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  BROKE HER HEART ALL IN PIECES
  by Thomas Brooks
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Summary: The love of God and Christ breaks our hearts and leads us to
repentance and worship.

Topics: "God's Love", "Grief for Sin"
Scripture References: Psalm 51:17, Isaiah 53:5, Matthew 11:28-30, Luke 7:38, John 3:16, Romans 5:8, 2 Corinthians 7:10, Ephesians 2:4-5, 1 Peter 2:24, 1 John 4:19

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Thomas Brooks emphasizes that a deeper understanding of God's love leads
to greater sorrow for sin, as seen in the example of Mary Magdalene,
whose heart was broken by the realization of her forgiveness. He
illustrates that the warmth of divine love softens the heart, prompting
genuine grief for offenses against God. The more one experiences the
love of Christ, the more one mourns for the dishonor done to Him,
highlighting the transformative power of grace and forgiveness.

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The more a man apprehends of the love of God, and of the

love of Christ--the more that person will grieve and mourn

that he has offended, provoked, and grieved such a Father,

and such a Son. The more clear and certain evidences a man

has of the love and favor of God to his soul, the more that

man will grieve and mourn for sinning against such a God.

There is nothing which thaws and melts the heart, which

softens and breaks the heart--like the warm beams of divine

love--as you may see in the case of Mary Magdalene. She

loved much, and she wept much--for much was forgiven her.

A sight of the free grace and love of Christ towards her, in an

act of forgiveness, broke her heart all in pieces. A man

cannot stand under the shinings of divine love with a frozen

heart, nor with dry eyes. The more a man sees of the love

of Christ, and the more a man tastes and enjoys of the love

of Christ--the more that man will grieve and mourn for all

the dishonors that he has done to Christ.

"Then she knelt behind Him at his feet, weeping. Her tears

fell on His feet, and she wiped them off with her hair. Then

she kept kissing His feet and putting perfume on them."

Luke 7:38

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/thomas-brooks/broke-her-heart-all-in-pieces/
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