Category Archives: Purity
Eagle-eyed II
‘Everything is pure to those whose hearts are pure. But nothing is pure to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, because their minds and consciences are corrupted’ Titus 1:15.
Blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God. Yesterday we began to unpack the three-fold meaning of seeing God. The pure in heart will see God in: 1# eternity
#2: See God in communion with God: ‘Who may climb the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy Read the rest of this entry
Eagle-eyed I
‘Try to live in peace with everyone. And try to keep your lives free from sin. Anyone whose life is not holy will never see the Lord’ Heb.12:14[ERV]
‘Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord’ Heb.12:14 [KJV]. What does it really mean to see God? It is three fold – in eternity, in communion with God, and in perspectives.
#1: In eternity: Jesus is saying that it is the pure in heart that will access heaven in eternity. ‘Blessed are those Read the rest of this entry
Heart Work
‘Can any mortal be pure? Can anyone born of a woman be just?’ Job 15:14.
Eliphaz challenged Job saying ‘can any mortal be pure? Can anyone born of a woman be just?’ Meanwhile Jesus says blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. Jesus will not demand what is not possible. Like Eliphaz, the culture is saying can anyone really be pure? There is a lie going around that states that it is only God that knows those that are pure. This lie kind of gives people a reason not to strive for purity but guess what the pure Read the rest of this entry
Pure In Heart
‘Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.’ Matt.5:8 [NIV].
If there is something that is pervasive in this generation it is that purity is something of the past. People are insisting that this is the twenty first century and that purity is a thing of days past. Guess what, God is the Ancient of Days, He does not grow old, and He remains the same. Times will change, seasons will change, cultures will change but the Word of God will remain the same. Instead of purity to be a thing to be desired, culture is trying to Read the rest of this entry
