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?