What the Bible says about Heart, Desperately Wicked
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Ecclesiastes 8:11 Human nature is so tricky that it can deceive even one who is converted into taking the grace of God for granted. Human nature has the tendency to pull a person further and further into sin. If God does not execute His wrath and justice immediately against such a person, and instead gives him grace, He allows that person an opportunity to continue to live longer so that grace can work in his life and lead him to repentance. "The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. Who can know it?" (Jeremiah 17:9). John W. Ritenbaugh Justice and Grace Related Topics: Carnal Mind | Carnal Nature | Carnal Reasoning | Carnally Minded | God's Grace | God's Justice | God's Patience | Grace | Grace, Cheap | Heart | Heart is Incurable | Heart, Corruption of | Heart, Deceitfulness of | Heart, Desperately Wicked | Human Nature | Human Nature, Perversity of | Justice | Repentance | Repentance, Motivation For | Repentance, Opportunity for

Matthew 12:34 The tongue utters only what is already in the heart (Matthew 12:34). Acts of sin besides what the tongue commits proceed from the same evil heart (Matthew 15:17-20). Matthew 7:16-18 confirms the impossibility of changing an evil heart, as it can never produce good fruit. God must completely replace it with a wholly different nature for it to produce good fruit! Before being changed, it can produce only evil fruit. John W. Ritenbaugh The Offerings of Leviticus (Part Seven): The Sin and Trespass Offerings Related Topics: Bearing Fruit | Bearing Fruits Worthy of Repentance | Fruit, Bad | Heart | Heart is Incurable | Heart, Corruption of | Heart, Deceitfulness of | Heart, Desperately Wicked | Heart, Symbol of

 

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