Knowing JESUS Daily Devotional | July 2, 2020 | THE PURE IN HEART – Matthew 5:8 | A man’s heart consisting of the secrecy of thoughts and feelings matters to God. And what you are at the invisible root matters as much to God as what your are at the visible branch.
Matthew 5:8. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Beloved, you have heard that Enoch walked with God and was translated or raptured. Also that Abraham was His friend.
Genesis 5:22-24 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
Hebrews 11:5. By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
Isaiah 41:8. But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
James 2:23. And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
THE PURE IN HEART – Matthew 5:8 | A man’s heart consisting of the secrecy of thoughts and feelings matters to God. The invisible root matters as the visible
No doubt You might be wondering what made these saints to attain these gracious privileges. It is no other thing apart from a lifestyle of purity or purity of heart.
Psalms 73:1: Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
Proverbs 22:11: He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
So you too can begin a lifetime Journey of becoming the friend of God and partaking in the dawning rapture, simply by living the same lifestyle.
Matthew 5:8. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Beloved, no doubt, there is profit in living a lifestyle of purity here and hereafter.
Job 22:2-3 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself. Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
THE PURE IN HEART – Matthew 5:8 | A man’s heart consisting of the secrecy of thoughts and feelings matters to God. The invisible root matters as the visible
Yes, when you have purity of heart, it benefits you here and hereafter.
1. God walks and associates with you here. You have unlimited access to His fellowship and guarantee His presence with you. Your prayers are always answered.
Exodus 33:14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
Psalms 18:26: With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
Proverbs 22:11: He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
Isaiah 65:24. And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
Hebrews 13:5. Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
THE PURE IN HEART – Matthew 5:8 | A man’s heart consisting of the secrecy of thoughts and feelings matters to God. The invisible root matters as the visible
Please remember that the scriptures referees to purity of heart in different other names. See them.
1. Holiness of life.
Luke 1:75. In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
Hebrews 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
2. Circumcision of heart.
Deuteronomy 30:6. And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
3. SANCTIFICATION
John 17:17. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
4. Purging of conscience.
Hebrews 9:14: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Hebrews 10:22: Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
5. PERFECTION OR PERFECT HEART.
1 Chronicles 28:9. And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Matthew 5:48. Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Genesis 17:1. And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
THE PURE IN HEART – Matthew 5:8 | A man’s heart consisting of the secrecy of thoughts and feelings matters to God. The invisible root matters as the visible
6. SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN YOUR HEART OR CLEANSED HEART.
Psalms 15:2: He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
Psalms 51:6: Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Psalms 51:10: Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Ezekiel 36:25:-26 ¶Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
7. Purity of heart.
Matthew 5:8. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Acts 15:9: And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
THE PURE IN HEART – Matthew 5:8 | A man’s heart consisting of the secrecy of thoughts and feelings matters to God. The invisible root matters as the visible
Beloved, because you too wants to be part of the rapture like Enoch and wants to be friend of God like Abraham, what are you going to do? See them.
Proverbs 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
2 Corinthians 7:1: Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
James 4:8: Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
1 Peter 1:22: Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
The good Lord shall provide you with grace to do so in Jesus name.
2 Corinthians 9:8. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.
THE PURE IN HEART – Matthew 5:8 | A man’s heart consisting of the secrecy of thoughts and feelings matters to God. The invisible root matters as the visible
Dearly beloved, see how the scriptures described the person and the lifestyle of our Lord Jesus Christ, during His earthly ministry.
John 17:19. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
Hebrews 1:8-9. But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Hebrews 7:26. For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
1 John 2:1. My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
Our Lord was the teacher sent by God to do and teach all He was doing.
John 3:2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
Acts 1:1 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
THE PURE IN HEART – Matthew 5:8 | A man’s heart consisting of the secrecy of thoughts and feelings matters to God. The invisible root matters as the visible
No wonder He taught believers during His earthly ministry and believers of all ages, which includes you , on the following.
1. what makes the heart impure .
2. how to know assuredly that you have a pure heart .
3. He discouraged His followers not to live the lifestyle of the leaders of the Jews, during His earthly ministry .
4. His prayer for believers to have purity of heart and resources through which purity of heart can be attained.
5. Earthly and eternal rewards of purity of heart.
Matthew 5:8. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
1. what makes the heart impure. See the state of the heart that is not pure.
Mark 7:20-23. And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
2. how to know assuredly that you have a pure heart . Also see what will fill the heart that is pure.
Philippians 4:8. Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
3. Shameless lifestyle of the leaders of the Jews.
He discouraged His followers not to emulate the shameful lifestyle of the members of the Sanhedrin and the leaders of the Jews during His earthly ministry .
Matthew 23:25-28. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
4, He prayed for them to be pure and informed them of scriptural resources at their disposal that will enable them to live a lifestyle of purity with ease. See His wholehearted prayer for believers of all ages and that includes you and the resources available at your disposal for you to live a lifestyle of purity.
John 17:17. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
THE PURE IN HEART – Matthew 5:8 | A man’s heart consisting of the secrecy of thoughts and feelings matters to God. The invisible root matters as the visible
See the available resources.
1.Through God’s unchanging eternal words.
John 15:3-5. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
John 17:17. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
Ephesians 5:25-27. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
2. Through His precious blood.
Hebrews 13:12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
1 John 1:7. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
1 John 3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
Revelation 1:5. And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
3. Through the blessed Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:16. That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
5. Earthly and eternal rewards of purity of heart. Dearly beloved purity of heart is profitable to believers here and hereafter.
Matthew 5:8. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Proverbs 22:11: He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
Revelation 21:27. And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life..
Now that you have come to understand all of these, you will discover that purity of heart is not optional but mandatory for you. So take advantage of the resources and begin to live a lifestyle of consistent heart purity, till our Lord comes. The good Lord shall help you in Jesus name.
THE PURE IN HEART – Matthew 5:8 | A man’s heart consisting of the secrecy of thoughts and feelings matters to God. The invisible root matters as the visible
JESUS’S GLORIOUS REWARDS FOR PURIFIED BELIEVERS OF ALL AGES AND YOU IN PARTICULAR. PURSUE THEM’
Friend, no doubt you want to be part of the dawning rapture. The good Lord shall grant your earnest heart desire in Jesus name. The raptured saints shall live eternally with God and this shall be your portion in Jesus name. But one virtue that can help you realise this great desire is purity of heart.
Matthew 5:8. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
But then only members of glorious church shall be privileged to partake in this great event. The graceless shall be shut out. You shall not be shut out in Jesus name.
Ephesians 5:25-27 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
THE PURE IN HEART – Matthew 5:8 | A man’s heart consisting of the secrecy of thoughts and feelings matters to God. The invisible root matters as the visible
Friend, purity of heart in deed is very profitable. It is the singular requisite to living with God eternally and partaking in the dawning rapture. See what the scriptures says.
Psalms 24:3-4. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Isaiah 33:15- 17 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; He shall dwell on high:his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure. Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.
Isaiah 57:15. For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Hebrews 12:14. Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
THE PURE IN HEART – Matthew 5:8 | A man’s heart consisting of the secrecy of thoughts and feelings matters to God. The invisible root matters as the visible
Since your earnest desire is to be part of this great looming event then, you must engage yourself tirelessly in doing things that will keep your pure. See them.
2 Corinthians 7:1: Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Hebrews 13:12-13 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
James 4:8: Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
1 Peter 1:22: Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
The grace of God shall always be sufficient for you in Jesus name.
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