From the Heart
Mark 7:14-23
Pastor Bob Hiller
9/2/2012
Romans 5:6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
1. Our ____________ are the root of our ____________.
2. We must understand the ____________ of our heart if we are going to understand the ____________ of God's ____________.
3. Jesus comes only for those whose hearts are ____________ with ____________.
Scripture Readings
Deuteronomy 4:1-2,6-9
Ephesians 6:10-20
Mark 7:14-23
Take It With You!
Here are some further thoughts to help you contemplate and living the life as a baptized child of God!
But the knowledge of original sin is necessary. For the magnitude of the grace of Christ cannot be understood [no one can heartily long and have a desire for Christ, for the inexpressibly great treasure of divine favor and grace which the Gospel offers], unless our diseases be recognized. [As Christ says Matt. 9: 12; Mark 2:17: They that are whole need not a physician.] The entire righteousness of man is mere hypocrisy [and abomination] before God, unless we acknowledge that our heart is naturally destitute of love, fear, and confidence in God [that we are miserable sinners who are in disgrace with God]. For this reason the prophet Jeremiah 31:19, says: After that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh. Likewise Ps. 116:11: I said in my haste, All men are liars, i.e., not thinking aright concerning God.
The Apology of the Augsburg Confession: Article II: On Original Sin
You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Romans 5:6-11
