The same ends are sought in the same spirit; the moral character remains unchanged. Some respite is given. It is your own son. Ravi Zacharias A Wicked Heart Sermon Jam Like Share & Subscribe. Give herself up to gratify her propensity for knowledge, and for the good of self-indulgence. But, let it be said in way of explanation, this does not imply that men do evil for the sake of the evil itself; it does not imply that sinning, considered as disobedience to God, is their direct object -- no; the drunkard does not drink because it is wicked to drink, but he drinks notwithstanding it is wicked. Now, that leaves us with this question: If trusting in self results in such misery (no good shall come) and trusting in God results in such fruitfulness (you’re going to prosper), why in the world is a whole nation acting so suicidally in self-trust and sin and idolatry? Do you know those hands? . The day of execution comes; the sheriff is on hand to do his duty; from the prison he takes his culprit to the place of execution; the multitude throng around and follow sadly along -- suddenly a messenger rushes up to say to the criminal, "You have torn to pieces one pardon, but here is yet one more; will you have this?" 5 Indicators of a Wicked and Evil Heart,Leslie Vernick - Read more about spiritual life growth, Christian living, and faith. Although He has no pleasure in the sinner's death, and although He will never slay you because He delights in it, yet how can He do otherwise than execute His law if He would sustain it? We shall do no such thing. Will you stand out against Him, and flatter yourself that He will fail of executing His awful sentence upon you? 2. Professing to believe him under the far more awful sentence to hell, how do you in fact feel? Heaven, earth, and hell may all combine to pour upon you their reasons for fearing and loving God, and yet you can not! Is God so unreasonable in His demands that He imposes upon you things quite impossible for you to do? But God has provided a glorious testimony in favor of law, going to show that it is in His heart to sustain it at every sacrifice, He could not forgive sin until His injured and insulted law is honored be, fore the universe. The evil heart is always on the prowl to benefit self, it is obsessed with its own goals, its own needs, its own desires. ... Jeremiah 17:9 describes a heart disconnected from God. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.' Is Jeremiah 17:9 about believers, unbelievers, or both?” Pastor John, how do you process this text and its context? Let each sinner observe -- the day of execution is really set. So of God. Know Your Weakness Jeremiah 17:9-10 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? When it arrives, there can be no more delay. But right over against this, see the case of the sinner, condemned to an eternal hell. No. In a moment I shall look at three things that are to be found in my text. Jesus said: 'When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. O what a flood of emotions they pour out! He has no idea of being executed; he swears he will burn down the governor's house; indeed, he manifests a most determined spirit, as if his heart were fully set on evil. Ah, how long have they been kept without in waiting for the door to open! engraved on the tablet of their heart . . Where would we be today, or in a thousand years, if God were not rich in mercy? Man does not see what the LORD sees, for man sees what is visible, but the LORD sees the heart" (1 Sam. Calling to his private secretary, he says, Make out a pardon for their son! O no, not converted, but I think she is friendly; she feels favorably toward religion. The main text for this message was taken from the Gospel of Mark 7:20-23, with the message focused around the depraved heart of mankind. Is this a very amiable trait of character in you? Let me suppose that here is a father and also a mother in this house, and you have a child whom you know and admit to be under sentence of death. They can not possibly think otherwise. I want you to know the three main considerations we need to have in connection with these words of my text. All man thought about was evil continually. 1. They rush from his house toward the prison, so delighted that they scarcely touch the ground; coming near they hear songs of merriment, and they say, How our son must be agonized with company and scenes so unsuited and so uncongenial! 16:7). This is the unresponsive heart. Because you might have had mercy, but you would not. 17:9. Authentic Christianity begins when God replaces the wicked heart with a clean, new heart: Ps 51:10 Create in me a clean heart O God; renew a right spirit within me. But where God is applying the blood-bought purchase of the new covenant, there is a new creation. And all have sinned, so this is the condition of everyone’s heart before being reconciled to God. No man deems this strange at all. Jeremiah 17:9-"The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?" Who, they ask, is that who can sing so merrily in a prison? He can not withstand such kindness and compassion. those weeping eyes! Oh, I want to be like that, right? Mark 7:21 - For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Romans 1:21 - Because that, when they knew God, they glorified [him] not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. The real spirit of the offer goes the length of asking the sincere devotion of their hearts to the best good of the government. “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” Consider this first phrase. They meet the sheriff. Come, O come now and accept it. How would all men be shocked to see such a case -- to see a man who should so outrage all propriety as to give himself up to abuse the government whose righteous laws he had just broken and then whose clemency he had most flagrantly abused! Because God waited on you long, but you only became in heart more fully set to do evil. To the yet living sinner, I have it to say today that the hour of your execution has not yet arrived. Ask her to repent and what does she say? And his answer is verse 9: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” So, the