RRC Bible Study Podcast · Restoration Revival

What Does The Bible Say About The Heart? PT2

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“Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh,” and evil words expose what is inside.

1. RRC Bible Study Podcast focuses on “What Does The Bible Say About The Heart? PT2,” a teaching from Pastor Dennis Martin on Jeremiah 17:9-10. 2. Pastor Dennis Martin is the speaker, and he grounds the lesson in scripture because he says the heart must be examined before God. 3. The episode asks what the Bible says about the heart and why outward religion is not enough. 4. He begins with Jeremiah 17:9-10, quoting that “the heart is deceitful above all things” and that the Lord searches the heart. 5. He says the lesson from last week showed that many biblical problems start in the heart, not only in actions. 6. He explains that the biblical heart includes the mind, emotions, will, and consciousness, not only the physical organ. 7. He uses Solomon in 1 Kings 11:4 to show that wives turned his heart away from God. 8. He revisits Psalm 66:18, saying, “If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.” 9. He points to Proverbs 14:14 and says a person can be a “backslider in heart” while still appearing religious. 10. He says God judged David’s family in a way that reminded listeners that “man looks on the outward appearance” but God judges the heart. 11. He reads Genesis 6:5 and says God saw that every evil imagination and thought of man’s heart was “only evil continually.” 12. He adds that God was grieved at His heart because of what He saw in humanity. 13. He reads 2 Chronicles 12:14 and says Rehoboam “did evil because he prepared not his heart to seek the Lord.” 14. He compares preparing the heart for God to laying out ingredients before baking a cake. 15. He reads Proverbs 12:20 and says “deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil.” 16. He quotes Matthew 15:19 and says evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornication, theft, false witness, and blasphemies proceed from the heart. 17. His tone is direct and instructional, with repeated scripture reading, paraphrase, and application to church life. 18. The format is a solo Bible teaching with rhetorical questions, examples from daily life, and brief asides about preaching and social media. 19. Listeners who want practical Bible teaching on inner life. 20. Listeners wanting a short devotional without repeated scripture references.

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