It was back in 1995 when Hannah Clark had a donor heart grafted onto her own failing organ. It was a radical attempt to say the least. And today, the heart of the 16-year old has miraculously healed itself enough so that doctors could remove the donated one. Dr. Douglas Zipes, a past president of the American College of Cardiology, stated concerning the procedure, "This shows that the heart can indeed repair itself if given the opportunity."
The amazing healing powers of the human body reminds Bible believers of the words of the Psalmist in chapter 139 and verses 13-14. “For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works.” And for those who doubt the existence of a Creator God, they need look no further than the intricacies and miracle that is the human body.
Christians will also recognize that, while the physical heart may regenerate itself to some degree, the spiritual heart is fully incapable of any repairs. Jeremiah 17:9 describes this heart in the following terms. “The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?” And results of a sinful and broken heart are outlined in Romans 3:10-12. “As it is written: “There is none righteous, no, not one; there is none who understands; there is none who seeks after God. They have all turned aside; they have together become unprofitable; there is none who does good, no, not one.”
The only solution to a dead and decaying spiritual heart is revealed in Romans 10:9-11. Paul writes there, “That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” Then when a person comes to Christ in faith, a spiritual surgery takes place with truly miraculous and lasting results.
Hopefully the regeneration of of Hannah Clark’s physical heart has already, or will, give her the precious opportunity to have divine surgery performed on her spiritual one. And, if so, she will find that Christ does not just repair the old heart, but He fully replaces it with an all new one!
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” (2 Corinthians 5:17)
Bill Breckenridge
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