PURITY
OF HEART
BREAD
8 Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God. Matthew
5:8 (NIV)
3 Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in his holy place? 4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false. 5 He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from God his Savior. Psalms 24:3-5 (NIV)
10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. 11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Psalms 51:10-12 (NIV)
14 Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to
be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. Hebrews 12:14 (NIV)
1 Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose
sins are covered. 2 Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD does
not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit. 3 When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning
all day long. 4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer. Selah 5 Then I
acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD” -- and you forgave the
guilt of my sin. Selah. Psalms 32:1-5
(NIV)
10 I delight greatly in the LORD; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. Isaiah 61:10 (NIV)
19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man
the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the
many will be made righteous. Romans 5:19 (NIV)
8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves
and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and
will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:8-9 (NIV)
1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of
the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. 2 But
his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and
night. 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which
yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he
does prospers. 4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that
the wind blows away. 5 Therefore
the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the
righteous. 6 For the
LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will
perish. Psalms 1:1-6 (NIV)
BUTTER
“Grace
remits sin and peace quiets the conscience. Sin and conscience torment us, but
Christ has overcome these fiends now and forever. Only Christians possess this
victorious knowledge given from above. These two terms, grace and peace,
constitute Christianity. Grace involves the remission of sins, peace and a
happy conscience. Sin is not canceled by lawful living, for no person is able
to live up to the law…the fact is the more a person seeks credit for himself by
his own efforts, the deeper he goes into debt. Nothing can take away sin except
the grace of God. In actual living, however it is not so easy to persuade
oneself that by grace alone, in opposition to every other means, we obtain the
forgiveness of our sins and peace with God.”
Martin Luther
“The ‘pure in
heart’ are those who have had their sins forgiven and are resting in the merits
of Christ’s efficacious blood shed on the cross on their behalf. They are those who, clothed in Christ’s
righteousness, rest secure in Him. It is
only they who are bestowed the upon the peace that passes all
understanding.” BHY
“Nothing brings such pure peace and quiet joy at the close as a
well-lived past.” James Russell
Miller
“If there is joy
in the world, surely the man of pure heart possesses it.” Thomas a Kempis
“Redeemed, how I love to
proclaim it! Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb; Redeemed through His infinite
mercy, His child and forever I am. Redeemed,
and so happy in Jesus, No language my rapture can tell; I know that the light
of His presence With me doth continually dwell. I think of my blessed Redeemer,
I think of Him all the day long: I sing,
for I cannot be silent; His love is the theme of my song. I know I shall see in His beauty The King in
whose law I delight; Who lovingly guardeth my footsteps, And giveth me songs in
the night. I know there’s a crown that is waiting In yonder bright mansion for
me, And soon, with the spirits made perfect, At home with the Lord I shall be.” Frances
J. Crosby
Regarding the pursuit of holiness,
Scottish Pastor Robert Murray M’Cheyne writes:
“I
know you will apply hard to German, but do not forget the culture of the inner
man – I mean of the heart. How
diligently the cavalry officer keeps his saber clean and sharp; every stain he
rubs off with greatest care. Remember
you are God’s sword, His instrument – I trust, a chosen vessel unto Him to bear
His name. In great measure, according to
the purity and perfection of the instrument, will be the success. It is not great talents God blesses so much
as likeness to Jesus. A holy minister is
an awful weapon in the hand of God.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne’s gravestone
reads: “Died in the 30th year of his age and the 7th year
of his ministry, walking closely with God, an example for the believers in
word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity, he ceased
not day and night to labor and watch for souls.”
HEART SAVOR
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Believers are cleansed and made pure from Jesus’ blood on
the cross shed for their sins – and not only for their sins but for the sins of
the world.
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Those who are pure in heart taste heaven on earth.
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Blessed are those whose sins are forgiven.
