A Pure Heart (part 2)

Texts: Psalm 24:3-5; 1 Tim 1:5

Introduction: Review Part I (See Part 1 for details)

A. A Pure Heart begins with Purity Of Understanding And Faith

B. A Pure Heart involves sincerity of our Personal Faith. - James 4:8

C. A Pure Heart is with pure Motivations; i.e., Love

D. A Pure Heart Has Pure Emotional Responses

E. A Pure Heart means Purity of Will

I. A Pure Heart is a Heart with a Pure Conscience

A. Paul as an example - Acts 23:1; 24:16

B. Why be in subjection to civil powers - Rom 13:5

C. Why not eating meats sacrificed to idols - 1 Cor 8:7,10, 12

D. The conscience witnesses to our holiness and sincerity - 2 Cor 1:12

E. We need to commend ourselves to every man’s conscience - 2 Cor 4:2

1. 1 Tim 1:19 …keeping faith and a good conscience,

2. 1 Tim 3:9 holding to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.

F. Hypocrites have their consciences seared - 1 Tim 4:2

G. Thank God for a clear conscience - 2 Tim 1:3

H. The defiled and unbelieving have defiled consciences - Titus 1:15

I. The goal of our instruction is love, a good conscience, and a sincere faith - 1 Tim 1:5

II. A Pure Heart Demands Pure Worship - Psalm 24:3-4

A. Worship in spirit and truth - John 4:24

1. The Lord’s Supper: unworthy manner produces guilt - 1 Cor 11:23-29

2. Prayer and singing with the mind and the spirit - 1 Cor 14:15

3. Giving with a cheerful heart - 2 Cor 9:6-7

B. Forsaking Assembling may be willful sin - Heb 10:23-26

III. A Pure Heart Produces Pure Conduct - Prov 20:9-11

A. Call on the Lord from a pure heart - 2 Tim 2: 22

B. 1 Tim 5:22 Keep thyself pure.

C. Jer.4:14 Wash your heart from evil..

D. Prov 23:7 For as he thinks within himself, so he is.

1. Everyone who looks to lust has committed adultery in his heart - Matt 5:28

2. Psalm 24:4 “ He who has clean hands and a pure heart,”

IV. A Pure Heart Produces Purity Of Speech - Psalm 24:4

A. The mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart. - Matt 12:33-37

1. Liars are the children of the devil and condemned - John 8:44; Rev 21:8

2. Gossips are evil - 1 Tim 3:11; 1 Tim 5:11-13; Titus 2:3; Rom 1:28-39; 2 Tim 3:2-3

B. Evil Speech not to be in Local Church - 2 Cor 12:20

V. A Pure Heart Demonstrates Love by Action - 1 Pet 1:22

A. Characteristic of Pure Religion - James 1:27

B. Loving your brother is righeousness - 1 Jn 3:7,10

C. Love in deed and truth - 1 Jn 3:16-18

VI. A Pure Heart Is Blessed of God

A. Matt 5:8 "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

B. Ps 73:1 Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart! – Psa 24:4-5

C. Having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience - Heb 10:22

D. Baptism - the answer of a good conscience toward God - 2 Pet 3:20-21

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