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The followers of this philosophy that denies self-knowledge almost always refer to Jeremiah 17:9. It says, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” This application of the verse is a devastating error. God had decreed a foreign invasion against his people because of their wickedness. Instead of returning to God in repentance and obedience, they relied on their idols, their armies and weapons, and their alliances. So God said by Jeremiah, “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD” (17:5). It is in such a context that verse 9 says, “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?” The topic is whether you know others, not whether you know yourself. If you trust in other people, you will be disappointed, because the human heart is deceitful and wicked. But if you trust in the Lord, you will be established (v. 7-8). To overlook the proper meaning of the verse in order to use the verse to maintain a philosophy that claims to regard biblical revelation as the first principle is both ironic and What does verse 9 say? “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” This cannot be a description of a Christian. This cannot be a reborn spirit. The believer has been regenerated in the image of Christ. He is a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17). The love of God has been poured out in his heart by the Holy Spirit (Romans 5:5). He has been transformed and enhanced at the de*pest level. Is he “deceitful above all things”? Is he “desperately wicked”? No. If he is, then he is still a To apply a verse like this to everyone, including the Christian, even relative to his as*urance of salvation, betrays a reprobate mindset. This reprobate mindset is almost universal in church history and theology. It is a worldview that portrays Christ as having made almost no difference in the Christian. It is a religion that represents the Christian as still a sinner, beggar, weakling, sick, poor, and almost