Salvation, and being cleansed from a defiled heart, are only found through the free gift of the grace in our Lord Jesus Christ. It is the good gift of the Father, given to those who ask Him. After we receive this good grace of Christ, a heart religion is born. We are given the Holy Spirit and more of His blessed influences when we ask God for them. We have this good relationship with Christ, yes, but we will only grow in grace in relation to Him, if we are striving to be faithful. When we do strive to be holy by His grace, the Lord will lead us further on, into developing a heart religion. A developing heart religion will consist of the believer’s cultivating those good motions and habits of their heart in relation to repenting of sin and pursuing righteousness. In other words, The Lord Jesus expects you who know Him to do something in response to the relationship which He has initiated with you. This morning I want us to look together at the 3 responses of the heart of a Christian, to their own sin. The 1st Response, after conversion, is to attempt to understand your own heart better. (Verses 18-20) The 2nd Response is to examine yourself to see if you are judging yourself rightly. (Verses 19 and 20) And the 3rd Response is to cultivate new thoughts and new motions in your heart; doing the very opposite of what sin would have you to do. Let’s make questions out of the points.
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Pastor Paul Rendall was born in November of 1951, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college at Drake University and the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. degree in Social Work and History in 1974. Paul searched for truth in all the wrong places in college, but...
