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The Heart Won't Lie · The Bible Bit Podcast

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  Welcome back. This is Kimmy Miller of Woman at the Well Ministries bringing
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  you another Bible bit for you to enjoy.
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  The heart won't lie.
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  Today as we journey through the scriptures discovering the truth about our witness,
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  scripture reveals that the heart won't lie.
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  The truth of what you really think and how you truly believe will be revealed by how you talk.
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  You can try to hide it, but it is to no avail. Because a good man out of the
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  good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good,
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  and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil.
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  For of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. Luke 6, 45.
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  You just can't hide who you really serve.
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  As we begin to dive deeply into the scripture in Luke 6, 45,
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  we quickly see that your words, your character, and your actions reveal your heart.
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  Whatever is filling your heart is flowing from you it is a simple truth that
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  honorable intrinsically good
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  upright people produce good honorable and moral characteristics and deeds because
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  they have stored good treasure in their heart.
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  On the other hand, intrinsically evil and wicked people produce characteristics
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  of depravity, wickedness, and evilness out of an evil treasure they have stored in their heart.
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  When a person speaks, they speak from the overflow of their heart.
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  Oh, they may try to entice you with great words that sound good,
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  or try to deceive you with false actions that on the surface appear good.
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  But make no mistake, the evil person will reveal their intent if you listen
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  closely to their words and carefully watch their actions.
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  Matthew in the Gospel of Matthew put it this way, O generation of vipers,
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  how can ye, being evil, speak good things?
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  For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh, Matthew 12, 34.
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  Every person reveals their true character by what flows from them.
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  As we consider the truths revealed in Luke 6, 45, we must carefully reflect
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  upon this passage in Matthew 7, 16-20.
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  You must carefully pay attention to Matthew 7, 20, which says,
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  Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
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  This is your true witness. You will fully recognize a person from the fruits
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  they produce with their life.
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  In Matthew 7, 16, Jesus declares people will be known by their fruits and then
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  asks, Do people gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?
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  A good person can't bring forth evil fruit, and an evil person can't bring forth
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  good fruit, Matthew 7, 18.
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  Your words, actions, deeds, they all speak to the condition of your heart. The heart won't lie.
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  It always tells the truth of what you really believe and who you truly serve.
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  Perhaps it is time that all of us become fruit inspectors for our own lives.
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  We need to cry out to the Lord as the psalmist David did in Psalm 139, 23-24.
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  We need to cry out, search me, O God, and know my heart.
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  Try me and know my thoughts, and see if there be any wicked way in me,
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  and lead me in the way everlasting.
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  But most importantly, when he points out what doesn't belong,
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  we need to immediately ask him to remove it from our heart, repent of our sins,
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  1 John 1, 9, and be renewed in our heart and mind through Christ Jesus.
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  Protect your witness at all times and at all costs.
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  I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present
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  your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
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  And be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of
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  your mind that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
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  Romans 12, 1-2 Your witness is an outward demonstration of the condition of your heart.
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  Every born-again believer has experienced the change in their life.
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  2 Corinthians 5, 17 From serving the devil and performing his evil deeds to
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  serving God and spreading his goodness, mercy, love, and grace.
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  You must protect your heart by policing what goes into it.
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  Be careful who you confide in and from whom you take counsel.
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  Be disciplined in what you watch and what you allow yourself to hear.
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  Assemble yourselves with godly people, Hebrews 10.25. These are the actions
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  that fill your heart with God's goodness and help you to produce good fruit.
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  Participating in these activities will help you to live holy lives as God has commanded us to live.
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  As you reflect upon your life, if you find God revealing things to you that
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  shouldn't be in your heart, rest assured he will remove them if you ask.
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  Friends, make it a regular habit to ask God to create in you a clean heart and
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  to renew a right, steadfast spirit in you. Psalm 51.10 Remember you are loved. Jesus loves you.
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