Searching The Heart
Psalm 139
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
Hebrews 10:14
He has made perfect forever those who are made Holy
It is the lack of heart searching that is the cause of so much sin not only in my own life but in so many Christians. For, when a person takes the time to completely search their heart they will be instantly humbled. Too often we look at our lives from a panoramic view and focus on the outward sin but fail to recognize the inward motives of the heart from which precede all our actions. We will often remember the hateful thing we said to someone and repent of this and then go on our way as if everything is good. It's like a sick person who is constantly taking pain killers to numb the pain but fails to fix what causes the pain. Sin has a way of creeping in and staying by keeping us focused on our outward actions while ignoring the inward condition.
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It Is Finished!
There was a time in my life when I had this picture in my head of Jesus going to His Father (GOD) every time I sinned and arguing my case. I had this idea that it was like a court room and every time I sinned Jesus would have to go before the judge and say, "don't punish Zach, I already died for that sin, he has asked for forgiveness and I died so don't punish him." It wasn't until I memorized the whole book of Galatians and then Hebrews that I realized that this is not biblical.
The book of Galatians I believe can be summarized in a few short sentences.
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Sin Boldly
It wasn't until recently that I began to understand what Martin Luther talked about when he said:
Be a sinner and sin boldly, but believe and rejoice in Christ even more boldly for He is victorious over sin, death, and the world. As long as we are here in this world we have to sin. This life is not a dwelling place of righteousness.
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