“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God”. Matthew 5:8
April 8, 2018
“therefore you are to be __________________, as your Father in Heaven is ______________.” Matt 5:48
What does it mean to be ‘Pure’ in heart??
Proverbs 23:7 (KJV) “As he thinketh in his heart, so is he.”
Proverbs 4:23 “Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flows the springs of life!”
In other words, whatever the heart is, it is the ___________ of the springs of life.
The issues of thinking and feeling and acting all _____________ out of this ‘heart’.
You see, what God really is looking for is a changed heart...
Psalm 51:10 “Create in me a clean heart, O God.”
“Bara”.... which means, “to _______ ________ __________”!
The word “Pure” appears in the New Testament ___ times...
The word is “katharos” And in its noun form it means to cleanse from f_______ and i_________.
It means to be free from s_____.
The word communicates two concepts....
According to the New American Commentary, “the pure in heart exhibit a single-minded devotion to God that stems from the internal cleansing created by following Jesus.”
How can my heart be made pure???
NUMBER ONE.... know that you cannot do it ____ ______ ______!!
Acts 15:9 tells us that our hearts are cleansed by faith, but faith in what?? I John 1:7 tells us that it is “... the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin!”
The practical purity is no more possible for us than positional purity... both must be the result of our yielding to God... How??
Romans tells us that it is by the r___________ of our minds....
how do we renew our minds??? By the constant a_____________ of our lives to the Word of God, and s_______ to the Will of God.
Purity’s Splendor: They Shall S_____ God! Seeing God” is enjoyed in two aspects, one future, and one present.
The Future:
Paul states that now we see a poor reflection, but then face to face... (I Cor 13:12)...
in fact, the consuming desire to see God has itself a c________ effect on our lives.(I John 3:3)
The present believers are afforded the heavenly vision through eyes of faith.
First is a______________....
God is totally inaccessible to the impure!!!
The believer has access because of positional purity that has been purchased in Christ. (II Cor 5:21)...
practical purity is accomplished through daily c______________ to maintain fellowship with God.
Second, is c___________...
those who are properly related to Christ enjoy incredible spiritual vision, (called d___________ ),
those who are double -minded experience spiritual b______________. (James 1:8)
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