It's From The Heart

We all like to think that wickedness is external and we are victims of it. Jeremiah 17:9 tells us otherwise: "The heart is more deceitful than anything else and is desperately sick; who can understand it?" The only remedy for our wicked hearts is salvation by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.

It's From The Heart

It's from the heart all wickedness starts.
No matter how much we attempt to pretend,
Real righteousness is not the end
Most seek to acquire, for hearts
Of all are wicked and deceiving,
Especially those who think they're believing
Is all it needs to be while fruitless,
Their leafless trees stand in the sanctuary
And lifeless their worship in January
And every other calendar  month we count.
No, only lies of the heart mount.
Only when we come to God for mercy can we
Be set by grace at liberty,
Can bear fruit,
Can bring worship,
Can have our hearts cleansed and hands,
As the holiness of God demands.
No, it all starts in the heart, and with that we must honestly deal,
Before the throne humbly kneel,
For grace plead, knowing how much of that we need,
And how much more than we know we need--He is willing to grant,
Willing and gracious, and He knows
The wicked deceit which in every heart grows.