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14 But the natural man
receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God:
for they are foolishness unto him:
neither can he know them,
because they are spiritually discerned.
We've all been given that advice:
"Follow your heart."
Is man's heart trustworthy?
Does that ensure right decisions?
A born again looks to GOD's laws.
Here's what we found:
Man's heart cannot be trusted.
Genesis 6:5-6
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5 And God saw that the wickedness of man
was great in the earth,
and that every imagination
of the thoughts of his heart
was only evil continually.
6 And it repented the Lord
that he had made man on the earth,
and it grieved him at his heart.
Psalm 14:2-3
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2 The Lord looked down from heaven
upon the children of men,
to see if there were any that did understand,
and seek God.
3 They are all gone aside,
they are all together become filthy:
there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Psalm 146:3-4
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3 Put not your trust in princes,
nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth;
in that very day his thoughts perish.
Proverbs 21:2
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2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes:
but the Lord pondereth the hearts.
Jeremiah 17:9
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9 The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately wicked:
who can know it?
Matthew 15:16-19
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16 And Jesus said,
Are ye also yet without understanding?
17 Do not ye yet understand,
that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth
goeth into the belly,
and is cast out into the draught?
18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth
come forth from the heart;
and they defile the man.
19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts,
murders, adulteries, fornications,
thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Romans 3:23
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23 For all have sinned,
and come short of the glory of God;
Only GOD can be trusted.
1 Samuel 16:7
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7 But the Lord said unto Samuel,
Look not on his countenance,
or on the height of his stature;
because I have refused him:
for the Lord seeth not as man seeth;
for man looketh on the outward appearance,
but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Psalm 146:5-6
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5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help,
whose hope is in the Lord his God:
6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea,
and all that therein is:
which keepeth truth for ever:
Proverbs 21:1
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21 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord,
as the rivers of water:
he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Isaiah 55:8-9
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8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,
saith the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways,
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Jeremiah 17:10
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10 I the Lord search the heart,
I try the reins,
even to give every man according to his ways,
and according to the fruit of his doings.
John 1:14
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14 And the Word was made flesh,
and dwelt among us,
(and we beheld his glory,
the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,)
full of grace and truth.
John 1:17
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17 For the law was given by Moses,
but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
John 14:6
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6 Jesus saith unto him,
I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.
Romans 8:26-27
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26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities:
for we know not what we should pray for
as we ought:
but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us
with groanings which cannot be uttered.
27 And he that searcheth the hearts
knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit,
because he maketh intercession for the saints
according to the will of God.
Hebrews 4:12-13
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12 For the word of God is quick,
and powerful,
and sharper than any twoedged sword,
piercing even to the dividing asunder
of soul and spirit,
and of the joints and marrow,
and is a discerner of the thoughts
and intents of the heart.
13 Neither is there any creature
that is not manifest in his sight:
but all things are naked and opened
unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
1 John 2:27
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27 But the anointing
which ye have received of him abideth in you,
and ye need not that any man teach you:
but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things,
and is truth, and is no lie,
and even as it hath taught you,
ye shall abide in him.
How GOD wants to purify us.
Ezekiel 11:19-20
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19 And I will give them one heart,
and I will put a new spirit within you;
and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh,
and will give them an heart of flesh:
20 That they may walk in my statutes,
and keep mine ordinances, and do them:
and they shall be my people,
and I will be their God.
Ezekiel 36:23
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23 And I will sanctify my great name,
which was profaned among the heathen,
which ye have profaned in the midst of them;
and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord,
saith the Lord God,
when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
Ezekiel 36:24
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24 For I will take you from among the heathen,
and gather you out of all countries,
and will bring you into your own land.
Ezekiel 36:25
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25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you,
and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness,
and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
Ezekiel 36:26
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26 A new heart also will I give you,
and a new spirit will I put within you:
and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh,
and I will give you an heart of flesh.
Ezekiel 36:27-28
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27 And I will put my spirit within you,
and cause you to walk in my statutes,
and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
28 And ye shall dwell in the land
that I gave to your fathers;
and ye shall be my people,
and I will be your God.
John 3:5-7
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5 Jesus answered,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit,
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh;
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee,
Ye must be born again.
How we are to be.
Proverbs 3:5
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5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart;
and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Proverbs 3:6
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6 In all thy ways acknowledge him,
and he shall direct thy paths.
Proverbs 3:7
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7 Be not wise in thine own eyes:
fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
Psalm 51:10
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10 Create in me a clean heart, O God;
and renew a right spirit within me.
Proverbs 4:23
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23 Keep thy heart with all diligence;
for out of it are the issues of life.
Jeremiah 17:7
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7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord,
and whose hope the Lord is.
Matthew 5:8
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8 Blessed are the pure in heart:
for they shall see God.
Matthew 5:48
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48 Be ye therefore perfect,
even as your Father which is in heaven
is perfect.
James 4:8
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8 Draw nigh to God,
and he will draw nigh to you.
Cleanse your hands, ye sinners;
and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
1 Peter 1:15-16
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15 But as he which hath called you is holy,
so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
16 Because it is written,
Be ye holy;
for I am holy.
And if people don't want to listen?
Ezekiel 11:21
King James Version
21 But as for them whose heart walketh
after the heart of their detestable things
and their abominations,
I will recompense their way
upon their own heads,
saith the Lord God.
All power comes from JESUS alone.
John 15:5
King James Version
5 I am the vine,
ye are the branches:
He that abideth in me, and I in him,
the same bringeth forth much fruit:
for without me ye can do nothing.
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