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GOD’S ANATOMY OF OUR HEARTS
The heart of the matter
Argyle Sermon Series Autumn 2018
THE HEART—ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE
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Argyle Sermon Series Autumn 2018 The heart of the matter GODS ANATOMY OF OUR HEARTS THE HEARTACCORDING TO THE BIBLE Our hidden, innermost self, where our deepest hopes, desires, commitments and loves are found. 8 of 13 The written-on
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JEREMIAH 31:31-34
The written-on heart
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‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah.
JEREMIAH 31:31
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“Covenant describes a formal relationship between two parties who agree to a set of promises so they can work together toward a common goal.” —The Bible Project
COVENANT
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It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them,’ declares the Lord.
JEREMIAH 31:32
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It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them,’ declares the Lord.
JEREMIAH 31:32
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‘This is the covenant that I will make with the people of Israel after that time,’ declares the Lord. ‘I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts…
JEREMIAH 31:33a
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...I will be their God, and they will be my people.
JEREMIAH 31:33b
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No longer will they teach their neighbour,
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the Lord,” because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,’ declares the Lord.
JEREMIAH 31:34a
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‘For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.’
JEREMIAH 31:34b
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In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.’
LUKE 22:20
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‘This is the covenant that I will make with the people of Israel after that time,’ declares the Lord. ‘I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts…
JEREMIAH 31:33a
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What does God writing his laws on our hearts actually mean for us?
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The old covenant establishes all kinds of structures of right and wrong and blessing and curse and the importance
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not have intrinsic power to transform.
DON CARSON
MEANS INNER CHANGE
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MEANS THE HOLY SPIRIT IN YOU
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
EZEKIEL 36:26-27
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The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him so that he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as he might have torn a young goat.
JUDGES 14:6
MEANS YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE