Purity of Heart: The Path to Seeing God

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"Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God." This beatitude challenges us to consider the nature of purity, not as an external or superficial quality, but as a deep, internal state of being. Jesus distinguishes between outward purity, which the Pharisees often displayed, and the purity of heart that God desires. [00:00:28]

Purity, as we explored, is akin to the refining process of precious metals, where impurities are removed to leave behind a single, unadulterated substance. In spiritual terms, this means a heart wholly devoted to God, without the admixture of worldly desires or self-centered ambitions. [00:05:02]

Purity corresponds to singleness and you can see it with the refining process. See, you're refined, all the impurities have been removed when you only have one substance. Singleness and purity correspond to each other. I have a glass of water, it's pure if it's singularly water. [00:06:06]

A pure heart is a single heart. A pure heart is single-minded. What we're talking about is a pure, unadulterated heart of devotion to God. You see, if you go after the world, you're an adulterer, you're adulterated because now there's an admixture, now there's a contaminant. [00:10:32]

The heart is the center of your being, the center of your personality, it's who you are. Scripture says the heart, what do you know about the proverbs? What does the proverb say about the heart? Of life, right? I mean, you want to keep the heart with all diligence. [00:19:44]

Christianity goes deep, Christianity goes after a man at the deepest level. That's what we're talking about when we talk about the gospel. We're talking about changing a man, changing a woman right down to the depths. Blessed are the pure in heart, not just external. [00:21:01]

Purity has to do with singleness. Holiness has to do with being set apart for God. Again, it's that singleness, it's that idea. Holiness, it's this unmixed condition of being. Nothing less than the whole person is involved. It's devoted, it's singular, it's purity. [00:35:59]

God is light, and so here's one of the things that happens, that is we draw near to the light. And it's very, isn't it interesting, scripture actually says it's an approachable light whom no man has seen or can see. So we're told blessed are the pure in heart. [00:44:57]

The beauty about glory is this, that there is always more of God to see, that no matter how much we take in, there is going to be more. And so last thing of all that heaven is, is static. It's like God is never going to show us all of him. [00:45:32]

God's gifts take the place of God himself, and as soon as that happens, that is a divided heart, and God is not at all pleased with that. He tests us just like with Abraham. He tests us on what truly has our affections and whether it's truly him. [00:49:50]

Faith does not tolerate the corner, the adulterated. It doesn't, faith doesn't do that. It is ever purging upon corruption and lets out the lifeblood of it, for it shows a man a better project than to lie sucking at the botches of carnal pleasures. [01:02:59]

The disciple of Christ who looks forward to this is already determined to be preparing for it. We're going to have an audience with the king. What I mean, look, this, what an incentive to purity. And there's the end, blessed are the pure in heart. [01:07:11]

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