The Pure In Heart

-February 11, 2024-

Good morning beloved, happy Lord’s Day,

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”

(Matthew 5:8).

Only God can make us pure. Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose again. His blood has washed away all our sins. Positionally, we are holy, pure in His eyes; we must then live holy lives practically. God promises His blessing to those with a pure heart: to see God.

The word pure is defined as, “not mixed or adulterated with any substance or material.” Nothing in this world is 100% pure. Some products, like hand sanitizers and soaps claim, “99.9% pure.”

God wants us to have pure hearts, clean hearts. David asks the question in Psalm 15:2, “Lord, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in your holy hill?” He answers his own query, “He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks truth in his heart” (Psalm 15:1-2) He gives additional characteristics in the rest of Psalm 15.

Psalm 24:3-4 says, “Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, nor sworn deceitfully.” God sees our hearts as well as our actions, hears our thoughts as well as our words.

The expression “pure heart,” is found four times in the Scriptures. May our hearts be pure in all we do and say. We aren’t perfect, we will mess up. The important thing is that God gave us pure heart to live a pure life in Jesus Christ. Have a blessed day. Stay safe and healthy.

Clean hearts and minds lead to clean words and deeds,

Dean