“The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words” (Proverbs 15:26).
Every thought of the heart of the unbelieving man is an abomination to the LORD. But the believer in Christ pleads only the truth of Christ that God has revealed in the Gospel. Believers in Christ boast in Christ alone (Galatians 6:14; 1 Corinthians 1:31; Jeremiah 9:23-24). They loathe their own works and their own selves (Philippians 3:3; Titus 3:5; 2 Timothy 1:9; Romans 7:24-25). Such Christ-exalting words in the Gospel, held and believed in the heart, are spoken from a heart made humble by the sight of Christ. True humility is Christ-exalting (John 3:30; Galatians 2:20). It speaks the implanted Gospel from the heart of a believing sinner: "the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls" (James 1:21). Such words are pleasant words both to God and to His people (Isaiah 52:7). Out of the abundance of the heart a man speaks from his mouth (Matthew 12:34). What we truly believe is what we confess and love to talk about in communion with Christ and with Christ’s people.
Every thought of the heart of the unbelieving man is an abomination to the LORD. But the believer in Christ pleads only the truth of Christ that God has revealed in the Gospel. Believers in Christ boast in Christ alone (Galatians 6:14; 1 Corinthians 1:31; Jeremiah 9:23-24). They loathe their own works and their own selves (Philippians 3:3; Titus 3:5; 2 Timothy 1:9; Romans 7:24-25). Such Christ-exalting words in the Gospel, held and believed in the heart, are spoken from a heart made humble by the sight of Christ. True humility is Christ-exalting (John 3:30; Galatians 2:20). It speaks the implanted Gospel from the heart of a believing sinner: "the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls" (James 1:21). Such words are pleasant words both to God and to His people (Isaiah 52:7). Out of the abundance of the heart a man speaks from his mouth (Matthew 12:34). What we truly believe is what we confess and love to talk about in communion with Christ and with Christ’s people.
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