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Father, we thank you for tonight
and the opportunity we have to 

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be together and study your word.
We are a blessed people simply 

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because you've given us the word
of the living God. 

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Tonight we pray that you'd open 
our hearts and minds to see the 

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the greatness of your Kingdom 
that we might understand how it 

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is we are to live like children 
of the King. 

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We realize, Lord, that because 
of your grace and because of 

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your mercy, we are able to enter
into your great Kingdom. 

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So we thank you for that Lord, 
and pray that as we study Your 

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word, You would challenge us 
personally to live the kind of 

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life that brings glory and honor
to You as our King. 

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We pray in Jesus name, Amen. 
King David was a man that was 

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characterized by a phrase that 
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A man after God's own heart says
that in the Old Testament and in

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the New Testament, and that's 
what made David the man that he 

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was. 
David was not a perfect man, but

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David was a pursuing kind of 
man. 

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He was always in pursuit of his 
God. 

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He wasn't a a sinless man, but 
he was the kind of man that 

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truly wanted to honor his Lord. 
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he wanted to challenge his son 
Solomon. 

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So the Bible tells us these 
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verse #1 As David's time to die 
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his son, saying, I am going the 
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Be strong therefore, and show 
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In other words, I need you to 
act manly, Solomon, keep the 

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charge of the Lord your God to 
walk in His ways, to keep his 

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statutes, his commandments, his 
ordinances, and his testimonies 

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according to what is written in 
the law of Moses, that you may 

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succeed in all that you do and 
wherever you turn, so that the 

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Lord may carry out his promises.
Which he spoke concerning me, 

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saying, If your sons are careful
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in truth with all of their heart
and with all of their soul, He 

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says with all of their heart and
with all of their soul. 

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He says, you shall not lack a 
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So Solomon wants to be charged 
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to be the king of Israel and the
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of peace because David was the 
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So Solomon's reign would be 
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So again David charges his son 
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sorry, First Chronicles 22. 
This is what he says in verse 

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17. 
He says Solomon is not the Lord 

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your God with you. 
And has he not given you rest on

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every side? 
For he has given the habitants 

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of the land into my hand, and 
the land is subdued before the 

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Lord and before his people. 
Now set your heart and your soul

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to seek the Lord your God. 
Again, David, a man after God's 

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own heart, wants to challenge 
his son to make sure that his 

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heart and soul are completely 
committed to the Lord. 

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And then again, David will 
reiterate it in First Chronicles

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28, verse 9. 
As for you, my son Solomon, know

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the God of your father and serve
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willing mind. 
For the Lord searches all hearts

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and understands every intent of 
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If you seek Him, He will let you
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Him, he will reject you forever.
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mind of his son the importance 
of searching and seeking after 

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God with all of your heart. 
David was a man after God's own 

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heart. 
He wanted his son Solomon to be 

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a man after God's own heart, so 
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the the exhortation that he 
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his God. 
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His name was Rehoboam. 
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Rehoboam in Second Chronicles 12
verse #14 Rehoboam did evil 

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because he did not set his heart
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The question is what happened 
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Rayabon that Rayabon would not 
seek to follow the Lord with all

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of his heart? 
What happened in the 

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translation? 
What happened in that which was 

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being passed down from a father 
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heart, well, we get a hint of 
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King Solomon loved many foreign 
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of Pharaoh, Moabite, Ammonite, 
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women from the nations 
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said to the sons of Israel, You 
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nor shall they associate with 
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your heart away after their 
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Solomon held fast to these in 
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He had 700 wives, princesses, 
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wives turned his heart away, For
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turned his heart away after 
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not wholly devoted to the Lord 
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his father had been. 
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Solomon did what was evil in the
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follow the Lord fully as David 
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Then Solomon built a high place 
for Chemesh, the detestable idol

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of Moab on the mountain which is
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Moloch, the detestable idol of 
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Thus also he did for all his 
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incense and sacrificed to their 
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Now the Lord was angry with 
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turned away from the Lord, the 
God of Israel, who had appeared 

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to him twice, and it commended 
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he should not go after other 
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So the Lord said to Solomon, 
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you have not kept my covenant 
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commanded you, I will surely 
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will give it to your servant. 
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David was not a perfect man. 
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Old Testament. 
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affected his family for the rest
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But yet David was a man after 
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Thus says the Lord. 
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David. 
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pursued his God he so 
desperately when it's Solomon to

