An evil heart is a heart of unbelief. Во Евреите 3:12, the writer warned the brethren of an evil heart. The writer urged the believers to exhort each other daily. Exhorting each other daily would ensure that they would walk on the right path of life. Let’s look at what the Bible says about the meaning and cause of an evil heart and what you as a Christian can do to prevent an evil heart.
Внимавајте, lest there be in any of you and evil heart of unbelief
Внимавајте, браќа, да не има во некој од вас злобно срце на неверување, во заминувањето од живиот Бог. Но, поттикнувајте еден со друг секој ден, додека се нарекува Денес; некој од вас да не се закорават преку измамата на гревот (Евреите 3:12-13)
What is an evil heart according to the Bible?
Според Библијата, an evil heart is a heart of unbelief. In the previous posts, the entering of God’s rest was discussed. Единствениот начин, you can enter God’s rest is by faith in Christ. Faith in Jesus Christ is the salvation of mankind.
Faith ensures that you walk on God’s ways in the truth and in righteousness.
Everything revolves around faith! Без вера, it is impossible to please God. That’s because without faith you shall not believe, почитувај, and do the words of God that are written in the Bible and you shall not keep God’s commandments.
When unbelief enters your heart and your mind, it won’t be long, before you become непослушен кон Бога and depart from the living God and His words that represent His will.
What does the word ‘evil’ значи?
Let’s look at the meaning of the word ‘злото’. The word ‘evil’ is translated from the Greek word ‘ponêrós’ (nr 4190 (SC)) и значи:
From a derivative of 4192; hurtful, т.е.. злото (properly, in effect or influence, and thus differing from 2556, which refers rather to essential character, as well as from 4550, which indicates degeneracy from original virtue); фигуративно, calamitous; исто така (passively) болен, т.е.. diseased; but especially (морално) culpable, т.е.. derelict, vicious, facinorous; neuter (singular) пакост, злоба, или (plural) вина; masculine (singular) ѓаволот, или (plural sinners: —bad, злото, grievous, harm, lewd, malicious, злобни(-нест).
An evil heart is a heart, which is affected by evil and is ill, malicious, злобни, and bad. An evil heart is the wicked heart of a грешник, кој го има ѓаволот за татко.
What is the origin of an evil heart?
The origin of an evil heart is unbelief. When you stop believing in Jesus Christ and doubt His mighty works and redemptive work, the words He spoke, the promises He gave and the commandments which you ought to keep, and no longer do what He said, your heart shall be defiled by unbelief.
And through unbelief, by not doing what Jesus commanded you to do, you shall depart from the living God
You can’t live in the Kingdom of heaven with an unbelieving heart.
An evil heart of unbelief shall never be able to please God.
You will walk according to your carnal mind, after the lusts and desires of your flesh again. Just as you did, when you were старото создание and were ruled by your senses, телесните мисли, чувства, емоции, ќе, итн..
And you know what Jesus said about the old creation. The old creation is an evil generation of unbelievers. They were evil, because of their unbelief (на. Метју 12:34-39, Означи 8:38, Лука 9:41; 11:29).
Кога шетате по телото, you will walk in unbelief. When you walk in unbelief, you will depart from the living God.
You can’t live in the Kingdom of Heaven with a heart of unbelief. Because everything is based upon faith in Jesus Christ; живиот збор. An evil heart of unbelief will never please God.
What happens when unbelief enters the heart?
When unbelief enters your heart, your heart will be affected by evil. Your heart will become defiled, расипани, and vicious, и затоа, your nature will become defiled, расипани, and vicious.
A vicious nature that is corrupted by evil is the nature of a sinner, an unbeliever, who is not born again in Jesus Christ, but is still an old creation; born of the flesh.
Без вера, it is impossible to please God. Зошто? Because without faith, you won’t believe in His words and consider His words as the Truth. When you don’t believe in His words, you will not obey Him and be a doer of the word and walk after His will.
А faithless generation
Во Метју 17:17, Jesus spoke about a faithless generation. The old creation is a faithless generation. They are carnal and walk after the flesh and persevere in sin. Тие се грешници, who keep living in sin and whose spirit is still dead. Поради фактот, that the spirit is still dead, it is impossible for this generation to believe God. Because God is Spirit and His Kingdom is a spiritual Kingdom. A carnal person, who is dominated by the flesh and sense ruled, lives after the flesh, and will not be able to understand, nor comprehend the things of the Spirit and the Kingdom of God. It is foolishness for a carnal person (на. Џон 3:3-8, 1 Коринтјани 2:14).
Only when a person becomes born again and the spirit in that person becomes alive and the person is filled by the Holy Spirit, a person is able to walk after the Spirit.
The person will одложи го старецот and separate himself from that wicked, faithless generation and start walking as a new creation.
The new creation is born of the Spirit of God. Therefore a new creation is a son or daughter of God.
Кога станавте нова креација, важно е даобнови го твојот ум, со Словото Божјо. Така, your mind will be transformed by the words of God into the mind of Christ.
