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Welcome to Day 2241 of Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.\nThis is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom\nHebrews-7 Piritual Surgery by a Sympathetic Surgeon \u2013 Daily Wisdom\nPutnam Church Message \u2013 05/28/2023\n\n\u201cSpiritual Surgery by a Sympathetic Surgeon\u201d Hebrews 4:12-16\n\nLast, we continued our extended series through the book of Hebrews in the New Testament. We learned that we need to Stop Churning and Start Resting. Today in Hebrews 4:12-16, we will learn how the Great Physician will perform Spiritual Surgery. Let\u2019s begin by reading today\u2019s passage.\n\nFor the word of God\xa0is alive\xa0and active.\xa0Sharper than any double-edged sword,\xa0it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.\xa0Nothing in all creation is hidden from God\u2019s sight.\xa0Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.\n\nJesus the Great High Priest\n\nTherefore, since we have a great high priest\xa0who has ascended into heaven,\xa0Jesus the Son of God,\xa0let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.\xa0For we do not have a high priest\xa0who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are\u2014yet he did not sin. Let us then approach\xa0God\u2019s throne of grace with confidence,\xa0so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.\n\nTwo weeks ago, we learned the author warned the Jewish Christians who were tempted to drift from their devotion to the Messiah, about the dangers of a hard heart (Heb. 3:7\u201319). Last week, we learned the common symptoms of a calloused heart include the pride and panic that prevent believers from experiencing the healing rest God offers to His children (4:1\u201311). Therefore, the hardness of the heart continues to be an acute condition that robs believers of faith, love, and hope\u2014the essentials of a healthy Christian life.\n\n \n\nUnfortunately, no medication can soften a spiritually hard heart. No physical therapy can reverse a person\u2019s pride. No high-priced physician can perform a spiritual procedure to remove the heart-stopping panic threatening true joy in the Christian life. From a strictly human perspective, there is no treatment for the tendency toward hard-heartedness inherited from our fallen, depraved ancestors.\n\nBut don\u2019t despair! Our sympathetic, divine Surgeon, the Word of God incarnate, wields a spiritual precision scalpel\u2014which is the written Word of God. Christ alone is able\u2014and willing\u2014to perform a heart transplant, to remove the \u201cheart of stone\u201d that has become insensitive to spiritual things and replace it with a \u201cheart of flesh\u201d that beats in rhythm with His (Ezek. 11:19). \u201cAnd I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them. I will take away their stony, stubborn heart and give them a tender, responsive heart.\u201d And the only thing it will require of you is an earnest desire to sing with King David, a man after God\u2019s own heart, these words: \u201cCreate in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me,\u201d (Ps. 51:10). Which was one of our praise songs today.\n\nIn Hebrews 4:12\u201316, we\u2019ll see that the truth of God\u2019s written Word, in the hands of the Master Surgeon, has the...