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be that way. 
Solomon names, names mean means 

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man of peace. 
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which means beloved of the Lord.
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The man of peace was beloved of 
the Lord, and yet he turned his 

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back on the Lord. 
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God said, if you do, they're 
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the Lord. 
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as king of Israel. 
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turned away from the Lord. 
He did not at all follow the 

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Lord with all of his heart. 
And of course, after Solomon, 

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the Kingdom was divided. 
There were 39 different kings in

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the northern Kingdom and in the 
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eight were evil. 
The eight that were they, they 

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did what they could to follow 
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them had turned their heart away
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So the Bible says, and the book 
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verse #9 these words, the eyes 
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throughout the earth, that He 
may strongly support those whose

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heart is completely his. 
The Lord is looking to, to to 

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strengthen and support those 
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committed to the Lord. 
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Ezekiel 36, the Lord says, I 
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you and I will give you a new 
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to follow me, you must have a 
new heart that you might follow 

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the ways of the Lord. 
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the 23rd chapter, Solomon is 
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of the Spirit of God. 
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on in Solomon's life as he had 
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might move them in the ways of 
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It wasn't till later in his life
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foreign women. 
But in the book of Proverbs, the

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only book written specifically 
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teenager, they need to memorize 
the Proverbs because it's a book

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specifically written to young 
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He says this in verse 26 of 
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Give me your heart, my son. 
Solomon's not saying that to 

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Rehoboam. 
God is saying that to Raya Bone 

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by inspiration, through Solomon.
Because God wants your heart. 

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And let your eyes delight in my 
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You know, when God has a heart, 
the eyes speak loudly because 

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the eyes delight in the ways of 
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Solomon's eyes delighted in 
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his heart. 
But there's something about the 

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eyes of a person whose heart is 
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the eyes are the window to the 
soul, right? 

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Look at a wife's eyes and you 
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relationship with her husband, 
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There's something about the eye 
of the wife that shows you and 

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tells you that all is well at 
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home. 
All you got to do is look into 

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our eyes. 
They speak volumes. 

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That's why God says, give me 
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heart and let your eyes delight 
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God has always been concerned 
about the heart, and so when the

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greatest preacher, whoever lived
preached the greatest sermon 

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ever preached in Matthew chapter
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That's why he says blessed are 
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shall see God. 
The Lord knew that Israel was 

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really into the externals. 
They were really into the 

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ceremonies, the sacrifices, the 
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trappings that make Judaism what
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They, they were masters of the 
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And so when our Lord shows up on
the scene, he knows the heart of

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man. 
He appeals right to the heart of

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a man. 
The externals don't mean 

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anything to him unless they're 
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man, the heart itself. 
But he knew that Israel were, as

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Isaiah prophesied, the people 
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but their hearts are far from 
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They see all the right things, 
they do all the right things, 

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but their hearts are not 
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The Lord knows that the Lord 
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You might be able to fool your 
pastor or fool your friends or 

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even fool people in your family,
but you can't fool the Lord, 

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right? 
He knows the heart of a man. 

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And so our Lord comes on the 
scene in Matthew chapter 5 and 

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begins to preach this sermon 
that goes right to the heart of 

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the matter, the inner man. 
That's why he, he would say 

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later on as we we go through 
Matthew 5, you, you have heard 

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that it was said, but I want to 
say unto you, you've heard what 

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the rabbis have said, you've 
heard how they've interpreted 

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the Scriptures. 
But I will let you know what the

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heart of the matter really is. 
And Christ exposes everybody in 

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the mountain side there in the 
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Galilee. 
He, he kind of does open heart 

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surgery on everybody there on 
the North Shore because he wants

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them to realize you think you're
right with me, but you're not. 

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Just because you do everything 
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you're right internally. 
I want your heart, my son. 

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Give me your heart. 
So he basically says these words

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as he begins to preach. 
You need to realize your 

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poverty. 
Blessed are the poor in spirit. 

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Unless you realize your poverty,
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of heaven. 
And then you need to repent from

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your iniquity. 
Blessed are those who mourn 

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because if you repent from your 
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And then he says need to respond
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Blessed are the meek, because if
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And then he says you need to 
remember your insufficiency, 

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that your righteousness is 
insufficient. 

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But if you hunger and thirst for
my righteousness, oh, you will 

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be satisfied. 
And then he says you need to 

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react with mercy, because 
blessed are the merciful, for 

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they shall obtain mercy, and 
then you will reflect my purity.

