Heart #2

So how much does the condition of our heart concern God? I think this verse pretty well gives us the answer to that question.

Genesis 6:5-6
5 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.

Wow! I often wonder if God still has this thought run through His mind??? Regretting that He had made man because of our continuous minds running towards sin and evil. Thankfully a man named Noah was seeking to obey God and thus God spared mankind. 

God has now given us a way to cleanse our hearts and that is through the shed blood of Jesus. When we give Jesus our lives the blood of Jesus is what God sees covering our hearts and thus we have been freed from the ugly sin that had covered our hearts. Praise Jesus! All glory and honor belong to Him!

Please do not miss this morning though that our sin grieves God. It hurts Him to His core! When we give our lives to Jesus we are to follow Him in obedience and strive to obey Him in all areas of our lives as sinless as possible! Here is a reminder of this from scripture:

John 14:15

15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments."

Brothers and sisters remember our sin hurts God so strive to please God not hurt Him!

Tom