You will get to know Him and think and act the way God thinks and acts. By becoming a doer of the Word, you will please Him and glorify and exalt Him (Прочитајте исто така: ‘Слушателите наспроти извршителите').ѓ
The writer of Hebrew warned the body of Christ of an evil heart, which is a heart full of unbelief.
Although they had become нова креација, the writer warned them to guard their hearts. He exhorted them to keep and stay in the faith and stay in Christ. Because he knew, that when unbelief enters, it will affect faith and they would begin to doubt God’s Truth and sin would enter.
The sons and daughters of God turn from evil
Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good’(Римјаните 12:9)
That’s why it’s so important to keep your heart and turn from evil. Don’t consort yourself with the doctrines, мудрост, знаење, работи, забава, медиуми, итн., на овој свет. These things can abhor you, from your faith in Jesus (Прочитајте исто така: ‘Дозволете ми да ве забавувам, им вели ѓаволот на христијаните', ‘Дали Библијата и науката одат заедно?').
You must realize, that you don’t belong to this world anymore, Но, вие станавте Божји син. If you still love the world and want to live like the world, не можеш сакај го Бога и оди според Неговата волја.
Because when you love God above all, which you prove by keeping His commandments and walking according to His will, which is also the will of Jesus Christ, you will not love the world anymore. You can’t love both. You either love God or you love the world. You can walk according to what God says in His Word or you can walk according to what the world says (Прочитајте исто така: ‘Божјите заповеди и Исусовите заповеди‘ и ‘Зошто светот ги мрази христијаните?')
Feed yourself with the words of God
When you keep feeding yourself with the knowledge and words of the world, it shall be impossible for you, to walk according to God’s Word. Because the words of the world contradict the words of God.
When you feed yourself with the words of the world, doubt shall arise and you shall start doubting God’s Word. As soon as doubt arises, unbelief will enter your heart and shall defile your heart, so that you will get an evil heart of unbelief.
Why do you have to guard your heart?
Затоа guard your heart with all diligence and be careful with the things you allow into your heart and mind.
На пример, when you enjoy watching medical series or documentaries and watch them frequently, it will almost be impossible for you to believe in divine healing and do what the Word says and lay hands on sick people so that they will recover.
Because when you watch these medical series, you look at all these diseases, that are diagnosed by doctors. You are a witness to all these medical treatments.
By watching these series frequently, you are building inside of your mind a way of thinking and all kinds of images, which will becomeупоришта во твојот ум. These strongholds say, that you can only get healed by лекари and through medical treatments and medication.
But there’s another danger in watching television series. These medical series can also create fear. They show you all kinds of diseases and their symptoms, which you will store in your mind.
As soon, as you feel and experience an ache or something extraordinary in your body, then immediately an image will arise in your mind, that will remind you of an episode, in which a person experienced exactly the same thing and didn’t go well.
The devil uses these medical programs to create fear in people’s minds. He uses fear to enter your mind and control your life. Because when you are led by fear, ќе одиш на лекар. And before you know it, you will be trapped in the medical world, which is the territory of the devil (Прочитајте исто така ‘Јехова Рафа или лекарите, изборот е ваш‘ и ‘Престолот на сатаната').
Stay away from everything, that doesn’t line up with the Word of God
You should stay away from everything that contradicts the Word of God. You should abhor your eyes and ears from these things. Maybe you think this is a little bit over-exaggerated, но вистината е, it isn’t!
Да… according to the world system and its standards, it is over-exaggerated and you shall therefore be criticized by the people around you.
But the more you spiritually mature and walk as a son of God (ова важи и за машките и за женските), the more you shall discern these two realms: Божјето Царство (The Kingdom of Heaven) и царството на ѓаволот (The kingdom of the earth, светот).
You will record everything you see and hear. Therefore if you feed yourself with the things of the world, they will become strongholds in your mind. These strongholds shall rise against the knowledge of God and His Word, and shall rise against your faith in Jesus Christ. На крајот, your faith will be affected by unbelief, and your heart will become full of unbelief.
Having a true heart in full assurance of faith
И ти, кои некогаш беа отуѓени и непријатели во твојот ум со зли дела, yet now hath he reconciled In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: Ако продолжите во верата втемелени и сталожени, и не се оддалечувајте од надежта на Евангелието, што сте го слушнале (Колосјаните 1:21-23)
Paul wrote to the Colossians to continue in the faith grounded and settled, and not be moved away from the hope of the gospel:
You can only enter the holiest by the blood of Jesus and by faith in Him.
Кога повторно ќе се родиш, you become a Нова креација. You will have a true heart in full assurance of faith and therefore walk in faith after the Spirit.
Да се приближиме со вистинско срце со целосна сигурност во верата, имајќи ги нашите срца попрскани од лошата совест, а нашите тела измиени со чиста вода (Евреите 10:22)
Let us encourage each other to live holy lives and to stay away from unbelief and sin.
Let us walk in holiness on the path of righteousness. Let us keep on walking in faith, without letting unbelief and sin enter our lives. Така, we will not depart from the Living God, but stay faithful to Him to the end.
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