God Tries Our Hearts.

Rom 8:27  And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. 

God KNOWS our hearts.

God KNOWS the mind of the Holy Spirit.
The HOLY SPIRIT makes intercession for the saints- according to the will of God.

Our hearts, our minds are known. Nothing can be hidden from God. We are naked before Him in the most vulnerable of ways. If we stand naked in our flesh we are not even then anywhere near as vulnerable as we are with our minds completely exposed, with our hearts laid bare before God.

1Ch 28:9  And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. 

The LORD SEARCHES ALL HEARTS.

The LORD UNDERSTANDS ALL IMAGINATIONS of the THOUGHTS.

IF we SEEK Him- He will find us.

If we FORSAKE Him- He will cast us off forever.

1Ch 29:17  I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. 

God TRIES our hearts.

God has pleasure in uprightness.

Uprightness-

Act 24:16  And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men. 

2Co 1:12  For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

1Th 2:10  Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe

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God has pleasure in - our having a good conscience- without any offence towards God, and men

God has pleasure in- sincerity, not in the wisdom of the flesh- by His grace.

God has pleasure in our behaving ourselves- justly, unblameably, holily.

We KNOW what it means to be upright, we aren't stupid. And ONLY by the grace of God can we be upright, only by His grace can we please Him.

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Psa 7:9  Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

The righteous God TRIES our hearts and reins. God will KNOW whether we are wicked or righteous. We want the wicked acts that that wicked do to come to an end, don’t we? If we long to be among the righteous we have to realize that God will try our hearts.

Psa 44:21  Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. 

God KNOWS the very secrets of our hearts!

Pro 17:3  The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. 

Jer 17:10  I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. 

Act 1:24  And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men…

Act 15:8  And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us

1Th 2:4  But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts. 

Truly we would should LONG to please God, more than men. God needs to be first. God who TRIES our heart.

More on this tomorrow, by the grace of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ our Lord!