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