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And blessed are the pure in 
heart, for they and they only, 

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are the only ones who see the 
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So let me ask you a question. 
Have you seen the true and 

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living God? 
How do you see Him? 

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Do you see him clearly or 
vaguely? 

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Do you see him amidst the fog or
do you see Him amidst clear blue

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skies? 
How do you see the Lord? 

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So if you have your outline in 
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the same 4 points are the same 4
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We're going to, first of all, 
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condition. 
What does it mean to be pure in 

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heart? 
Define the condition, and then 

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we'll describe the consequences,
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then determine our course. 
Same outline we have for all of 

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the Beatitudes that we might 
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really mean. 
So Christ is speaking, He 

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basically says this about man's 
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Blessed are the pure in heart. 
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What does that mean? 
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location of purity, the 
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the application of purity by 
helping us understand exactly 

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what it means. 
Blessed are the pure in heart 

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cardia, the inner part of a man.
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everything. 
The heart of man is the center 

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of your intellect, not your 
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Your heart is your heart is the 
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The heart is the center of every
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Let me explain it to you. 
The heart is the center of your 

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emotions. 
Christ that in John 14 verse #1 

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Let not your heart be troubled, 
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How is a man ever afraid in his 
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Because it's the center of his 
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In Nehemiah 2, it says or talks 
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Because the heart is the center 
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center of your volition, your 
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Daniel, it says in Daniel 18, 
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defiled by the King's meat. 
He made a choice. 

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He did make a choice in his 
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He made a choice in his heart 
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meat. 
That's why it says in Ephesians 

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66 we are to do the will of God 
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The choice you make in your 
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Luke 2114 Christ said make up 
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beforehand to defend yourself. 
What do you mean make up your 

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heart? 
Don't you make up your mind? 

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Yeah, but your mind only 
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heart. 
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everything. 
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Proverbs 23 seven as the man 
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doesn't say as a man thinks that
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thinks in his heart, he is 
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mechanism of everything that you
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So the location of purity has to
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your life. 
That is your heart. 

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This is in Matthew 941 Jesus 
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are you thinking evil in your 
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Because your heart is the center
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It's the center of emotion, it's
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you make. 
Everything stems from the heart 

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of a man. 
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your heart. 
He's concerned about what you 

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believe in your heart. 
He's concerned about how you act

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in your heart because the heart 
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That's why he says, give me your
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might delight in my ways. 
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If I have your heart, I have 
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If I have your heart, I have 
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If I have your heart, I have 
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I need your heart. 
So Christ comes and preaches and

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says blessed are the pure in 
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Notice the Bible says in 
Proverbs 423, guard your heart 

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with all diligence, for out of 
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That sums it up completely. 
Guard your heart, protect your 

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heart, watch over your heart, 
keep your heart because out of 

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your heart flow every issue that
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If you can't guard your heart, 
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I mean your eyes, your mind, 
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It all stems from the heart of a
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Notice in Genesis 6 verse #5 
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earth with the flood, it says 
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Then the Lord saw that the 
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the earth, and that every intent
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only evil. 
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earth because of man's evil 
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The evil heart is the center of 
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The evil heart is the center of 
all evil actions. 

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Matthew 1519 For out of the 
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You thought your evil thoughts 
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Oh no, they come from your 
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It says murders come from your 
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fornications, thefts, false 
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These are the things which 
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Christ made it very clear that 
the reason the man is defiled is

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because of what happens on the 
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Because what happens on the 
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outside. 
Murders, thefts, slander, 

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adultery, everything comes from 
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That's why Christ says the 
blessed person is the one whose 

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heart is pure before me. 
And so what's the definition of 

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purity? 
The location of purity is the 

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heart. 
The definition of purity is 

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what? 
Well, the word is from the verb 

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cartharizo, which means to 
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You've heard of the word 
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A cleansing. 
OK, so the, the definition of of

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the pureness of the heart is the
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And and note this, it it goes 
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something clean. 
It's a word that means to be 

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unmixed, unstained, untainted. 
In other words, a pure heart is 

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a heart that's single minded, a 
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It's not detracted or distracted
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It is unmixed with any foreign 
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It is singly focused. 
That's what it means to have a 

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clean heart. 
I love what William Barkley says

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about this. 
He says in his commentary on the

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Beatitudes. 
He says the, the the Greek word 

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is, is is used of Clearwater, 
sometimes of metals without 

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alloy, sometimes of grain that 
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the mixture of other particles. 
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feelings of, of being completely
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So in other words, a, a cleansed
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OK, It's not a divided heart. 
It's an undivided heart. 

