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“Blessed Are The Pure In Heart” . Matthew 5:8 Philippians 4:4-9. Heart. The spirit (Eccl 12:7) Loves God (Matt 22:37) Or plans evil (Mark 7:20-23; Matt 23:23-28). Pure. Loyal (Matt 6:23) Eve & Adam became disloyal (Gen 3; cf. 1 Cor 15:33; 1Thess 5:22). Cleansed (1 John 1:7, 9)
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“Blessed Are The Pure In Heart” Matthew 5:8 Philippians 4:4-9
Heart • The spirit (Eccl 12:7) • Loves God (Matt 22:37) • Or plans evil (Mark 7:20-23; Matt 23:23-28)
Pure • Loyal (Matt 6:23) • Eve & Adam became disloyal (Gen 3; cf. 1 Cor 15:33; 1Thess 5:22). • Cleansed (1 John 1:7, 9) • David pleaded for it (Psa 51:1-3) • Maintaining it (Psalms 86:10-12; 119:9)
Shall See God • Impossible (Exo 33:20; 1 Tim 1:17; 6:16), except… • God’s creation (Rom 1:20) • Jesus Christ (John 1:18; 5:37; Col 1:15) • Eye of faith (Heb 11:27)
Shall See God • Psalms 24:3-5 ~ Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? And who may stand in His holy place? 4 He who has clean hands & a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood & has not sworn deceitfully. 5 He shall receive a blessing from the Lord & righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Shall See God • Hebrews 12:14 ~ Pursue peace with all men, & the sanctification [holiness, purity] without which no one will see the Lord.
Shall See God • 1 Peter 1:22-23 ~ Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, 23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, NKJV
Shall See God • Revelation 21:27 ~ and nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.
For tho’ from out our bourne of Time & Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar.
Hear: gospel of Christ • Acts 2:14; Rom 10:17 Believe: Jesus is Lord /Christ • Rom 10:9-10 Confess: what is believed • Matt 10:32-33; Acts 8:37 Repent: change of heart • Acts 2:38; 17:30 Baptized: forgiveness of sin • Acts 2:38; 22:16; Mk 16:16