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1 | the Happiness of a Pure Heart | Matt 5:8 | DocTrinsograce | 161362 | ||
Dear Brother Mark, Great post! Thank you for taking the time to share these thoughts with us! Thomas Watson (1620-1686), the English Puritan preacher, gave a classic sermon in which he identified seven aspects of a pure heart. If you don't mind, I'll post his points to augment your own. A sincere heart is a pure heart, serving God whole-heartedly and willing even to bear up under trials for the sake of being purified by Christ. A pure heart breaths after purity, desiring this more than riches, attention, and applause. A pure heart abhors all sin, so that the love of sin is crucified in his life as he seeks to kill sin at the roots of his life for the sake of love for Christ. A pure heart avoids the appearance of evil, because he realizes that often the appearance of evil becomes the occasion of evil. Out of respect and reverence for the Lord, and for the sake of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ and his testimony of the gospel, he avoids the suspicion of sin. A pure heart performs holy duties in an holy manner, that is, he will take care how he prepares for worship or the Lord’s Table or any service unto the Lord. A pure heart will have a pure life, so the believer cultivates his devotion life, seeks God’s face in prayer, and walks with God in daily life. A pure heart is so in love with purity that nothing can draw him off from it. In Him, Doc |
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2 | the Happiness of a Pure Heart | Matt 5:8 | lionheart | 161366 | ||
Doc, Where do you get all this neat stuff? Ilove it. lionheart |
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3 | the Happiness of a Pure Heart | Matt 5:8 | DocTrinsograce | 161378 | ||
Dear Brother Lionheart, Thank you for the encouragement. I've got a lot of notes and electronic copies of stuff. I also tend to read a lot -- if the font is large enough! Plus, there's always the Internet. :-) We are blessed to live in a day and age where thousands upon thousands of volumes of books can be stored in under a square foot of space! Spurgeon's library at the time of his death consisted of 12,000 volumes. Imagine how much that cost him! Yet we live in a day when much more than that is available on inexpensive CDs. What an incredible blessing that a man can preach a sermon, increasing the understanding and stirring the heart of people centuries or even millenia later! We have a rich treasure trove, indeed. In Him, Doc |
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4 | the Happiness of a Pure Heart | Matt 5:8 | lionheart | 161392 | ||
Doc, God has truly given us the best has he not! In Christ, lionheart |
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