Blessed are the Pure in Heart

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Blessed are the Pure in Heart Matthew 5:8

Introduction: 1. The Beatitudes have a proper order to them… 2. Each on is descriptive of a real and necessary spiritual trait found only in the true child of God.

I. The Heart Defined… A. It's our very core, who we really are…Proverbs 27:19 B. It Requires Attention (our first priority…) Proverbs 4:23 1. It is basic to life itself, Proverbs 23:7; Psalm 64:6 2. God looks upon the heart… Psalm 51:6 C. The Heart's Natural and True Condition… “It is either bad or good…” “It is either heavenly or earthly focused…” 1. Our primary problem is a “heart problem…” 2. It is every man's problem… Ecclesiastes 9:3 cf. Matthew 12:34 Observation: The world disagrees and sees the symptoms of the problem and does their best to treat them… 3. God will judge the condition of man's heart… Proverbs 17:3; Hebrews 4:12

II. The Children of God “are” Pure in Heart… A. God is the only one who is essentially pure… Hebrews 7:26 B. Man in the beginning was “originally pure…” C. Purity of Heart suggests: 1. Cleansing… Romans 2:29 2. Wholeness… James 4:8; Matthew 6:24 D. How is Purity of Heart Possible? 1. Of ourselves we are sinners (impure) Jeremiah 2:22 2. The gracious work of God… John 3:3 cf. Ezekiel 11:19-20 Lesson: Acts 16:14 E. Purity of Heart does not imply Perfection (being without sin…) Romans 7:19-20 & 22

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