Many feel afraid to “judge the hearts of others,” saying things like, “Only God knows the heart.” They make it seem as if human behavior is a mystery that can only be solved on judgment day. Yet they live every day of their lives contrary to this. They expect the police to arrest law breakers, and psychologists to help the mentally ill. They expect these things based upon the assumption that words and actions reveal motivations. They think in terms of cause and effect relationships.
For example, if a murderer kills 27 people, then shoots himself in the head and dies instantly, there are assumptions concerning his motivations. The least that is assumed is mental disease. The most, evil’s incarnation. With either assumption, the murderer’s actions communicate what is in his heart before he shot himself. God knows this perfectly. People know imperfectly. But they know that someone with the remorse that leads to “salvation” wouldn’t shoot himself in the face to avoid earthly consequences. This is neither justice nor righteousness. In other words, people assume that certain words and actions are impossible when there is real remorse. They also assume that if there is a God who is good and just, He wouldn’t receive some convenient “last minute confession” before murderous suicide.
Murderous injustice.
Humble repentance and confession is the expression of a heart that truly seeks salvation. By these kinds of words and actions, one can know the saved from the unsaved...
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