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God Looks At the Heart
There are two different perspectives that are used in the Bible that God uses regarding sin and if you don’t understand that you might think that the Bible contradicts itself.
1) There is God’s and man’s view of man’s outward actions or his flesh.
2) There is God’s view of man’s internal heart which only God can see.
While King David did some good things, if you have read everything about him he also did a lot of sinful things, yet what does God say about King David?
1 Samuel 13:14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.
Acts 13:22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
While Lot was living in the most sinful place on earth at the time, what does God say about him?
2 Peter 2:7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
2 Peter 2:8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds
So if we are all sinful with no hope of changing while in the flesh, how can God call David a man after his own heart and Lot a righteous man? Because God is speaking of their internal heart, not their actions and thoughts. Only Jesus can save us from the penalty of our sinful actions and thoughts or our flesh.
1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
Notice what God said about man before the great flood.
Genesis 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Evil people not only do evil but are happy about it because they are evil in their heart or one could say their core. Those who are not evil in their heart feel bad about the sin they do caused by their flesh.
King James Version
Psalms 10:3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
Contemporary English Version
Psalms 10:3 The wicked brag about their deepest desires. Those greedy people hate and curse you, LORD.
Goodboy
There are two different perspectives that are used in the Bible that God uses regarding sin and if you don’t understand that you might think that the Bible contradicts itself.
1) There is God’s and man’s view of man’s outward actions or his flesh.
2) There is God’s view of man’s internal heart which only God can see.
While King David did some good things, if you have read everything about him he also did a lot of sinful things, yet what does God say about King David?
1 Samuel 13:14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.
Acts 13:22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
While Lot was living in the most sinful place on earth at the time, what does God say about him?
2 Peter 2:7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
2 Peter 2:8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds
So if we are all sinful with no hope of changing while in the flesh, how can God call David a man after his own heart and Lot a righteous man? Because God is speaking of their internal heart, not their actions and thoughts. Only Jesus can save us from the penalty of our sinful actions and thoughts or our flesh.
1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
Notice what God said about man before the great flood.
Genesis 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Evil people not only do evil but are happy about it because they are evil in their heart or one could say their core. Those who are not evil in their heart feel bad about the sin they do caused by their flesh.
King James Version
Psalms 10:3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
Contemporary English Version
Psalms 10:3 The wicked brag about their deepest desires. Those greedy people hate and curse you, LORD.
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