The Heart

Connections List
 * Hu. meta. elements
 * Freewill bin
 * Heart Influences
 * The Will
 * Romans 10
 * Matthew 12
 * Testing
 * Head to heart, guard
 * Desire, need
 * Raw theo objects
 * Personality
 * Believe
 * Psalm 78

Scope
 * The heart in a theological sense
 * My definition of heart (narrower)
 * Word usage and concept of heart in bible (broader, soul bucket)

Topics
 * Def, mech broad, agg, distinctions
 * Influences on heart (see connection)
 * Separate functions w/verse support
 * Spiritual: Raw theo, Prayer
 * Human program: Logic/thoughts/memory/small beliefs, Believe/salv, Actions/speech, Will/decision/goal, Desire
 * Character traits: Integrity, Humility, righteousness
 * Emotions/?: thanks, sad/grief, fear, hate
 * Odd fx: Seek, Harden, circumcise
 * Non-human hearts: God, not alive things
 * Verses odd

Definition Parings (could indiciate same thing or separate, idk)
 * NIV commentary (on Rom 10:10 region) says the heart is (in that culture) "not merely the seat of the emotions and affections, but also of the intellect and will" Proverbs 4:23 "Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life."
 * I define the heart as a mass dampener carrier of instinctual behavioral protocols - that is to say, it does not change quickly and it is from the heart that we act instinctively. The heart is the carrier of desires, and desires can change over time given influence. Influence comes from everywhere (all experiences) but most notably thought life, actions, things that happen to us, aha moments, cultural influence, etc.
 * The soul (as a pair) (deut 4:29, 10:12, 11:13, 13:3, Joshua 22:5, 23:14
 * The mind Ps 26:2 test my heart and my mind, Col 3:1-2

HEART STUDY AT Deut 16 FUCNTIONS W/ VERSES Experience raw theo objects, closely along with the soul Prayer
 * Ps 45:1 "My heart is stirred by a noble theme..."
 * Gen 24:45 servant prays about Rebekah at well

Logical/truth, Thoughts, memory, small beliefs - both good and bad Believe/salv/HS/sanct Fear God/bind/love Act/obey Speech output Will/goal/decision components Spirit/will/energy Desire
 * Deception: Rom 16:18 false teachers decieve hearts. More heart deceit: Prov 6:14, 12:20, 26:24, Jer 17:9, Hosea 10:2., Deut 13:6
 * Pride Jer 49:16, Ob 1:3.
 * Knowledge Deut 8:5, Josh 23:14, 1 King 2:44. Job 33:3. Prv 2:10
 * Gen 6:5 thoughts of heart
 * Deut 4:9 do not forget laws, do not let fade from your heart
 * Deut 4:39 acknowledge and take to heart that the Lord is God
 * Deut 7:17, 8:5, 8:17, 9:4
 * Joshua 23:14 know with heart that Gods promises were fulfiled
 * Rom 10:10 believe
 * 2 Cor 3:3 salv
 * Psalm 22:26 may your hearts live forever... wish/expect salvation?
 * 1 John 3:20 if our hearts condemn us, god>our hearts
 * Fear - Deut 5:29
 * Bind - Deut 11:18, Deut 30:1 take blessings/curses to heart, 32:46
 * Love god - Deut 13:3, 17:17
 * Deut 8:2. god knows heart, if you will obey. cf 15:9
 * Deut 26:16 follow law with all your heart
 * Ps 78:37 "their [Israelites] hearts were not loyal to him, they were not faithful to his covenant."
 * Joshua 22:5 obey God with all heart
 * Matthew 12:34 the mouth speaks what the heart is full of
 * Ps 33:11b "But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations." - so the heart has plans/purposes
 * Gen 6:5 every intention of the thoughts of the heart was evil. Gen 8:21
 * Exod 28:29 over his heart on the breast piece of decision
 * Ps 22:14 my heart mels like wax
 * 2 Chron 1:11 hearts desire
 * Gen 34:3,8 non-Israelite falls in love with Dinah. "heart drawn to".
 * Exod 25:2,35:21 ppls heart prompts them to give offering
 * Num 15:39 lusts of heart and eyes

Integrity Humility Righteousness
 * Ps 78:72 "And David shepherded them with integrity of heart;..."
 * Gen 20:5,6 abimilech and sarai
 * Lev 26:41 about Israel "when their uncircumcised hearts are humbled and they pay for their sin"
 * Deut 9:5

Give thanks Fear Hate Begrudging Despair
 * Ps 86:12 I will give thanks with all my heart
 * Gen 42:28 fear when Joseph tricks brothers w/ silver cup
 * Deut 1:28 hearts melt in fear at Cannan report
 * Deut 28:67 terror anxiety
 * Joshua (Israel and non) 2:11, 5:1, 7:5, 14:8
 * Lev 19:17 do not hate fellow Israelite in your heart
 * Deut 15:10
 * Deut 28:65 despair

Harden - you can harden it Seek Double Circumcise Yeild Search own heart
 * Exod 7-14 Pharaoh heart hard. See heart influences
 * Joshua 11:20
 * Deut 4:29 you find god if you seek with all your heart
 * Jer 29:11
 * Deut 15:7 harden against brother
 * Ps 12:2 "...with flattering lips and a double heart they speak"
 * Deut 10:16, not be stubborn, 30:6 God will circumcize your hearts
 * Joshua 24:23 yeild your hearts to the Lord
 * Judges 5:15, 16

Only God knows it Gods heart Non-human
 * Jer 17:10 God searches the heart (also in proverbs).
 * 1 King 18:37 only God knows any human heart.
 * 2 Chron 6:30.
 * Psalm 44:21.
 * Deut 10:15 God set his heart in love on your fathers
 * Gen 6:6 God grieved that he had made man
 * Gen 8:21 god says in heart, "i will never curse the ground again..."
 * Exod 15:8 waters gather in heart of sea, pile up when cross

VERSES - odd ones Jeremiah 17:9 "The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?" - implies... hard to understand by other people? is wicked original sin?

1 John 3:19-21 we assure our own hearts that we are saved or otherwise operating fine using theo/bible/God is greater than our heart and knows all things. Also, God is greater than our heart. What does that mean?

Deut 29:19 Israelite thinks "I will be safe, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart" - indicates overfunction? willful disobedience, heart fx actions, ...?

Prior to conversion heart is like stone (ezekiel heart of flesh)*