Transcript heart - forest hills church of christ

Mark 12:30,31
"And you shall love the Lord your God with all
your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind,
and with all your strength.' This is the first
commandment. And the second, like it, is this:
'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
There is no other commandment greater than
these."
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Matthew 22:40
"On these two commandments hang all the
Law and the Prophets."
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Deuteronomy 6:5
"You shall love the Lord your God with all
your heart, with all your soul, and with all your
strength."
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Leviticus 19:18
"You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any
grudge against the children of your people, but
you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am
the Lord."
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A Life of Full
Service to God
Loving the Lord with all
your heart, soul, mind
and strength and loving
your neighbor as
HEART
The Biblical concept of the
heart concerns the basis and
center of our personality.
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I Samuel 16:7
But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look at
his appearance or at the height of his stature,
because I have refused him. For the Lord does
not see as man sees; for man looks at the
outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the
heart."
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Acts 14:17
"Nevertheless He did not leave Himself
without witness, in that He did good, gave us
rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our
hearts with food and gladness."
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HEART
The Biblical concept of the
heart concerns the basis and
center of our personality.
These texts and others use
the word heart to refer to
what we really are spiritually,
sometimes even physically.
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HEART
The heart is the center of
emotions, conscience, mind and
will.
Here, it is distinguished from
the soul, the mind and the
strength (of will).
Therefore, it is probably
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Emotional Service
The Heart Must Be Pure.
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Matthew 5:8
"Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall
see God."
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James 4:8
Draw near to God and He will draw near to
you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and
purify your hearts, you double-minded.
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Emotional Service
The Heart Must Be Pure.
How the Heart Is Purified.
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Romans 6:17,18
But God be thanked that though you were
slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart
that form of doctrine to which you were
delivered. And having been set free from sin,
you became slaves of righteousness.
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Romans 10:8-10
But what does it say? "The word is near you,
in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the
word of faith which we preach): that if you
confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and
believe in your heart that God has raised Him
from the dead, you will be saved. For with the
heart one believes unto righteousness, and
with the mouth confession is made unto
salvation.
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Emotional Service
The Heart Must Be Pure.
How the Heart Is Purified.
The Mouth Speaks from the
Heart.
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Matthew 12:34,35
Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil,
speak good things? For out of the abundance
of the heart the mouth speaks. A good man
out of the good treasure of his heart brings
forth good things, and an evil man out of the
evil treasure brings forth evil things.
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Emotional Service
The Heart Must Be Pure
How the Heart Is Purified
The Mouth Speaks from the
Heart
True Service Comes from the
Heart
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Ephesians 6:5,6
Bondservants, be obedient to those who are
your masters according to the flesh, with fear
and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to
Christ; not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers,
but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of
God from the heart,
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Ephesians 6:7,8
with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and
not to men, knowing that whatever good
anyone does, he will receive the same from the
Lord, whether he is a slave or free.
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2 Corinthians 9:7
So let each one give as he purposes in his
heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God
loves a cheerful giver.
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Emotional Service
The Heart Must Be Pure
How the Heart Is Purified
The Mouth Speaks from the
Heart
True Service Comes from the
Heart
Keep Your Heart with All
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Proverbs 4:23
Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it
spring the issues of life.
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Emotional Service
The Heart Must Be Pure
How the Heart Is Purified
The Mouth Speaks from the
Heart
True Service Comes from the
Heart
Keep Your Heart with All
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1 John 4:19
We love Him because He first loved us.
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