Sep
8
2009
The Heart of a Man
Proverbs tells us that “Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,” and, “All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes,” and again, “men will proclaim every one his own goodness.”
It is of these men that the scriptures reply, “but the LORD pondereth the hearts,” “but the LORD weigheth the spirits,” and, “the end thereof are the ways of death.”
The point is…what you think about your own own moral ability is distorted by the sinfulness of your own heart. Humility begins by asking what God says of our sinful hearts. Here is a sweeping survey of the biblical texts which unmistakably teach us what we must believe concerning ourselves and the hearts of men in general. Continue reading