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Pure In Heart

By Pastor Dennis Williams

THE MOST IMPORTANT “ATTITUDE” WHEN THE LORD IS TEACHING US ANYTHING IS TO HAVE A PURE HEART:
MATT 5:3-12 ARE OUR CHRISTIAN ATTITUDES
I WILL REFER TO ONE OF the BEATITUDES ON THE SERMON OF THE MOUNT
MATT 5: 8 BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART: FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD.

BE ABLE TO HEAR AND SEE THROUGH THE EYES OF GOD
1 Samuel 16:6-7: 6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord’s anointed is before him .7 But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
• The scales need to come off our eyes, heart, and mind
• This is part of our renewal process
• We cooperate with the Lord
• When the scales come off, we can see the truth

HAVE SPIRITUAL EARS
We get those through hearing the Word of God
Rom 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God.
• Hearing through spiritual ears
• There is something called spiritual deafness
• Can cause us not to have faith
• We can command spiritual deafness off our spiritual ears
Matt 11:15: He that hath ears to hear let him hear
• Hear what the Spirit is saying
• Not what we think we should hear
Matt 13:16: But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears for they hear
• When we see and hear the way God does,
• we will have a burden to intercede

The Body of Christ Needs Intercessors – The Lord is calling Intercessor He can trust and  that have a Pure Heart. 

Ezekiel 22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

Intercession– is basically as Ezekiel 22:30 says – make up the hedge, and stand in the gap (DEFINITION FROM DICTIONARY

  • To expose oneself for the protection of something
  • To make a defense against an attacking danger
  • To take the place of a fallen defender or supporter

JESUS IS THE GREATEST INTERCESSOR – HE IS OUR EXAMPLE TO FOLLOW
Hebrews 1:3” Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high
Romans 8:34: Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.”
HE INTERCEDED FOR –STOOD IN THE GAP FOR ALL OF MANKIND
Isaiah 53:12: Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
• His death was not an accident
• Jesus willingly came
• “pour out his soul unto death.”
• Most important: made intercession for the transgressors
• Transgressors: The criminal, delinquent, felon, evildoer, reprobate

THIS IS WHERE WE NEED THAT CHANGE OF HEART

“Bare the sin of many” and made intercession for the transgressors. (people that everyone hates and judges)

  • He saw things that way his Father saw them
  • That’s how we have to be

LIVE FOR JESUS AND SEEK TO HAVE A PURE HEART

MATT 5: 8 BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART: FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD.


Give your heart to Jesus today by saying this prayer:
Dear Lord Jesus,
Thank you for dying on the cross for my sin. Please forgive me. Come into my life. I receive You as my Lord and Savior. Please, help me to live for you the rest of this life. Fill me with your Holy Spirit. In the name of Jesus, I pray.
Amen.

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