human heart is diseased with sin and in the sway of deceit. Before I do that I shall give a little introduction to the Book of Proverbs as a whole. Alas, they cry, this is worst of all! We share a citizenship with those from every nation who call upon the name of Jesus. Only think of a state of moral hardihood that can abuse God's richest mercies -- that can coolly say -- God is so good that I will abuse Him all I can; God loves me so much that I shall venture on without fear to insult Him and pervert His long-suffering to the utmost hardening of my soul in sin and rebellion. I shall live as long as the best of you." THE DECEITFUL HEART Jesse M. Hendley October 11, 1907---November 30, 1994 Jeremiah 17:9 My text is found in Jeremiah, Chapter 17 and verse 9, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?" Ah, say they, that is distressing; but we can subdue his wicked and proud heart. They approve the governor's course; they endorse the sentence. So God's Word solemnly affirms. But for this you would no more need the Holy Ghost than an angel of light does. But the text affirms that "the heart of men is fully set in them to do evil." Yet when my heart condemns me, my God is able to save me! viii.11. Is the Christian’s heart deceitfully wicked? Making this radical mistake, it conceives of the whole Gospel system as a scheme for indulgences. Ah, no; no such thing at all. When we speak of the necessity of a change to some people, they begin to be affected by it, and so they put away some evil habits, as drinking or swearing, or lying; they put these away, and promise never to go back to them; and now they think the work is done, and they are in a fair way for heaven. If we love God, we realize that he knows the best way for us to live. For this people's heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. She consented to believe the lying spirit who told her it was "a tree to be desired to make one wise." Do you hear that gentle rap at your door? For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies (Matthew 15:19). ... Only they can. But they may take a wholly selfish view of the case, and determine to accept the proposal only just far enough to secure the rewards, and only for the sake of the rewards. He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see any good come.” That’s the root problem of the idolatry and the sin. . Suppose it were a human government and a similar state of facts should occur; who does not see that government might as well abdicate at once as forbear to punish? So of the man who tells lies. In the case of this truth, every man knows that he is not himself punished as he has deserved to be in the present Every man sees the same thing in the case of his neighbors. At least, I will venture on a season longer and turn about by and by if I find it quite advisable; but at present why should I fear to set my heart fully in the way God has forbidden? He drinks for the present good it promises -- not for the sake of sinning. She has most gushing sensibilities; she can not bear to see a kitten in distress; but what does she care for God's rights? They say, We did think he would accept the pardon! All of our resources exist to guide you toward everlasting joy in Jesus Christ. I know it is sometimes said that sinners love sin for its own sake, out of a pure love of sin as sin, simply because it is disobedience to God, with a natural relish, as wolves love flesh; but this is not true -- certainly not in many cases; but the simple truth is, men do not set their hearts upon the sin for its own sake, but upon sinning for the sake of the good they hope to get from it. not willing to be pardoned -- not willing to be saved! In this sermon on Romans 10:9-10, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones examines what the apostles preached in their missionary journeys, and what true salvation looks like. When they see you set your heart only the more fully to do evil, they stand back aghast at such unparalleled wickedness! Let us see how it would look in the case of our friend or neighbor. The universe look on and see the facts in the case; and with one voice that rings through the vast arch of heaven, they cry, "Just and righteous art thou in all thy ways, thou most Holy Lord God!". Does she meet the claims of God like a friend to His government and to His reputation? The root problem is that they are trusting in man, not in God. So, my conclusion is that we can say that Jeremiah 17:9 (the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately sick) is true of the human heart — all of them. The question is from a podcast listener named Micah. What's the matter? Jeremiah 17:9 - The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it? The heart that is wicked is the heart that has departed from God as a result of sin. She will tell you she can not.". He seizes it, tears it to pieces, and tramples it under his feet! So go through all the ranks of society and you see the same thing. I said that selfishness often assumes a religious type. God has no other alternative. You do not believe the simple declaration of Jehovah as it stands recorded on the pages of the Bible. I was recently in a debate with a friend over Jeremiah 17:9: ‘The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?’ I applied it to the ongoing sin-blindness in the heart of the Christian. You have seen it acted over ten thousand tunes; you can look back and see it in your own case. But hear that professedly Christian father pray for his ungodly son. For such reasons, execution is usually delayed. Who says this is cruel? They turn sadly away, not caring even to bid him farewell. O this horrible committal of the heart to do evil! All the people feel that this is righteous. But the agonized parents must hold on. So, the question is this: When a person experiences the new birth — becomes a Christian — what happens to that diseased, deceived, self-exalting, God-opposing heart? And that’s why people act suicidally in preferring self-trust over God-trust. Nothing less or more than a mighty will not! He always assumes that by nature they have the same disposition. Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. If you will abuse Him, He must execute His law, and its fearful sentence of eternal death. All the latent sensibilities of the father's heart are aroused within him. They do not know how it fares with him, but they fear the worst. Being well aware of where you are this morning, you … The parable of the wicked tenants is a statement of God’s concern for his people and a declaration that God’s plan cannot be defeated by man. We will show him the pardon and tell him how the governor feels. Jesus may plead with you -- your friends may plead; heaven and hell may lift up their united voices to plead, and every motive that can press on the heart from reason, conscience, hope and fear, angels and devils, God and man, may pass in long and flashing array before your mind -- but alas! Reported by The Editor. The judge says I defer the execution that you may have opportunity to secure a pardon from the governor. Do they act as if they believed the half of its awful truths about sentenced sinners ready to go down to an eternal hell? These afflicted parents have gone to the governor; they have poured out their griefs before him and have at last wrenched a pardon from his stern hands. The man was worldly before and is devout now; but devout for the same reason that he was worldly. So elsewhere. Our God is holier than to look upon iniquity! They see at a glance that there can be no hope of release but in a pardon. Once more the bleeding hand offers Mercy's cup to your lips. The text says, "Because sentence is not executed speedily," implying that sentence is already passed and only waits its appointed time for execution. He is under sentence, but his sentence is not executed speedily. The good of the nation demands it, and I can not allow my sympathies to overrule my sense of justice and my convictions of the public good. O what a conflict in their minds! It says, “The sin of Judah is . What, when God says he is sentenced to die and his angel of death may come in one hour and cut him down in his guilt and sin, and send his spirit quick to hell, and yet the father or the mother have no feeling in the case they are infidels; they do not believe what God has said. `O,' says that fond mother, `I think my daughter is friendly to religion. alas, young woman! But what is it to repent, that this amiable lady, so friendly to religion withal, should be incapable of repenting? Jesus Himself said, "How often would I have gathered you -- O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! This is all; this the only reason why judgment for a long time has lingered and the sword of justice has not long since smitten you down. The love of reputation fills and fires his soul, and therefore, perhaps, he becomes very polite and very amiable in his manners -- sometimes, very religious -- if religion is popular, but altogether selfish, and none the less so for being so very religious. That sentence -- how it sinks into the heart of the guilty culprit! What for the rights of Jesus Christ? Answer, to do evil. You find it quite impossible to make up your mind to serve and please God! Whatever is on the inside will eventually come out—whether good or bad. Do you know where they have been to be nailed through and through? The parents hasten away to the prison, and learn the details of the painful case. Here are some verses that describe what happens: Ezekiel 36:26 describes the new covenant like this: “I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. Po you see that visage, so marred more than any man's -- and you are only the more fully set to do evil? His heart, too, is so fully set within him to do evil that he can not get his own consent to turn from his sins to God. I am ready to beg for mercy now; and I rejoice to hear that our God has a father's heart.". shall the universe take up arms against Jehovah? They tell him how much it has cost them and how tenderly the governor feels in the case. And may God have mercy on your soul!" The licentious man would perhaps be glad if it were not wicked to gratify his passion; but wicked though it is, he sets his heart to do it. Who is it that comes? After this solemn transaction, execution is commonly deferred for a period longer or shorter according to circumstances. Do they say, How cruel to hang a young man, and for only such a crime? Your heart does condemn you, my heart condemns me when I sin because I know it is a diseased heart - but praise the Lord, God is greater! But where God is applying the blood-bought purchase of the new covenant, there is a new creation. Can it be found anywhere else in the universe but in this crazy world? This is not only Satan's workhouse in the soul; but it may be viewed as a purveyor, which the heart engages in making provision for its lusts. Have they not been pierced? What ails that professor who has no spirit of prayer and no power with God? We see the messenger; we hear the sentence read -- we see that your fatal hour has come. Was that a sin? Now your theory is that the case of your child is infinitely worse than. 1. God says, pray for your dying son! Giving up their hearts to a refined selfishness, they repel God's most righteous claims, and they are fallen! What do you think? When the universe gather together around the great white throne, and the dread sentence goes forth, "Depart, accursed;" and away they move in dense and vast masses as if old ocean had begun to flow off-down, down, they sink to the depths of their dark home; but the saints with firm step, yet solemn heart, proclaim God's law is vindicated; the insulted majesty of both Law and Mercy is now upheld in honor, and all is right. The second thing we are to look is how we are to treat our own heart; what we are to do with our own heart: we are to keep it \"with all diligence\". Many would think it a very small sin; but it was real rebellion against God, and He could not do otherwise than visit it with His terrific frown! But in what direction and to what object is the will of wicked men fully set? We’re on a mission to change that. And all have sinned, so this is the condition of everyone’s heart before being reconciled