Tune My Heart

Tune My Heart

Come, thou Fount of every blessing;

tune my heart to sing thy grace;

streams of mercy, never ceasing,

call for songs of loudest praise.

Our need to be tuned.

You’re not playing .

Romans 3:23 — For all have sinned, and fallen short of the glory of God.

• We all need to be .

What is our tuner?

• Psalm 119:11 — I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
• Hebrews 4:12 — For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

The of Jesus were examples of Jesus tuning hearts.

Luke 10:25-29 — On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.” But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

• to the Law of Moses was how Israel stayed connected to God.
• The man and Jesus agreed that there were two main things that are evident in one who is going to heaven: the Lord with all you are, and love your as yourself.
• For many , “neighbor” was defined by (ethnicity and what you believe) and not (those directly around you)
• The expert needed to justify that I need to love people, but I don’t have to love people

Luke 10:30-35 — In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’

• A priest’s job was to go between God and the people. Levites (Tribe of Levi) were set aside by God in the Law as a religious order to take care of the Temple. Both of these individuals know what the will of God was, but they pass by the man on the other side.
• Jesus chose a as the hero of this story on purpose.
• and were objects used in worship the temple by the priest and Levite, but the Samaritan used them for .
• The work of those who follow Jesus is not to a ritual or building
• our neighbor will often cost us.

Luke 10:36-37 — “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”

• Our should not be limited to those who look, think and believe like us.
• Our isn’t confined to a building.
• Our neighbor isn’t defined by . It is defined by .
  • Who, in your path, needs the mercy and grace of God.

The Bible is full of ways that identify our need to come in with God.

2 Corinthians 5:17-19 — Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.