“Blessed are the
pure in heart: for they shall see God.” Matthew 5:8
PURITY OF HEART AND LIFE
Purity,
even purity of heart, is the main thing to be aimed at.
We need to be made clean within through the Spirit and
the Word, and then we shall be clean without by
consecration and obedience.
There is a close connection between the affections and
the understanding: if we love evil, we cannot understand
that which is good. If the heart is foul, the eye will
be dim. How can those men see a holy God who love unholy
things?
What a privilege it is to see God here! A glimpse of Him
is Heaven below! In Christ Jesus the pure in heart
behold the Father. We see Him, His truth, His love, His
purpose, His sovereignty, His covenant character, yea,
we see Himself in Christ.
But this is Only apprehended as sin is kept out of the
heart. Only those who aim at godliness can cry, “Mine
eyes are ever towards the Lord.” The desire of Moses, “I
beseech thee, show me thy glory,” can only be fulfilled
in us as we purify ourselves from all iniquity.
We shall “see him as he is”; and “every one that hath
this hope in him purifieth himself.” The enjoyment of
present fellowship and the hope of the beatific vision
are urgent motives for purity of heart and life. Lord,
make us pure in heart, that we may see Thee!
"Lord Dictated Them"
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