How to see God
How To See God
Today’s Scripture: "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God" (Matt. 5:8) [Ref. reading: Matt. 5:1-8]
I’m not trying to be cruel but just to the point, many people who go through the motions of living are in reality dead. They are unresponsive to God’s will, deaf to his call. Such individuals are in touch only with the world. They may attend church, sing in the choir, teach a Sunday school class or even help conduct a worship service, but they lack the spiritual dimension that only God can create in their lives.
"Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God," Jesus explains that heart disease can be avoided by keeping a pure heart. Jesus addresses ordinary people who have ordinary problems, and he gives them an extraordinary way to experience happiness. He offers them sound advice, which if followed, will always lead to a better life.
The pure in heart are those who are cleansed. An initial cleansing happens when a person commits his or her life to Jesus Christ. Purity cannot be produced by any human will. In fact, Ezekiel said, "A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh" ( Ezekiel 36:26). Such purity is produced only by becoming a new creature, experiencing a new birth.
The pure in heart are those who have one goal in life. Purity actually means singleness of mind, to be guided by one purpose.
The pure in heart are those who have one aim in life: to glorify God.
The pure in heart are those who have clean thoughts.
This beatitude clearly states that those who are pure in heart will see God. But how? The pure in heart will "see" God by experiencing his reality, not by beholding him with physical eyes. During our Lord’s earthly ministry, multitudes looked at him but saw nothing, unaware that they had viewed God in the flesh. To see God is to experience God and become sure of him. Purity removes obstacles that blur and distort his true image. That is why the pure in heart will see God. Amen,.
Today’s Scripture: "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God" (Matt. 5:8) [Ref. reading: Matt. 5:1-8]
I’m not trying to be cruel but just to the point, many people who go through the motions of living are in reality dead. They are unresponsive to God’s will, deaf to his call. Such individuals are in touch only with the world. They may attend church, sing in the choir, teach a Sunday school class or even help conduct a worship service, but they lack the spiritual dimension that only God can create in their lives.
"Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God," Jesus explains that heart disease can be avoided by keeping a pure heart. Jesus addresses ordinary people who have ordinary problems, and he gives them an extraordinary way to experience happiness. He offers them sound advice, which if followed, will always lead to a better life.
The pure in heart are those who are cleansed. An initial cleansing happens when a person commits his or her life to Jesus Christ. Purity cannot be produced by any human will. In fact, Ezekiel said, "A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh" ( Ezekiel 36:26). Such purity is produced only by becoming a new creature, experiencing a new birth.
The pure in heart are those who have one goal in life. Purity actually means singleness of mind, to be guided by one purpose.
The pure in heart are those who have one aim in life: to glorify God.
The pure in heart are those who have clean thoughts.
This beatitude clearly states that those who are pure in heart will see God. But how? The pure in heart will "see" God by experiencing his reality, not by beholding him with physical eyes. During our Lord’s earthly ministry, multitudes looked at him but saw nothing, unaware that they had viewed God in the flesh. To see God is to experience God and become sure of him. Purity removes obstacles that blur and distort his true image. That is why the pure in heart will see God. Amen,.
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