Pure in Heart

• Pure in Heart
• Matthew 5:8
• Defining Pure..
• Pure (katharos) clean, cleansed, free from any impurities..

– Keep yourself pure.. 1 Tim 5:22
– Pure conscience .. 2 Tim 1:3
– Purified souls, pure heart .. 1 Pet 1:22
• Pure air…
• Pure stream..
• Pure water..
• Pure gold..
• Defining the heart..
• Physical heart ..
– 100,000 times / day
– 1800 gallons blood / day
– Life center of body

• Defining the heart..
• The inner self …
– Intellect, emotional, moral qualities ..Prov 4:23
– Thoughts, attitudes, will.. Matt 9:4
– The true inner person… Prov 23:7; Deut 6:4; Psalm 51:6; 73:1


• God’s concern with the inner person..
• Need for God..
– Submission to Him..
– Hunger for righteousness..
– Merciful, pure heart..
• Opposite of outward religion..Matt 5:20-48
• What is a pure heart?
• Lives to do what is right…
– 2 Tim 2:22 Flee youthful lusts, but pursue righteousness, faith, love peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart..
– Determined by God.. Acts 10:15 “clean/unclean”..
– Defined by His law .. Psa 119 ..
– Physical laws vs moral law..

• What is a pure heart?
• Lives for purpose of pleasing God..
– Not selfish motives .. James 3:14-16
– Not for material gain.. 2 Pet 2:3; 1 Thess 2:4-5
– Santify God in our heart.. 1 Pet 3:15-16
– Loves God, brothers, sisters, neighbor ..

• How acquired…
• Comes only from God…
– We cannot know own heart .. Jer 17:9
– Qualities God seeks .. Psa 24:3-5
– Promised by God.. Jer 31:34; Ezek 36:25-26
– Cleansed by blood of Christ .. Heb 9:113-15, 1 Pet 1:22; 3:21


• Pure in Heart
• Matthew 5:8