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Heart:
Gr = Kardia. The centre of the will, the hidden inner person / seat of
the inward life, the mind or intellect, understanding or soul life,
thoughts and morality feelings.
Restoration:
Make amends / restitution, finish, make complete, restore, repair, mend,
join together, made, deliver, recompense, to be at peace, reconstitute
in health, home or organisation.
”If
you confess (acknowledge /
express) with your mouth
Jesus is Lord and believe (have
faith, trust and confidence)
in your heart that God raised him from the dead you shall be saved (delivered,
protected, preserved, healed, made whole).
For with the heart you believe and are justified (made
righteous or innocent, acquitted and equal)
and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved,” Romans
10:9-10
”Now when the people heard (how
they had helped put Jesus to death and how he fulfilled the Old
Testament scriptures through his life and resurrection)
they were cut (pricked,
pierced / agitated) in
their hearts and said to Peter and the other apostles, ‘Brothers what
shall we do?’ Peter replied repent (have
a fundamental childlike transformation of your mind / change your mind /
amend and turnaround) and
be baptised (made fully wet
/ washed) every one of you
in the name of Jesus Christ (the
anointed saviour of God)
for the forgiveness (freedom
/ remission / deliverance / liberty
) of your sins (offence /
crime ancient archery term for missing the mark)
and you shall receive the gift (offering)
of the Holy Spirit ( pure
breath, breeze, vital principal of the divine presence).
This promise is for you and your children and for all those who are far
off – for all whom the Lord our God will call,” Acts 2:37.
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“No
eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind (heart) has conceived
what God has prepared for those who love him,” – 1 Corinthians 2:9
(Isaiah 64:4)
“Your
beauty should not come from outward adornment” (braided hair, fine
jewellery or clothing).. instead it should be of your inner self (inner
person /the hidden person of the heart)…the unfading beauty of a
gentle and quiet spirit which is of great worth in God’s sight,”
– 1 Peter 3:4.
“Let
us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. This
then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our
hearts at rest in his presence whenever our hearts condemn us. For God
is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything,” – 1 John 3:20
“Now
it is God who makes us stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his
seal of ownership on us and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit
(like an engagement ring), guaranteeing what is to come,” - 2
Corinthians 1:21-22. |