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 "question": "What is the biblical definition of the “heart”?",
 "answer": "In Scripture the \"heart\" refers to the inner man—the place where thinking takes place. Jeremiah says this heart is deceitful, the Hebrew aqob meaning fraudulent and polluted; the mind without faith is under the dictates of the sin nature and absolutely cannot be trusted, and it is even anash, incurable and malignant. No one can understand the heart of man but God, who alone knows our real inner workings; without the convicting, teaching, and illuminating ministries of the Holy Spirit we could never understand who we are or why we do what we do.",
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 "lesson": "3-3",
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  "What does the Bible mean by the term 'heart' in reference to human nature?",
  "How does the Bible describe the inner workings of a person's mind and thoughts?",
  "According to the Bible, what is the condition of the human heart and can it be understood by man?"
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 "source_authority": "authoritative",
 "author": "Gene Cunningham",
 "book": "The Basics",
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  "ref": "The Basics, Unit 3, Lesson 3-3 - The Promise—Spirituality (Review q5)",
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  "Jeremiah",
  "Mind",
  "Sin nature"
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  "Power and Holy Spirit",
  "sphere of Power",
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  "Carnality",
  "Testing",
  "Filling of the Spirit and fruit bearing",
  "Filling of the Spirit and sin nature",
  "Filling of the Spirit and spirituality",
  "Filling of the Spirit, synonymous terms",
  "Production; and evil, human",
  "Sin nature and filling of the Spirit",
  "character of Jesus Christ",
  "commands in regard to Holy Spirit"
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