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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Preaching to the heart addresses the understanding first, in order to instruct it; but in doing so it also reaches through the mind to inform, rebuke, and cleanse the conscience. It then touches the will in order to reform and transform life and equip the saints for the work of ministry (Ephesians 4:12).
Sinclair Ferguson