The Need to Address Alternative and New Religious Movements

 Text: Ezek. 36:26; Luk. 8:15 " A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh." "But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by perserving produce a crop." I. The Need for a New Heart (Ezek. 36:26)   A. Its necessity (Psa. 51:10)      1. The cleansing of the heart by God. (v. 10)        a. Psa. 24:4: "Clean hands and a pure heart."        b. Matt. 5:8: "The pure in heart."        c. Ac. 15:9: "Purified their hearts by faith."     2. The renewal of the spirit (Jn. 3:6; Tit. 3:5)       a.  For the spirit to be renewed by God is through the washing of water by the Word. (v. 6)       b. The spirit is renewed by the regenerating power and work of the Holy Spirit. (Tit. 3:5)  B. The work of the Holy Spirit (2 Cor. 3:3; Tit. 3:5)     1. The improbability of the h

 Text: Jer. 17:9; Mk. 7:21-22; Ecc. 9:3 Preface Acknowledgement Introduction I. The Heart is Full of Wickedness (Ecc. 9:3)   A. Sin resides within people's heart (v. 3a)      1. Every evil though and deeds springs from within out of the sinfulnesss of people's heart. (Jer. 17:9)      2. The deceitfulness of people's heart is to deceive others. (2 Tim. 3:13)   B. The insanity of the sinfulness of people's heart (v. 3b)      1. Treacherous.      2. Murders.      3. Malice. II. The Nature of the Deceitfulness of the Heart (Jer. 17:9)     A. Eph. 4:14.    B. 2 Cor. 4:1-2; 3-4.    C. 2 Cor. 11:3. III. Sin Precedes from Within Out of the Heart (Mk. 7:21a)      A. The expression of the heart (v. 21)        1. That which springs  from the sinful heart of people (v. 21b)          a. Moral vice.            1) Evil thoughts.            2) Sexual immorality (2 Cor. 5:1ff)            3) Theft.            4) Murder.            5)Adultery.         b. Spiritual vice.           1) Greed