The Believer’s Heart
“Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth.”
Matthew 5:5
Matthew 5 is a step-by-step description of how God rebuilds
the believer’s heart.
The first step is to ask for help to become “poor in spirit”
and admit our need for a Savior.
The next step is sorrow. Those who mourn are those who know
they are wrong and say they are sorry.
The next step is one of renewal: “Blessed are the meek. . .”
Realization of weakness leads to the source of strength–God.
Beware of a dead faith.
Read Matthew 2:1-8
Those who live at the greatest distance from the means of
grace often use most diligence, and learn to know the most of Christ and his
salvation. But no curious arts, or mere human learning, can direct men unto
him. We must learn of Christ by attending to the word of God, as a light that
shineth in a dark place, and by seeking the teaching of the Holy Spirit.
And those, in whose hearts the day-star is risen, to give
them any thing of the knowledge of Christ, make it their business to worship
him. Though Herod was very old, and never had shown affection for his family,
and was not himself likely to live till a new-born infant had grown up to
manhood, he began to be troubled with the dread of a rival. He understood not
the spiritual nature of the Messiah's kingdom.
Let us beware of a dead faith. A man may be persuaded of many
truths, and yet may hate them, because they interfere with his ambition, or
sinful indulgences. Such a belief will make him uneasy, and the more resolved
to oppose the truth and the cause of God; and he may be foolish enough to hope
for success therein.
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