we need to "Abide in
(union with) Him."
25And
this is the promise that he hath
promised us, even (His) eternal
life. These things have I written unto you concerning them
that seduce you. But the anointing
which ye have received of him abideth (dwells) IN YOU,
and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing
teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie,
and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide
in him. And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we
may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his
coming. If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every
one that doeth righteousness is born of him. 1
John 2:25-29
We
as Believers Already Have the Inner Knowledge (in spirit) called Intuitive
Mind of Christ.
It's
a sixth sense, that inner sense of "the
spirit."
20
But
ye have an unction (anointing) from the
Holy One (Christ), and ye know all things. (John
2:20 )
27 But the anointing which ye
have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any
man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and
is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in
him. (1
John 2:27)
This
intuitive sense is true, not a lie, but needs a pure heart by which it
may flow into our consciousness.
The
Inner Sense Knowledge
(Gk., "eido") is innate
knowledge by the spirit precedes the understanding
Then we come to know (ginosko "in mind") by the revelatory experience of
the Lord.
·
Spirit
Revelation in mind, flowing through our conscience, is needed to truly
understand.
·
This
begins when He uses whatever is needed to
turn our heart to Him.
It's
The Lord's Work to Convict us in Heart, usually by enduring situations
that Turn us to Him.
·
His
light exposes our neediness,
then we see our impure heart.
·
Touches
our heart with His love,
by revealing His Son in us
·
His
light Purifies our heart
of our other misguided ambitions,
·
The
radium of His light purifies our conscience,
so Fellowship of Life may be established.
We
can live by the Intuitive, Spontaneous Leading of His Spirit in our heart;
being empowered and joyful in every situation of life.