A Good Heart Condition
Intro:
The major problems facing us in our society,
physically is the heart. When one develops heart
trouble he will do whatever necessary to improve the
heart even to a transplant. We need to give proper
care and heed to our heart, spiritually. (Pr. 4:23)
1. Christians have Christ there. (Gal. 4:6; Phil.
4:7; Ro. 10:10; Eph. 3:17; Heb. 10:22)
2. Christians can have coldness there. (Heb.
3:12-13; Pr. 23:7; Lam. 5:17)
I. Lay
Your Family to Heart. (Mk. 10:1-9)
A. Accept this to be God’s will. (Eccl. 9:9)
1. Marriage is for life: permanent
2. Marriage is for real: personal responsibility
a. Hardness of heart. (Mk.
10:5; Pr. 28:14; Heb. 3:13; Pr. 14:14; Heb. 4:7)
b. Harness your heart. (Pr.
4:23; Ps. 66:18)
B. Accord your life to God’s will. (Mal. 2:14-15)
1. Perfect will of God. (Ro. 12:2; Pr. 5:18)
a. Dwell together. (I Pet.
3:7)
b. Delight thyselves. (Heb.
13:4)
2. Permissive will of God. (Pr. 19:14: 11:29)
a. Glamour of single life
not for you once you wed. (Eccl. 5:5-6)
b. Glimmer of sin will not
be in your best interests. (Ps. 81:12; Mal. 2:2)
II. Lay Your Church to
Heart. (Lk. 24:32)
A. Get it in your heart who started it. (Mt. 16:18)
1. Christ in your heart and church is not.
(Jas. 4:8)
2. Christ in your heart and scripture not heeded.
(Col. 3:16)
B. Get it in your heart who
spiritualized it. (Acts 2:1-4; 2:41,42,47)
1. Body united: Members part of body. (I Cor.
12:13; Eph. 4:16) (hold the body)
a. The body parts must
coordinate: organism
b. The believer is part of
Christ: organization
2. Bride united: Members part of the head. (Col.
2:19) (hold the head)
a. The two are one:
cooperation of body with head. (Eccl. 5:1-2)
III. Lay Your
Convictions to Heart. (Eph. 6:6; Heb. 4:12; 13:9)
A.
Good conviction about self.
1.
Direction of life: proper paths.
2.
Destiny for your life: Reason for existence.
B.
Good conviction about scripture. (Heb. 4:12)
1.
That it is for your good.
That it will make you good.