Is your heart right with God?

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The first thing implied in this: is your heart right with God? Do you believe his being and his perfections — his eternity, immensity, wisdom, power; his justice, mercy, and truth? Do you believe that he now upholds all things by the word of his power (Hebrews 1:3), and that he governs even the most minute, even the most noxious things, to his own glory and the good of those who love him (Romans 8:28)? Have you a divine evidence, a supernatural conviction, of the things of God? Do you walk by faith, not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7), looking not at temporal things but at things eternal (2 Corinthians 4:18)?

1771 text

The first thing implied in this: is thy heart right with God? Dost thou believe his being, and his perfections? His eternity, immensity, wisdom, power: his justice, mercy and truth? Dost thou believe, that he now upholdeth all things, by the word of his power? And that he governs even the most minute, even the most noxious, to his own glory and the good of them that love him? Hast thou a divine evidence, a supernatural conviction, of the things of God? Dost thou walk by faith not by sight? Looking not at temporal things, but things eternal?

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On 2 Kings 10:15, “Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart?”: love toward Christians who differ in opinion and in ways of worship.

EditionPrinted in Wesley's 1771 Works, which do not say when he preached it

Wesley's own sermon in updated English wording. The 1771 panel is the text of the Works Wesley himself had printed in 1771. It is public domain.

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Sermon 39 in the 1771 Works. 2 Kings 10:15.

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