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CANCER OF THE HEART
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Joanne Lowe
June 22, 2006
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“But those things which proceed
out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For
out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries,
fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: These are the things
which defile a man.”
Matthew 15: 18, 19, 20a
King James Version
Many of us have loved ones and friends that have cancer. As tragic as
this is, if they are saved they will go to Heaven. There is another kind
of cancer and it comes from the heart. The heart has tumors of all these
terrible things the verse describes in the Bible. There is a tumor of
murders. We may say that we have never killed anybody or want to kill
them, yet in our hearts we kill them with our words. We kill their
self-confidence with our sarcasm and criticism.
The heart has a tumor of adultery. It doesn’t matter if we have
committed adultery with another |
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person, if we put somebody or something
ahead of Jesus; we are committing adultery by leaving Jesus, our first
love. We may not say things out loud, but in our hearts we think evil
thoughts toward people and wish that bad things would happen to them.
If we don’t make a heart commitment to Jesus, ask Him to forgive us and
change our hearts, we will never see Heaven and will be lost for
Eternity. That is far worse than dying of physical cancer. This is a
spiritual cancer and the only treatment for it is the atoning blood of
Jesus applied to our hearts.
What is in your heart today? Are your thoughts, words, and actions
pleasing to Jesus? Are you killing someone with your criticism and
sarcastic remarks, or are you hugging people to Jesus with your words
and actions?
About the Author:
God has given Joanne two ministries. One is doing Inspirational Writings, the
other is Encouraging Pastors.
http://joannelowe.blogspot.com/
www.heavenwardbound.com
http://www.solidrockbaptistonline.com/page.cfm?id=135
You have my permission to reprint and distribute this article as long as
it is distributed in its entirety, including all links and copyright
information. This article is not to be sold or included with anything
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© Joanne Lowe 2006
You may contact Joanne by e-mail:
joannelowe8@cox.net
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