Transcript Pure in Heart - Radford Church of Christ

The Beatitudes
The 6th Beatitude
Matt. 5:8
Poor in spirit
Mourn
Meek
Hunger / Thirst
Right
With
God
Mercy
Pure in Heart
Peacemakers
Persecuted
Right
With
Man
Review of the Beatitudes
1st ~ Poor in spirit = Humble
2nd ~ Mourn = can repent
3rd ~ Meek = yielding to God’s will
4th ~ Hunger and Thirst for righteousness
= desire to know and do right
5th ~ Merciful = compassion, forgiveness
The 6th Beatitude
“Blessed are the pure
in heart; for they shall
see God.”
Matt. 5:8
Not the Blood Pump
Prov. 23:7 - “as he thinks in his heart”
1 Pet. 3:4 - “hidden man of the heart”
Matt. 15:19 - “out of the heart proceed”
Prov. 4:27 - “keep your heart”
Matt.12:34 - “abundance of the heart”
Jews had mistaken idea about heart
Jews had mistaken idea about heart
“Hypocrites! Well did
Isaiah prophesy about
you, saying: These
people draw near to Me
with their mouth, And
honor Me with their lips,
But their heart is far
from Me.”
Matt. 15:7-8
Jews had mistaken idea about heart
"Woe to you, scribes
and Pharisees,
hypocrites! For you
cleanse the outside of
the cup and dish, but
inside they are full of
extortion and selfindulgence.”
Matt. 23:25
Jews had mistaken idea about heart
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! For you are like
whitewashed tombs which indeed
appear beautiful outwardly, but
inside are full of dead men's bones
and all uncleanness. Even so you
also outwardly appear righteous to
men, but inside you are full of
hypocrisy and lawlessness.” Matt. 23:27-28
Pure = sincere, upright, void of evil
1. Moral cleanness
2. Sincerity of motive
“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are
true, whatsoever things are honest,
whatsoever things are just, whatsoever
things are pure, whatsoever things are
lovely, whatsoever things are of good
report; if there be any virtue, and if there
be any praise, think on these things.”
Phil.4:8
“A person may not be what he thinks he is,
but what he thinks, he is.”
“All that a man does outwardly is but the
expression and completion of his
inward thought.”
“Be not deceived: Evil companionships
corrupt good morals.” 1 Cor. 15:33 ASV
“Be not deceived: Good companionships
cultivate good morals”
Love God with
all thy heart
all thy soul
all thy mind
all thy strength
Love neighbor as thyself
“For out of the abundance of the heart
the mouth speaks.”
Matt. 12:34
Pure Heart = Pure Tongue
“Providing for honest things, not only in
the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight
of men.”
2 Cor. 8:21
Honest = what is fair, right, honorable
ethical, upright
Honest Abe Lincoln
“Set your mind on things above, not on
things on the earth.”
Col. 3:2
2 Tim. 1:5 “genuine faith”
Ananias and Sapphira – Acts 5:1-11
“But God be thanked that though you
were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from
the heart that form of doctrine to which
you were delivered.”
Rom. 6:17
The 6th Beatitude
“Blessed are the pure
in heart; for they shall
see God.” Matt. 5:8
In a right relationship with God
Born again - John 3:3
In the Kingdom = church
 Shall see God face to face
 1 John 3:2 “for we shall see Him”
 Rev. 22:4 “And they shall see his face”
God did not say…
“Blessed are the philosophers or the
intellectual giants, for they shall see God.”
“Blessed are the pure
in heart; for they shall
see God.”
Matt. 5:8
The 6th Beatitude
Specific - Pure in heart
Results - Shall see God
Principle - Purity
Application - Purity in conduct,
speech, manner of life
“Blessed are the pure
in heart; for they shall
see God.” Matt. 5:8
• Free from evil desires and purposes
• Not hypocrites
• Genuine, sincere, Christians
“Blessed are the pure
in heart; for they shall
see God.” Matt. 5:8
•We don't change the message,
The message changes us.
“We don't change the message,
The message changes us”
GOD’S SIMPLE PLAN FOR SALVATION
Rev. 2:10
1 PET. 3:21
JN. 12:42
LK. 13:3
JN. 6:29
ACTS 3:22
hear
believe
baptism
confess
repent