Matthew 5:8
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."
The Latin word pure: not mixed or adulterated with any other substance or material, free of contamination.
Greek word heart: of mind and spirit
Greek word see: to recognize, appearance (appear), behold, suffer, undergo, underwent, witnessed
I have heard people that say they are Christians and those who are not, that they have never seen God. Of course we cannot in our mortal bodies, look upon the actual face of God without being blinded by His radiance, but we can behold Him in the things that happen in our lives and give our testimony or witness to the world. If you are a Christian and haven't seen God work in your life, then go in your prayer room, wherever it may be and go before the Father in prayer and confess sin. The Bible says that we should confess our sins before God and be renewed (Acts 3:19). Our confession only brings us closer in our relationship with God.
ln order to be pure, we must not allow things in our lives that would contaminate ourselves from truth and a right relationship with the Father. Hebrews 11:6 says, "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that come to God must believe that he is, and that he is the reward of them that diligently seek him." The heart is equated to both soul and mind. So, what we see, listen to, and partake in effect our relationship with Jesus and the world. Most of us are familiar with who Job is and his life story. Here is him being in total agreement with God. (Job 22:21-30) Even David wrote, "He won has clean hands and a pure heart who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully. He will receive blessing from the LORD and righteousness from the God of his salvation."(Psalms 24:4-5)
Pure of heart simply means that because the Holy Spirit within you has redeemed you and made you innocent, you are now reborn and purified by the blood of Jesus. You are no longer contaminated by the world, because you no longer have a desire to be contaminated by the world. You begin to get a shaking within you when you do something that is offensive to God. I have said it before, there is no escape from the Father's reach. He has a 360 degree view of your life and in tune audio to what you here. To top it off, he even knows what you are thinking. We have a Father who loves us so much he corrects us when we are dead wrong and humbles us to repentance. If we stay after God in everything we do, and follow His will for us, by keeping His laws (Matthew 22:36-40).
When we fully commit to God and start to imitate Him, you begin to see God because of what He is working all around you, including your own life. God is omnipresent which means He is everywhere. Since God is not bound to space and time, He is everywhere, anytime, always. God is omnipotent, so he knows everything too.(Hebrews 4:11-13) He's like that friend that no matter what you try to do to make him go away he never does, no matter what happens (Hebrews 13:5-8) He is constant in His love for us and we should seek after Him continually. The will God has for us is found in the Bible. We will never know anything without the Holy Spirit in our hearts to reveal it to us.
Reading for tomorrow:
James 4:4-10
Matthew 5:9-11
Matthew 25:21
1 Peter 3:13-17
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."
The Latin word pure: not mixed or adulterated with any other substance or material, free of contamination.
Greek word heart: of mind and spirit
Greek word see: to recognize, appearance (appear), behold, suffer, undergo, underwent, witnessed
I have heard people that say they are Christians and those who are not, that they have never seen God. Of course we cannot in our mortal bodies, look upon the actual face of God without being blinded by His radiance, but we can behold Him in the things that happen in our lives and give our testimony or witness to the world. If you are a Christian and haven't seen God work in your life, then go in your prayer room, wherever it may be and go before the Father in prayer and confess sin. The Bible says that we should confess our sins before God and be renewed (Acts 3:19). Our confession only brings us closer in our relationship with God.
ln order to be pure, we must not allow things in our lives that would contaminate ourselves from truth and a right relationship with the Father. Hebrews 11:6 says, "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that come to God must believe that he is, and that he is the reward of them that diligently seek him." The heart is equated to both soul and mind. So, what we see, listen to, and partake in effect our relationship with Jesus and the world. Most of us are familiar with who Job is and his life story. Here is him being in total agreement with God. (Job 22:21-30) Even David wrote, "He won has clean hands and a pure heart who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully. He will receive blessing from the LORD and righteousness from the God of his salvation."(Psalms 24:4-5)
Pure of heart simply means that because the Holy Spirit within you has redeemed you and made you innocent, you are now reborn and purified by the blood of Jesus. You are no longer contaminated by the world, because you no longer have a desire to be contaminated by the world. You begin to get a shaking within you when you do something that is offensive to God. I have said it before, there is no escape from the Father's reach. He has a 360 degree view of your life and in tune audio to what you here. To top it off, he even knows what you are thinking. We have a Father who loves us so much he corrects us when we are dead wrong and humbles us to repentance. If we stay after God in everything we do, and follow His will for us, by keeping His laws (Matthew 22:36-40).
When we fully commit to God and start to imitate Him, you begin to see God because of what He is working all around you, including your own life. God is omnipresent which means He is everywhere. Since God is not bound to space and time, He is everywhere, anytime, always. God is omnipotent, so he knows everything too.(Hebrews 4:11-13) He's like that friend that no matter what you try to do to make him go away he never does, no matter what happens (Hebrews 13:5-8) He is constant in His love for us and we should seek after Him continually. The will God has for us is found in the Bible. We will never know anything without the Holy Spirit in our hearts to reveal it to us.
Reading for tomorrow:
James 4:4-10
Matthew 5:9-11
Matthew 25:21
1 Peter 3:13-17
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