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September 28, 2012—SnyderTalk Editorial: What is Your Heart Condition?

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What is Your Heart Condition?

Our willingness to obey God depends on the condition of our heart and our openness to the leading of His Spirit.  Yahweh’s message is not too complex for ordinary men and women to understand.  He presented it in very simple terms so that in the end no one will have an excuse for disobeying Him.  We do not need preachers, rabbis, and other learned individuals to tell us what God said, even though some of them may want us to believe we do.  We need only Yahweh, His Word, and His Spirit to understand His message, and then our heart condition determines whether we get it.  What is your heart condition?

Matthew 13: 1-23 is Jesus’ parable about the sower of seeds.  In the parable, He discusses four possible heart conditions, and He uses the fertility of the soil in which the seed is sown as a metaphor for the condition of our hearts in matters pertaining to God’s Word and the leading of His Spirit.  Below are the heart conditions and a brief summary of Jesus’ comments about them:

  • Soil beside a tightly packed roadway:[i] The soil beside the road is so tightly packed that birds eat the seed before it has a chance to sprout.  This soil symbolizes a rock-hard human heart that God’s Word cannot penetrate, and the birds represent Satan snatching away God’s Word before it has a chance to grow and produce fruit.[ii]
  • Rocky soil just beyond the tightly packed dirt:[iii] Seed planted in rocky soil sprouts immediately, but the soil has no depth so the young plants’ roots cannot take a firm hold.  Thus, they die quickly.  This condition symbolizes people who hear the Word of God and immediately accept it with gladness, but when they experience hardship or any form of persecution for believing His Word they fall away without delay.[iv]
  • Soil infested with thorns:[v] This soil may be fertile, but it is incapable of sustaining young plants because the thorns choke them out.  Jesus used this metaphor to symbolize people whose hearts are too preoccupied with worldly pursuits to produce fruit for Him.  He specifically mentions people with an inordinate desire for creature comforts and financial security, and He calls this thorn the “deceitfulness of wealth.”[vi]  This may be the most difficult problem confronting United States citizens who claim to be Christians.
  • Good soil:[vii] Good soil symbolizes a heart that is open to God’s Word and obedient to the leading of His Spirit.  According to Jesus, people with this type of heart hear God’s Word, understand it, apply it, and bear much fruit for Him.[viii]

The message of this book is as uncomplicated as Yahweh’s plan of salvation, and it comes directly from Him.  Now you have the opportunity to make a decision to obey the only true God.  Please do not test Yahweh.  By this I mean, please do not require Yahweh to give you more evidence than He has made available in the Bible already to prove something that should be crystal clear.  You have all the evidence you need, so decide.  As for me and my house, we will trust Yahweh and obey Him.  Any other choice makes no sense.

This is an excerpt from His Name is Yahweh.  It explains why the Name of God, Yahweh, is so important.  It’s a book that you need to read and share.  It’s available in eBook format and in paperback.

[i] Matthew 13: 4.

[ii] Matthew 13: 19.

[iii] Matthew 13: 5.

[iv] Matthew 13: 20-21.

[v] Matthew 13: 7.

[vi] Matthew 13: 22.

[vii] Matthew 13: 8.

[viii] Matthew 13: 23.

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Ezekiel 22: 13-16

“Behold, then, I smite My hand at your dishonest gain which you have acquired and at the bloodshed which is among you. Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong in the days that I will deal with you? I, Yahweh, have spoken and will act. I will scatter you among the nations and I will disperse you through the lands, and I will consume your uncleanness from you. You will profane yourself in the sight of the nations, and you will know that I am Yahweh.”

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His Name is Yahweh explains why the Name of God, Yahweh, is so important.  It’s available in eBook format and in paperback.

  • God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This [Yahweh] is my name forever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation.” (Exodus 3: 15)
  • “Therefore behold, I am going to make them know—this time I will make them know My power and My might; and they shall know that My name is Yahweh.” (Jeremiah 16: 21)
  • “Behold, the days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch; and He will reign as king and act wisely and do justice and righteousness in the land.  In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely; and this is His name by which He will be called, ‘Yahweh our righteousness.’” (Jeremiah 23: 5-6)

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Hosea 4: 6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.

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