September 14, 2014

Power Point of Sermon

EXAMINE YOUR HEART

What is in your Heart?

Luke 6:43-45

 

I. The Fruit-Bearing Principle

1. You will reproduce what is in your heart.

A. Whatever is in your heart will be expressed in your life.

Luke 6:43-44, Luke 6:45(c), Luke 6:45(b)

2. Your speech reveals what is in your heart.

A. A man’s words expose five things about him.

Þ    A man’s words expose his true nature.

Þ    A man’s words expose what he is down deep within his heart.

Þ    A man’s words expose his true character.

Þ    A man’s words expose his mind, what he thinks.

Þ    A man’s words expose his spirit, what he believes and pursues.

 

II. The ultimate challenge.

1. To bear good fruit and not have bad fruit in your life.

Luke 6:43, Luke 6:45

 

2. A heart inspection.

Luke 6:45(a), Luke 6:44

 

III. How do we produce good in our Heart

1. By knowing God’s Word in our heart.

Psalm 119:11, Colossians 3:16-17

 

2. By cultivating Godly things in our heart.

Proverbs 23:7, Philippians 4:8

 

3. By obeying God’s Word.

1 Sam 15:22, Acts 5:29

 

4. By changing our speech.

 

5. By bearing fruit for God.

John 15:4-5, Luke 13:9

 

Final Thought: What is really in your heart?