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5 days ago · “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” (Jer 17:9) “I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now .” (John 16:12) We don’t even know (understand) our own hearts; how could we understand deep spiritual truths?
23 hours ago · By Dr. Franklin L. Kirksey. The watchword for the hour is trust. The word translated "trust" in Proverbs 3:5-6 means "to lean with the full body," "to lay upon," "to rest the full weight upon." Our passage reveals three ways to trust in the Lord. First, trust in the Lord exclusively. Proverbs 3:5 reads, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart ...
1 day ago · Jeremiah also records this truth: Jeremiah 17:5-9 says that the heart is deceitful above all things. There is something wrong that interferes with our relationship with God: in order to trust Him and be blessed, we should not trust our heart. Even Jeremiah struggled to combine faith with what God was telling him: it is a heart problem.
1 day ago · People forge ahead and people are fundamentally good. We are all fundamentally good. Yes, there are some rogues and sinners, but the heart itself is good.”. I guess one might be a bit stressed by a big interview on TV in a second language. Previously, Francis had rightly said everyone was a sinner - himself included - and so the gospel was ...
1 day ago · “Every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” I think that verse in Genesis 6:5 really captures what the doctrine of total depravity is trying to say. There are other verses like Jeremiah 17:9: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?”
5 days ago · She quoted Mark 10:18—“No one is good except God alone”—and Jeremiah 17:9—“The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately sick”—among other verses. “This is core to Christianity,” Stuckey wrote.
4 days ago · Christian teachings caution against relying solely on the human heart, which is described as deceitful above all things (Jeremiah 17:9).
