Feb. 02, 2022

“HOW TO BE HAPPY ACCORDING TO JESUS”

“HAPPY ARE THE PURE IN HEART”

MATTHEW 5:8

Matthew 5:8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.”

Those words in the Greek can literally be translated, “Happy are the pure in heart, for they and they alone will see God.”

The dictionary says that purity is “freedom from foreign mixtures of matter, cleanness, freedom from foulness or dirt, freedom from guilt or defilement.” To be pure means that you are living a “clean” life.

Proverbs 23:7 “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, But his heart is not with you.”

To have a clean heart is to have a clean mind!

Proverbs 4:23 “Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.”

1 Samuel 13:14 “But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”

Psalm 19:14 “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.”

A Desire For Purity:

Three Different Kinds of Purity:

1.   Perfect Purity

Perfect purity is the kind we will have in heaven.

1 John 3:2 “Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.”

2.   Positional Purity

Positional purity is what Jesus has done for us through His death, burial, and resurrection.

2 Corinthians 5:21 “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”

3.   Practical Purity

Practical purity, the everyday living sort of purity. The Bible says that as a Christian I am righteous, so now the Lord expects me to live like the righteous man I have become.

Four Practical Things We Need:

1.   A Covenant With Our Eyes

Job 31:1 “I have made a covenant with my eyes; Why then should I look upon a young woman?”

Psalm 101:3 “I will set nothing wicked before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not cling to me.” 

2.   Consecrate Your Mind

Proverbs 23:7 “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, But his heart is not with you.”

Genesis 6:5 “Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” 

So we are to focus our minds on good things:

Philippians 4:8 “Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.”

1 Thessalonians 5:22 “Abstain from every form of evil.

3.   Commit To Bible Memorization

Psalm 119:9-11 “How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word. 10With my whole heart I have sought You; Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments! 11Your word I have hidden in my heart,
That I might not sin against You.”

4.   Have A Plan

James 4:7-8 “Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.”

Matthew 5:8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.”