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In fact, the Bible says that 
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unstable in all of his ways. 
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Because a double minded man has 
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divided between other things. 
God wants you singularly focused

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on him. 
That's why he says loving with a

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whole heart, loving with all of 
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but with all that you have. 
It has to be completely and 

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totally focused on God himself. 
And that's why the definition of

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purity is so important. 
James says purify your hearts. 

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You double minded. 
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Because in your heart there is a
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So it needs to be cleansed from 
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keeping it from being singly 
focused and being totally 

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committed to God. 
So cleanse your hearts, take 

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away that which is an an 
obstacle, A detraction away from

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the Lord. 
Jeremiah 3239 says I will give 

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them one heart and one way that 
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Same thing. 
One heart is a cleansed heart, 

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one heart is an undivided heart.
It's not double minded and it's 

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thought process. 
It's completely focused upon the

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Lord. 
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this two things. 
One is the a positional purity 

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and the other is a a practical 
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When you are cleansed by the 
blood of the Lamb, you are clean

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positionally before Christ. 
When the Bible says that he who 

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knew no sin became sin for us, 
that we might be made the 

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righteousness of God in him. 
Second Corinthians 521 that 

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there is a cleansing that takes 
place in the heart of a believer

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when he gives his life to 
Christ. 

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Because Christ died for your 
sins, right? 

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In the blood of Jesus Christ 
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And so there is a positional 
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a positional positional 
unmixedness, if that's the word,

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if it's not, it should be that 
there's nothing in there that 

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that's clouding that the, the, 
the, the difficulty comes into 

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practice of that, right? 
That's why the Bible says be 

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holy as your Father in heaven is
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That's why in Matthew 5, which 
we'll see in a few weeks, be 

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perfect as your Father in heaven
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The challenge is matching my 
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God because I've been totally 
cleansed from all of my sin 

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because of what Christ did at 
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I live still in the flesh and so
there are still things that 

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enter into my heart and mind 
that draw me away from the Lord 

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that caused me to be double 
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And so therefore I need to rid 
myself of those things and be 

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totally focused upon the Lord. 
It's called the the practice of 

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purity, right? 
Positionally, we are pure before

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God. 
But matching my practice, my 

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everyday life with my position 
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walk in the Christian life is 
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And that's what we do. 
And there's a constant struggle 

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every single day of going to the
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Lord, cleanse me from my sin. 
Lord, help me to keep my eyes, 

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my mind focused upon you, my 
heart fixed upon the Lord Jesus 

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Christ. 
That's why in Matthew 6, which 

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we will see in months down the 
road, that Christ says you 

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cannot serve 2 masters, right? 
Matthew 624. 

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Why? 
Because you'll love the one and 

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hate the other. 
You can't serve 2. 

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That's why you can't have two 
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You got to love one, hate the 
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right? 
So you can't, you can't serve 2 

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masters. 
You can't serve money and God 

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can't serve prosperity and God. 
You can't serve that of the 

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things of the world and the 
things of the Lord because one's

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going to draw your heart away. 
That's why. 

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That's why the Lord said do not 
marry foreign wives because they

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will turn your heart away to 
Solomon. 

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So what did he do? 
He married foreign wives. 

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And what did they do? 
They turned his heart away 

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exactly as God said, because He 
wants all of your heart, not 

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part of your heart. 
He wants all of you, not certain

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aspects of you. 
God wants everything because He 

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died for you. 
He died that you might have His 

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life, and so He wants His life 
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Point #2 Describing the 
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Two of them. 
One, satisfaction in life and 

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vision in life. 
Blessed are the pure in heart, 

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for they shall see God, that the
blessing comes because of what 

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they see. 
They'll be satisfied when they 

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see that which they long for. 
That's why the Bible says in 

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John 14-8, Philip says to the 
Lord, show us the Father and it 

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will be enough for us. 
And Christ says, if you've seen 

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me, you've seen the Father. 
There's something about 

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spiritual vision that's enough. 
There's something about seeing 

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God for who he is that 
satisfies. 

