Matthew 5:8 – Old Testament Reference: Psalm 24:3-6
!. The Features of Having A Pure Heart
. A. It Involves An Internal Cleansing
. . What is in your heart?
. . . Proverbs 23:7, 4:23, 1 Samuel 16:7, Jeremiah 17:9
. . . The trouble with us is our heart
. . . Genesis 6:5, 8:21, Matthew 5:27-28, 12:24
. . Human achievement does nothing to purify the heart
. . . Matthew 15:8, 15-20,
. . . You need a heart transplant to get into Christ’s Kingdom
. . . Deuteronomy 30:6, Jeremiah 31:33, Ezekiel 36:25-26
. B. It Involves Also a Sincere Devotion
. . Matthew 6:22-24, 33
2. The Blessings – of Having a Pure Heart – You can see God
. . . Now – Creation, History
. . . Future – Eschatological – 1 Corinthians 13:12, Revelation 22:3, 1 John 3:2