Blessed are the pure in heart12/8/2022 ![]() ![]() When we walk in purity, God will give us spiritual sight to see Him at work in you. That is, the pure shall experience intimate fellowship with God on a moment-by-moment basis. The Word: they shall see God is future indicative tense – meaning that people with a pure heart shall be continuously seeing God at work in their lives. Those who possess purity within their hearts will receive a wonderful blessing – they will see God. To be blessed isn’t a superficial feeling of well-being based on circumstances, but a deep supernatural experience of contentedness based on the fact that one’s life is right with God. To be blessed is to be graciously approved by God and to receive the applause of heaven. This means God cannot be seen without a pure heart, and God’s blessing cannot be received without seeing Him. Jesus said anyone with a pure heart is blessed because he shall see God. We shall discuss the topic under three sub-headings: He came into the world because we have such dirty hearts that need to be purified. Jesus did not come into the world simply because we have some bad habits that need to be broken. What we are in the deep, private recesses of our lives is what he cares about most. So the heart is utterly crucial to Jesus. For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Either make the tree good, and its fruit good or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad for the tree is known by its fruit. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander. ![]() What comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart. "Man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart" ( 1 Samuel 16:7). And what you are at the invisible root matters as much to God as what you are at the visible branch. The heart is what you are, in the secrecy of your thought and feeling, when nobody knows but God. It is our invisible innermost being which shapes our lives, attitudes, convictions, and ultimately, our actions. The heart is used metaphorically to signify the inner person – the heart is the control centre of a man’s mind, emotions and will. ![]()
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