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Originally Posted by Igzy
More specious logic and terrible Bible interpretation.
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The separation between outward acts and the heart is not warranted where it concerns sin. For example, suppose a person bowed down to Baal and yet their heart was for God. God told his people to destroy everything, not keep souvenirs and not to appropriate pagan things to Himself. You think God is okay with that? You are misapplying this verse about God looking at the heart and not the outward things. It does not apply to sinful acts such as idolatry or adultery etc. It applies to the way in which God chooses people for His service. The bible says the acts come from the heart. If a person's heart was right they would not bow before an idol. The Bible talks about fruit - we can know a person by their fruit. So if I see a person bow to an idol that tells me something about their heart.