Types of Hearts:  The diseased heart.

There are people who have diseased, or evil hearts.  Disease is hidden until it is too late.

The fascinating thing about the diseased heart is that no one can tell it is diseased. 

Autopsies done on soldiers in World War II showed that many young men had fat deposits on the heart, but seemed in perfect health.  Heart disease sneaks up on a person.  Suddenly, without warning, at 50 the arteries become totally blocked, and there is a heart attack.

A spiritually diseased heart can also be hidden until it is too late.

What does the evil heart do?

            It talks itself into sin.  (Matthew 24:48-51) 
 
Matt 24:48‑51 The Master is gone and the servant is left in charge of the home.

48        But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,'
49        and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
50        The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.
51        He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
(NIV)

Do you have these little talks with your heart? 

Where are the fault lines for you?  How can you shore up the fault lines so they do not take over your actions? 

God's response to an evil heart--

Gen 6:6
6          And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.   (NAS)

When we sin, we grieve God’s heart.  Sin makes God sad at so many levels.  Sin hurts us, and He does not want to see us hurt.  Sin offends God’s sense of what is right and wrong.  He hates to see the impact of our sin on others in our life.

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