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God's Prophetic People

2. The natural heart is perverse — not straight forward or upright; twisted (Proverbs 11:20; 17:20). 3. The natural heart has tendencies to be lofty or swollen in pride (Proverbs 16:5). 4. The natural heart is prone to deceit (Jeremiah 17:9).

Deceitful: given to deceiving, lying or treacherous, a trickery, falsehood.4 5. The natural heart is fat, unresponsive (Psalm 119:70; 17:10). 6. The natural heart is hard (Zechariah 7:12; Ezekiel 11:19).

“These stubborn sinners hardened their hearts on purpose lest they should hear what God said to them by the written Word, by the law of Moses, and by the prophets” (Matthew Henry). 5

B. Characteristics of the Heart God Desires

1. Integrity (I Kings 9:4; 1 Chronicles 19:17; Psalm 78:70-72) Hebrew: Tamin — complete, well adjusted, sincere, genuine 6 2. Soundness (I Kings 8:61) Hebrew: Shalem — whole, unified 7 3. Faithful and steadfast (Psalm 112:7; Nehemiah 9:8) 4. Clean and pure (Psalm 24:3-4, 51:10; Matthew 5:8) 5. Truthful (Psalm 15:2; 51:6)

6. Humble (Isaiah 66:2; Matthew 11:29) 7. Broken (Psalm 51:16-17; Joel 2:12-13)

God's greatest desire is to come and dwell in us, in the very center of who we are, in our heart. His call for brokenness is so that He can come in and give Himself to us.

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