Is your heart deceitful?

Question

Jeremiah 17:9: The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

So, is this saying my heart will lead me astray? Nice. No wonder I can't trust myself; this is a very invalidating statement. My therapist says I shouldn't listen to this kind of stuff.

'Kay, people, I'm not so stupid that I didn't know my heart was a muscle that pumped blood through my body. I was being sarcastic. I don't believe this crap anymore than I believe the Tooth Fairy was the one that left me money for my dead teeth when I was a kid.

Answer 1

I concur with you, its a highly invalidating statement because it is basically telling you that you cannot trust your own mind .... it implies that you have to be told what to do, how to think and feel by some "higher authority". This is a dangerous way of thinking.

Answer 2

There is something beautiful buried very deep within the heart of man.
Man has a "Tiny Heart" within the physical heart.
The "Heart Within" is directed to the earth, and must be directed toward the Creator. The Inner Heart is a beautiful mystery that the Creator has placed in man, and is mans true wealth.
This inner heart is beyond what man can conceive of with his mortal mind.

Clean this "Inner Heart", and something absolutely amazing happens. Man is transformed into what is called, "A True Human Being".
Compassion for all lives surfaces. Another persons hunger becomes their own hunger. Another persons thirst becomes their own thirst.

This is what is called "Hearts Work"
Give it a try, it's free for all mankind!

Answer 3

Hi,

For starters, your heart is an organ that pumps blood into your body, so, trust me, the heart is never deceitful, only the mind can be deceitful. Given that you have an analyst, he/she should have made you aware of that fact. Psychiatrists treat the mind, not the heart. For heart treatment you need to see an internist or a cardiologist. The only thing that may "lead you astray", is your head, my friend...Not your heart.

I'm also curious to know what your connotation of the phrase "lead me astray" is. We are, each of us, human, (unless, of course there really are aliens from different planets out there), and have you never heard the phrase ? " To err is human, to forgive, divine".

Answer 4

Yeah, it's a powerful little verse, serving the purposes of the 'spritual leaders' perfectly. Since we can't trust even our own hearts, then we have to go ask someone else . . . whose heart, by the way, is equally deceitful, since that verse includes all of us! LOL What a book that bible is. It's full of crap like that!

Answer 5

You shouldn't listen to this kind of stuff? The Bible? Your therapist obviously doesn't know the Bible very well. Remember you have to take into consideration the entire context of that chapter. Its difficult to read one verse and make sense of it. So many verses are taken out of context because people do this. Read the whole chapter, see if that doesn't help you.

Answer 6

You can find anything you're looking for in the bible: want revenge? an eye for an eye. want to take the high road? turn the other cheek.

Stop looking for answers in ancient texts. Your therapist sounds like a very smart person. I'd go with what s/he says. You *can* learn to trust yourself, and you *can* learn to make good choices.

Answer 7

This is one of those questions. You're pointing out one the the strong points of the Bible, whether you intended to, or not.

I think Jeremiah's probably referring to 'heart' as it pertains to the workings of romance between humans [though I haven't pulled up the text from scripture].

I believe he's correct and insightful with the statement.

Answer 8

The heart is decietful if you think about it. For example say Two people are married and they love each other. Well one day someone else comes along and one of the two married people start to have feelings for this new person. In time the person begins to want a relationshipwith the new person, so they "listen" to their heart. Through listenign to their heart the person has a relationship with this new person and cheats on their partner, causing sin.

*** Hope that makes Sense ***

- Peace in Christ -

Answer 9

The Holy Spirit won't misinform you - can't misinform you. even nonetheless, with a view to have self assurance in the Mysteries of Christianity, that is needed to droop reason. that could be a very different rely from self-deception. that is in basic terms a threat to droop your concept in reason if the Holy Spirit factors your request to take transport of the present of religion. as quickly as you have that, you would be waiting to settle for concerns that can not be proved by ability of reason - consisting of bread and wine being switched over into the physique and blood of Jesus Christ. this might seem puzzling to settle for, even nonetheless that's what Christ stated to the Apostles. To gray Tower: Your finding can bring about case you persist with the link below. that's desirable to everyone else who owes it to themselves to locate each and every of the evidence while searching for an counseled ethical experience. Unbelievers can mock all they like - yet in the tip, it could have been their determination no rely if to locate or no longer, and having explored, no rely if to act or no longer. As for examples, nicely, this communicate board is crammed with people who've perspectives in line with their very own consciences yet who're deceiving themselves spiritually in the event that they think of that they want do no extra desirable than remember on their very own uninformed emotions devoid of finding extra.

Answer 10

The heart is a muscle, It does not think or get emotional. Emotions are from different parts of your brain, nervous system and gland sets. Emotionally you are far more likely to be led by your nose than anything else.