{"id":133,"date":"2010-11-27T13:49:38","date_gmt":"2010-11-27T19:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thesimpleanswers.com\/articles\/2010\/11\/27\/speak-the-truth-in-your-heart\/"},"modified":"2025-01-23T21:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T21:25:09","slug":"speak-the-truth-in-your-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesimpleanswers.com\/articles\/2010\/11\/27\/speak-the-truth-in-your-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Speak The TRUTH In Your Heart! (with audio)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><p><span class=\"verse\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article:<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sc_fancy_player_container\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-133-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesimpleanswers.com\/audio\/Speak_The_Truth_In_Your_Heart.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesimpleanswers.com\/audio\/Speak_The_Truth_In_Your_Heart.mp3\">https:\/\/www.thesimpleanswers.com\/audio\/Speak_The_Truth_In_Your_Heart.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div> <a title=\"Speak The TRUTH In Your Heart!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesimpleanswers.com\/audio\/Speak_The_Truth_In_Your_Heart.mp3\">\u201cSpeak The TRUTH In Your Heart!\u201d MP3 File<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 right click and select \u201csave as,\u201d \u201csave link as,\u201d or \u201csave target as\u201d to save it to your computer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"underline\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Did you know that God commands everyone to speak what&#8217;s in their heart? <span id=\"00Psalms15\" class=\"verse\">Psalms 15<\/span> is something of a self-test chapter; it tells us just what qualifications a person whom God saves will have to have, in order to be a part of His Kingdom. And look at the very first qualifications:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"verse-highlight\"><strong><span id=\"00Psalms1512\">Psalms 15:1-2<\/span><\/strong> <em>LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, <strong>and SPEAKETH THE TRUTH IN HIS HEART<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But just what is speaking the truth IN YOUR HEART? What does it REALLY MEAN? And DO <em><u><strong>YOU<\/strong><\/u><\/em> DO IT??<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"verse-highlight\"><strong><span id=\"00John14546\">John 1:45-46<\/span><\/strong> <em>Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? ..<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>How BLUNT\u00a0\u2013 how RUDE! In the time of Christ, Gallileans were viewed rather like Americans view people from the hills of West Virginia or Arkansas; in a nutshell, when Philip said they&#8217;d found Christ, Nathanael responded &#8220;Is the Christ going to be a redneck\u00a0\u2013 a hillbilly?&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Nathanael said this because it was HOW HE FELT. It was the TRUTH that came from his heart.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"verse-highlight\"><strong><span id=\"10John14647\">John 1:46-47<\/span><\/strong> <em>&#8230;Philip saith unto him, Come and see. Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Did Christ condemn this un-tactful, blunt person? No, in fact he was IMPRESSED by it! He was impressed because Nathanael spoke the truth that he felt\u00a0\u2013 no matter what. Because he did this, because he spoke the truth in his heart, he HAD NO GUILE\u00a0\u2013 or DECEPTION\u00a0\u2013 in him!<\/p>\n<p>Christ Himself did similar things, that we would call \u201cCold,\u201d and \u201cBlunt.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"verse-highlight\"><strong><span id=\"00Mark833\">Mark 8:33<\/span><\/strong> <em>But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, <strong>Get thee behind me, Satan:<\/strong> for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What a terrible insult to Peter\u00a0\u2013 and after all, Peter didn&#8217;t mean any harm. All he&#8217;d said was that he didn&#8217;t want Christ to die! And yet Christ really blasted him. This wasn&#8217;t tactful at all. Christ could have at least put it nicely\u00a0\u2013 for example &#8220;Hey Peter, I know you meant well, but it has to be this way\u00a0\u2013 trust me&#8221;. That would have said all that needed said\u00a0\u2013 but Christ couldn&#8217;t do that!<\/p>\n<p>He couldn&#8217;t do that because that wasn&#8217;t the TRUTH IN HIS HEART! That would have been GUILE!<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"verse-highlight\"><strong><span id=\"001nbspPeter222\">1\u00a0Peter 2:22<\/span><\/strong> <em>Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And you must follow in His footsteps, if you&#8217;re to be His disciple, and be in the Kingdom.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"verse-highlight\"><strong><span id=\"101nbspPeter310\">1\u00a0Peter 3:10<\/span><\/strong> <em>For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and <strong>his lips that they speak no guile<\/strong>:<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Let us summarize what we have so far; If you think a thought, and then say something else\u00a0\u2013 that was guile. That was SQUELCHING the truth that was in your heart, and speaking something else.<\/p>\n<p>If someone gives a sermon that was boring, slow, and you almost fell asleep during it\u00a0\u2013 NO MATTER WHAT AWKWARD SITUATION HAPPENS, you CAN&#8217;T tell him it was a great sermon, that you enjoyed it, or any of the other typical things people say. Because that&#8217;s a lie!<\/p>\n<p>Oh, sure&#8230; you can tell yourself, while you&#8217;re saying it&#8230; &#8220;Well, there was that one point that wasn&#8217;t too bad, so it&#8217;s not a lie&#8221;&#8230; Or&#8230; &#8220;I&#8217;ve heard worse, so it was true from a certain point of view&#8221;&#8230; guess what? That&#8217;s GUILE, and SIN!<\/p>\n<p>Or if you go to a restaurant, have a terrible meal, and the waiter asks you if everything was alright&#8230; and you say &#8220;Oh yes, thanks!&#8221;\u00a0\u2013 of course, as always, justifying it by finding some tiny portion of the meal that was alright, and telling yourself it wasn&#8217;t a lie&#8230; And then you tell your family as you&#8217;re leaving &#8220;We just won&#8217;t eat here any more&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s right&#8230; You didn&#8217;t speak the truth in your heart, and unless and until you repent of this you won&#8217;t be in God&#8217;s kingdom!<\/p>\n<p>Now these are only a few examples, to show you what to look for in your own life. 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