God, the Heart of Man and the Sin Nature

  1. What is God’s view of the Heart of Man.
    1. Created in the image of God – Gen 1:27, 6:5-6
    2. Fall – Depraved Heart – Gen 6:12, Isa 29:13, Jer 17:9, Rom 1:18, Matt 15:18
    3. God knows the heart of man – Ps 5:4, 44:21, Pr 21:2, Luke 16:15, Rev 2:23
    4. God’s plan for the Heart – Amos 3:7, Eze 11:19, Jer 24:7, 31:33-34, Pr 3:5, Rom 10:9-10, Eph 1:18-19

  2. The Good Heart.
    1. New Thing – Exchanged Hearts – Eze 36:26 Jer 24:7, Ps 51:10
    2. Born Again – New Creation – John 3:3-5, Gal 5:6, 2 Cor 5:17, 1 Peter 1:23
    3. God Dwells in Man Ps 119:11, Gal 4:6 Eph 3:17, Col 3:15-16, 2 Peter 1:19, Phil 4:7, 1 Peter 3:15

  3. Removing the Sin Nature
    1. Clean the Inside/Heart – Matt 23:25, Luke 11:39, Ps 51:10, Pr 20:9, Acts 15:9, Heb 10:2, 22, 13:9
    2. Heart Circumcision – Deut 10:16, 30:6, Jer 4:4, Acts 7:51, Rom 2:29, Col 2:11
    3. Old Man – Rom 6:6, 1 Cor 5:7-8, Eph 4:22, Col 3:9

  4. No Dual Nature
    1. Putting off the old and putting on the new – Rom 6:4, 7:6, 1 Cor 5:7, Gal 6:15, Eph 2:15, 4:24, col 3:10
    2. Sinning doesn’t equal Nature, what has been removed? – Sinner is never used for a believer except paul of himself about his persecution of the church (1 Tim 1:15). Rom 5:8, 19, Gal 2:11-4:7, 1 Cor 6.
    3. The Law, Carnal & Bound, Prior to Redemption – Rom 7:7-25
    4. Patterned Answers Rom 5:12-8:39, and specifically “Has then” Rom 7:13, “So then,” Rom 7:25 and “Therefore now” Rom 8:1.

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