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Matthew 5:8
Excerpted from: More Excellent Sacrifice

It also says we also must worship Him in truth. Having knowledge of the truth is part of this, but we also have to have a heart that is true, a heart that has no guile, no deceit, and no hidden agenda. Remember Jesus said in the Beatitudes, or as I quoted them as being the attitudes to be, He said,

When we come to worship God, we come to see Him spiritually. But if our hearts are not pure, we are not going to see Him. The pure heart is void of hypocrisy. They have room for only one master, and that is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We have only room for one Spirit and that is the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit, Jesus' Spirit.

Without His Spirit, if Christ is not in us, His Spirit is not in us, we are none of His. And they never try to hide sin from God. They confess and forsake all known sin. In other words, they have a heart that has no hidden agenda.

Matthew 5:8
Excerpted from: Pure in Heart

And now we are actually going to read verse 8, which we could argue is the summation of verses 3 and 5—3 + 5 does equal 8, after all. When we are poor in spirit and meek, our heart is just like Jesus Christ's. He tells us that His heart is meek and lowly, right? And that heart then is what? It is pure.

Pure is the Greek word, katharos, Strong's 2513, meaning clean, clear, pure. And I want us to recall that word picture we had there of our heart as a bucket of water. If that bucket is filled up with God's clear, clean water, the pure water of His Holy Spirit, what do we see when we look into it? We see a reflection, a reflection of God's pure, holy heart and what is flowing out is the fruit of God's pure Holy Spirit.

Articles
Confessions of a Finger-Pointer
The All-Important Introduction to Revelation
The Beatitudes, Part 6: The Pure in Heart  (2)
The Fruit of the Spirit: Joy
The Tenth Commandment (1998)
The Writing of Prostitutes

Bible Studies
The Tenth Commandment

Essays
Coveting and the Roots of Sin
Making the Cut (Part One)
Not-So-Great Expectations
Pruning and Cleansing
The Perils of Double-Mindedness (Part Two)
The Unique Greatness of Our God (Part Six)

Sermons
Matthew (Part Five)
Purpose-Driven Acts of Conciliation
Happiness is Circumstantial, but Joy is Not!
Happiness is Circumstantial, but Joy is Not!
Psalms: Book One (Part One)
Blessing Promises: Our Spiritual Inheritance
Do You Recognize This Man? (Part 7)
What Is Happening Is Ordained of God
Sin and Overcoming (Part 3): The Battle For Eternal Life
Matthew (Part Six)
The Christian Walk (Part Four): Mutual Submission in Godly Fear
Thou Shall Love Thy Neighbor
God's Epistle
Sow for Yourself
The Christian and the World (Part 5)
Keeping God's Standards
How Big Is God?
Peace
The Pure in Heart
Blessed Are: Summary
Blessed Are: Summary
Flee From Idolatry (Part Two): Faithfulness
Four Warnings (Part One)

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