to God. Yes, one son. Is it possible that I have withstood a Saviour's love so long? Heaven is solemn, but joyful; saints are solemn, yet they cannot but rejoice in their own glorious Father. What will you say? What is this can not? How long since you heard from him? The sympathizing neighbors gather round; all are sorrowful, for it is a sad thing and they feel it keenly. He comes to your very heart and room, sinner, to offer you the freest possible pardon for all your sin. Mark those locks wet with the dew. God will not pass over it. The heart that is wicked is the heart that has departed from God as a result of sin. He says -- Your son has been so wicked and has committed such crimes, he must be hung. As they are talking over these things and searching from time to time all the newspapers they can find, to get, if they can, some clew to their son's history, all at once the door-bell rings; a messenger comes in and hands a letter; the old father takes it, breaks the seal -- reads a word and suddenly falls back in his seat, the letter drops from his hand; oh, he can't read it! He is author of. On the Decietfulness of the Human Heart (Sermon 123) John Wesley "The heart of man is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: Who can know it" Jer. The sentence has passed now -- the court have done their work; it only remains for the sheriff to do his as the executioner of justice and the fearful scene closes. Shall Jesus behold and weep over you, and say, "O that thou hadst known, even thou in this thy day -- but now it is hidden from thine eyes?" We must recognize that our hearts will not maintain a set course on their own. Now a man may be, as selfish in praying as in stealing, and even far more wicked: for be may more grievously mock God, and more impiously attempt to bribe the Almighty to subserve his own selfish purposes. This is the common method in which God speaks of sinners in His Word. He hardly knows or thinks what he is praying about. The Wicked Heart Set to do Evil. But they pronounce it just, and have not one word of complaint to utter. God had forbidden her to touch it: shall she obey God, or obey her own excited appetite? These are volunteers to the corrupt heart, which it arms in its service, and by which it accomplishes its wicked purposes, when enticing to outward acts of sin. It is wonderful to see how in such cases the mind utterly misapprehends the design of the Gospel, quite losing sight of the great fact that it seeks to eradicate man's selfishness, and draw out his heart into pure benevolence. And now the sheriff proclaims, "Just fifteen minutes to live;" and even these minutes be spends in abusing the governor, and insulting the majesty of law. Leam that you need conversion, or a new heart. The selfish heart forms alike the basis of each system. Or is it the case that you are so regardless of His feelings and so reckless of the truth that for the sake of self-justification, you will arraign Him on the charge of the most flagrant injustice, and falsely imply that -- the wrong is all on His side and none on yours? We know that "Christ dwelleth in your hearts by faith" (Ephesians 3:17). Let me ask professors of religion -- Do you think you believe these truths? I do not at all believe He will send me to hell. And how can He excuse Himself for any failure in sustaining it? Do you think she is converted?' THIS text manifestly assumes that the present is not a state of rewards and punishments, in which men are treated according to their character and conduct. “Pastor John, hello! The arrangements of the divine government require no court, no jury; the law itself says" The soul that sinneth, it shall die;" "Cursed is every one that continueth not in all the things written in the book of the law to do them;" so that the mandate of the law involves the sentence of law on every sinner -- a sentence from which there can be no escape and no reprieve except by a pardon. And what shall I say to my Lord and Master? To illustrate this point, let us suppose that a parent should say to his children, "I will give you my property if you will work with me, and truly identify your interests with mine; and if you are not willing to do this, I shall disinherit you." True, her selfishness takes on a most tender and delicate type. One general fact is asserted of them all, and in this way they are assumed to have a common character. God has not only deferred execution, but at immense cost has provided means for the safe exercise of mercy. No reasons? All human beings — no exceptions — are born with this kind of fallen, diseased, deceived, self-exalting, God-opposing heart. As if he supposed he could make the Searcher of hearts his own tool; he may insolently try to induce Him to play into his own hands, and thus may most grievously tempt Him to His face. She will not steal! is such your heart toward the God of mercy? January 31, 1849. See the crowds and masses is they move up to heaven. This sermon was titled 'The Wicked Heart of Man.' What is the matter? So everywhere, to yield to the demands of appetite and passion against God's claims, is grievous sin. The Conduct Of The Heart “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” Heb. What do you say? When your drop falls, and you gasp, gasp, and die, your guilty, terror-stricken soul goes wailing down the sides of the pit, shall we go away to complain of God and of His justice? However, in returning to the bigger context of Jeremiah 17:5–13, I find myself even more convinced verse 9 is equally applicable to believers, especially in light of verses 7 and 8. Because your heart is fully set within you to do evil rather than good. Perhaps some of you think otherwise; you don't believe in such depravity. There is nothing more that we can do. That is, they suppose that they secure entire exemption from the penalty of violating law, and even have the honors and rewards of full obedience while yet they have all the self-indulgences of a life of sin. And then he describes what alternatively ought to be: the opposite of this and the benefits that would come if it were the case. 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