The Heart Is Sick

Sunday morning was quite busy...

God said,

"The heart is sick"

The heart is sick?


"The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it? "I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds." Jeremiah 17:9-10 NASB

This reminds me of how/what started all of this-

Where will you be stricken again, As you continue in your rebellion? The whole head is sick And the whole heart is faint. Isaiah 1:5 NASB

If you continue to read in that chapter-

"So when you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; Yes, even though you multiply prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood. "Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight. Cease to do evil, Learn to do good... Isaiah 1:15-17 NASB


In the Bible, the words "Heart" and "spirit" can be readily interchanged.

All of this is referring to the spiritual condition of the people.

These staunch warnings keep coming and the worship is confounded in the house of God.

Someone said that they kept hearing a trumpet when God was speaking-

'They have blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but no one is going to the battle, for My wrath is against all their multitude. 'The sword is outside and the plague and the famine are within... Ezekiel 7:14-15 NASB

This goes back to what God was saying on December 4th; it starts in Ezekiel 7, is reiterated in Ezekiel 21, and is broken down for the New Testament church in Hebrews 12.

I don't know how else to say this-

But you have forgotten that the Scriptures say to God's children, "When the Lord punishes you, don't make light of it... Hebrews 12:5 CEV

We have all been warned.

God says "Take heed"

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