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Cleansing the Heart: A Comprehensive Spiritual Guide

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This document delves into the profound concept of the heart as the center of authentic spiritual activity, encompassing feelings, desires, thoughts, and will. It explores the biblical significance of a clean heart, emphasizing the need for spiritual cleansing through the Word of God. As we reflect on the importance of pure intentions and moral integrity, we learn the steps to achieve heart cleansing, inspired by scripture. By understanding our inner self, we can align our actions with our faith and seek true worship.

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Cleansing the Heart: A Comprehensive Spiritual Guide

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  1. Cleansing The Heart

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

  3. I. Heart – What Is It?

  4. 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

  5. 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

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

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

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

  9. 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)

  10. 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) Water + Word of God = Cleansed Lk.4:27,Naaman Ep.5:26, sinner

  11. 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

  12. 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)

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

  14. Acts 2:37, prick, be pierced, stabbed Not faith alone,2:37-38 • Gn.34:7 • Lv.10:3 • Ps.109:16 • Ac.2:37 . . . 46 • Cleanse Gentiles Ac.10:15, 47-48; 15:7-9 (Ro.6:17) • Ps.119:9, 11 [Jn.15:3; Mk.7:19-22] • Pr.20:30 [Is.53:5; Ja.4:8] • Ezk.36:25-26

  15. Conscience is God’s spyand man’s overseer • Ps.119:9, 11 [Jn.15:3; Mk.7:19-22] • Pr.20:30 [Is.53:5; Ja.4:8] • Ezk.36:25-26 • 1 Pt.3:15, dedicate (ct. 2 Pt.2:14) • 1 Jn.1:7, 9 (3:19-21)

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