Pure In Heart
Pastor Arthur Wilkerson
This is a very comprehensive and self- emptying blessing, the sixth of the Divine Constitution of the Kingdom of Heaven. I’m reminded of something that was reportedly said by a prominent national figure. This man said that NO one can live by these “B” Attitudes. But I say what God said by the mouth of Jeremiah the prophet, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.” (Jeremiah 17: 9-10). We Knowing this, that the God that created the heavens and the earth is trying the reins of our deceitful and wicked hearts, should then endeavor: First: (Ro. 10: 9-10 KJV) believe with your whole heart these words 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Second: asked to be filled with the Holy Spirit, our helper with the biblical evidence of speaking with other tongues and Third: walk by faith in the Laws of Christ the mediator between God and man and not dismiss them as too hard to accomplish,…”with God, nothing is impossible”. If you haven’t given your life to Jesus, then by all means do so and ask to be filled with the precious Holy Spirit and God will give Him to you. If you have given your life to Christ and have not the Holy Spirit (Acts 8: 15-16) dwelling within you, with prayer, humility and with earnesty of heart ask God and He will fill you. God has given us and will give us the vehicles whereby we can achieve the fruit of the Spirit to grow by in His Word and Law.
Yes, I said Law. Not the Mosaic Law, but that Law of Christ that emanates from the Cross of Calvary. The New Covenant does have its laws and the “B” Attitudes along with others are wrapped up in …”believing in thine heart that God hath raised Him (Jesus) from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (here we go) vs. 10 “For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto Salvation.” (Romans 10: 9-10) What righteousness do we really confess? Is it God’s righteousness, is it of the Bible, mixed with that of the world so that our conscience is eased, but we know we’re not right, or is it fully our own righteousness, our own wills so that we can accomplish our goals and desires, and out of our mouths comes the confession of Christ, but our hearts are for from Him. Or is our confession from our whole hearts pure in faith towards God and His righteousness to holiness now and eternal life.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God (Matt. 5: 8)— This verse intimates that if ones heart is not pure, they would not see God. Though, it doesn’t say that they would not be saved. How wonderful it would be to have eternal life with Jesus and as a bonus get to see the very God of our Salvation face to face. This would be an ultimate reward for having press through the growth processes in this life to the purity in heart of the Blessed. For the character of the Blessed here is one that has conquered the prevailing nature of Adam within, the sin nature of spirit, soul and body.
Pure in heart says; that one’s heart, as defined by Webster is the emotional or moral as distinguished from the intellectual nature; one’s innermost character, feelings. But, from a spiritual aspect I’ll use this definition for the heart: man’s entire mental and moral activity, both rational and emotional; the hidden springs of the personal life (the heart that only God knows, the sin that affect the whole of man’s spirit, soul and body). Sin is a principle which has its seat in the center of man’s inward life and defiles the whole of his actions. (Matt. 15: 19-20) So then, the Holy Spirit that dwells within the pure in heart, has conquered that prevailing nature of sin to the putting off of those things that did prevail in my heart (along with evil thoughts, murders, false witness, uncleanness, inordinate affections, covetousness and the like.(Col. 3: 5-6). You know, those things that cause us to smile in a brothers face and then lie on that brother, curse and plot deceitful acts against him. The things that lead to spiritual murderer that you think are covered under Grace.
Pure in heart says that I have grown to be “poor in spirit”, humble and not high minded, an instrument of dust made strong for God’s use. That as a child of God sealed now by the Holy Spirit who bears witness of me, I no longer stand in agreement with the world or try to compromise with the world or mix God’s principles and precepts with that of the world, watch this, some that mix (make impure) say they’re temperate (exercising restraint), but are really consumed by their own lust, they say it’s done for a crown of incorruption or to someone to Christ, but it’s really for self-gain and power. This scripture is used by some, … “I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some” (I Cor. 9: 20-25). There are the truly “pure in heart” that are not mixing God’s Word and we know them by the Spirit. But I say, when the awe of our eternal God, His Son and the Cross of His crucifixion becomes so minimal or non-existent that it’s all but gone from our services, then motives should be questioned.
Pure in heart says; that along with becoming “poor in spirit”; in their spiritual growth to becoming pure in heart one has also conquered in spirit, soul and body and has become one that “mourns” because of the state they see the Church in today and the deception of God’s people; they have become “meek”; not only humble, but gentle in their care of the very least of God’s people to the most boisterous and hard to get along with; and they “hunger and thirst after righteousness”; for there is a thirst and a hunger within a mature child of God (Saint) to see the righteousness of God prevail in the lands. There is a sorrowful, gnawing ache that yearns to be filled, and they become forgiving and “merciful” for they have and shall obtain mercy.
We believe with all spiritual and godly sincerity that as we endeavor to seek the unity of the spirit we find peace with God so that we can then grow to spiritual maturity, and in the Principle Graces of the Gospel of God in each one of the areas of the “B” Attitudes. Have I attained in all these areas, NO, but I press daily, always endeavoring, pressing and seeking. And I pray,… “That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him”. (Eph. 1: 17) (All Scripture are taken from the Old King James Bible) *
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