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Hebrews 4:12

God's Word is alive! This means it is eternal, always current, always essential, always true, pure, and refined. Other writings fail when measured against these qualities, and they pass into oblivion. The Word of God is a discerner, a critic, of the heart's inner workings. It is penetrating, scrutinizing our desires, and we should test our thinking against what Scripture says is good.

John W. Ritenbaugh
The Tenth Commandment

Related Topics: God's Word | God's Word as Penetrating | God's Word, Discerner of Good | God's Word, Discerner of Heart | God's Words as Spirit and Life | Word of God

Hebrews 4:12-13

Depending on our motivation, God's ability to "see" into our heart can be either good or bad. He will see whether our sin was one of weakness, whether we went down fighting with all our being, or whether we just casually gave in to a self-centered impulse and deliberately proceeded along the course of sin (James 1:12-16).

John W. Ritenbaugh
Innocent Victims?

Related Topics: God's Ability to See into Hearts | God's Word | God's Word as Discerner of Thoughts | God's Word as Penetrating | God's Word, Discerner of Good | God's Word, Discerner of Heart | God's Words as Spirit and Life | Sin, Willful | Word of God | Word, God's

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Library resources that contain this verse:

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Eating: How Good It Is! (Part 1)
Innocent Victims?
Innocent Victims?
Innocent Victims?
Innocent Victims?
Innocent Victims?
The Four Horsemen (Part Two): The White Horse
The Sovereignty of God and Human Responsibility: Part Eleven
The Tenth Commandment
Bible Questions & Answers
Is the Heart a Pagan Symbol?
Bible Studies
A New Beginning!
Angels
The Sensational Return of Jesus Christ!
The Seven Churches: Pergamos
Why Study the Bible in the Space Age?
Sermon Transcripts
Developing Discernment
Faith And The Christian Fight, (Part 8)  (2)
God and Reality  (2)
God Will Understand
God Will Understand  (2)
God's Powerful Gospel
God's Rest (Part 4)
God's Rest (Part 4)
Hebrews: A Message for Today
Holiness of God (Part 3)
How the Human Mind Shapes What We Believe
Keeping Love Alive (Part 1)
Knowing God: Formality and Customs (Part 4)
New Heavens and New Earth
Preparing Your Heart
Psalm 23 (Part 3)
Reconciliation and Unity
Reconciliation and Unity
The Christian and the World (Part 5)
The Father-Son Relationship (Part 7)
The Handwriting Is On the Wall (Part One)
The Holy Spirit and the Trinity (Part 5)
Trial by Fire  (2)
Words Versus Images  (2)

 

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