04/11/2023
The heart of a man
Genesis 1:26-27
[26]Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
[27]So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
Genesis 2:7
[7]Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
God gave man a heart of God through which man could worship God purely.
So when man sin against God he started fearing God because his heart was somewhere else.
Genesis 8:20-22
[20]Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it.
[21]The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.
[22]“As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest,
cold and heat,
summer and winter,
day and night
will never cease.”
When the food was over Noah realized that he had to renew his relationship with God so he gave a sweet sacrifice to God that Noah gave thanks from his heart.
And God look down Noah with favor and promised not to curse the ground with flood.
The human heart is sinful from his childhood.
Psalm 51:4-7
[4]Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight;
so you are right in your verdict
and justified when you judge.
[5]Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
[6]Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
[7]Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than s