It's the Heart

Acts 15:9 KJV

And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

Peter describes salvation as purifying the heart. The key to genuine conversion is the heart.

The heart is the seat of human defilement

Jesus said from within, out of the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adultery, murder, etc.[1] Purify the heart and man will become pure in every part.

The proof of genuine conversion is in the heart

A may say he is saved, but the heart will either betray his testimony as shallow and false or confirm the reality of it. If the heart is purified the affections of life will change.

The work that only God can do is that of the heart

No man can ever change another man's heart.

·         He might change a man's mind through reason

·         He might change a man's a behavior through coercion

but it is only God who can change his heart and that is through faith.

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[1] Mark 7:21-23 KJV

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.