pure in heart
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Only God can cleanse your heart from its impurities. David knew this and prayed, ‘Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me’ (Ps. 51:10). God does that for all who believe on Jesus Christ. He does it judicially in the moment of our belief. He does it practically Read more
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The pure in heart are happy (v. 8); Blessed are the poor in heart, for they shall see God. This is the most comprehensive of all the beatitudes; here holiness and happiness are fully described and put together. Here is the most comprehensive character of the blessed: they are pure in heart. Note, True religion consists in heart-purity. Those who are inwardly pure, Read more
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The heart is what you are, in the secrecy of your thought and feeling, when nobody knows but God. And what you are at the invisible root matters as much to God as what your are at the visible branch. “Man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart” (1 Samuel Read more
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