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And so many times we, we forget 
that the pureness of our heart 

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done by God causes us to see, 
Remember, Remember Simeon, He 

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just longed to hold the Christ 
child and the Lord promised him,

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you will not die until you see 
the Lord's Messiah, right? 

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Because the Lord is God's 
Messiah. 

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He is not Israel's Messiah. 
He's not even your Messiah. 

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He is God's Messiah. 
And so Simeon longed for that 

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day and when he held the the 
Christ Child in his arms, said, 

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that's it, I'm done. 
I've seen it all. 

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There's nothing else for me to 
see. 

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There's nothing else for me to 
live for. 

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What I've longed for, what I've 
lived for now is here, I'm done,

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I can die. 
Why? 

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Because his whole life was 
centered around seeing the 

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Christ child, the Messiah, God's
Messiah. 

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And once he got a glimpse of the
Messiah, that was it. 

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He was completely and totally 
satisfied. 

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So the Bible says in in Psalm 
73, God is good to Israel, even 

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to such as are of a clean heart.
God is good to those who whose 

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hearts have been cleansed. 
Psalm 73 says, But As for me, 

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the nearness of God is my good. 
Psalm 1715 I shall be satisfied 

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when I awake with thy likeness. 
There's something about getting 

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a glimpse of God that is 
completely and totally 

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satisfying that nothing of the 
world can, can do. 

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It just can't. 
So I ask you again, have you 

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seen the true and living God? 
Not only is there satisfaction 

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in life, but there's also vision
in life. 

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00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:07,200
Remember Moses, I beseech you, 
Lord, let me see your glory. 

451
00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:09,520
Well, what is the glory of the 
Lord? 

452
00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:13,400
It's the, it's the, the, the 
it's a, it's a manifestation of 

453
00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:15,920
God and brilliant light. 
It's the, it's the attributes of

454
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:18,240
God. 
It's, it's, it's who God is. 

455
00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:21,760
I want to just see you. 
And of course, you know, God 

456
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:23,440
said, I can't let you see me. 
You're going to have to die 

457
00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:25,760
because I dwell in an 
unapproachable light and you'll 

458
00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:29,240
be incinerated if you see me. 
So I can't let you see me, he 

459
00:35:29,240 --> 00:35:34,720
says, but the Bible says these 
words in John 118. 

460
00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:42,920
No man has seen God at any time,
and yet 1st 3616 says God dwells

461
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:47,800
in unapproachable light, where 
no man has seen or can see. 

462
00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:56,240
So then how do you see God? 
How can a man see God? 

463
00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:00,880
That's very important because 
you don't see Him with a 

464
00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:04,400
physical eye. 
You see him with a spiritual 

465
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:07,520
eye. 
You can't physically look upon 

466
00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:13,280
the Christ or you you die. 
You'd be incinerated. 

467
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:17,240
OK, Not until you have a 
glorified body can you ever do 

468
00:36:17,240 --> 00:36:18,360
that. 
That's when you go to heaven. 

469
00:36:18,720 --> 00:36:24,680
So how does a man see God now? 
Well, number one, you can see 

470
00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:27,240
him in the world. 
How do you know that? 

471
00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:33,840
Because the heavens declare the 
glory of the Lord. 

472
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:38,440
So when you look at the world, 
when you look at the universe, 

473
00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:40,680
when you look at the heavens, 
what do you see? 

474
00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:45,960
You see a Creator. 
You see someone who designed all

475
00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:48,600
that. 
You see God. 

476
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:53,800
Psalm 29 is very, very 
insightful. 

477
00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:58,600
Psalm 29. 
Listen to what the psalmist 

478
00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:04,440
says. 
He says in verse 3 the voice of 

479
00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:07,960
the Lord is upon the waters. 
Now he's talking about a storm, 

480
00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:13,680
OK, and how he sees God in the 
storm. 

481
00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:17,440
He says the voice of the Lord is
upon the waters. 

482
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:22,200
The God of glory thunders. 
The Lord is over many waters. 

483
00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:24,200
The voice of the Lord is 
powerful. 

484
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:26,160
The voice of the Lord is 
majestic. 

485
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:30,120
So he, he's hearing the voice of
God in the storm. 

486
00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:33,000
He says the voice of the Lord 
breaks the Cedars. 

487
00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:35,840
Yes, the Lord breaks in pieces 
the Cedars of Lebanon. 

488
00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:39,800
He makes Lebanon skip like a 
calf and Syrian like a young 

489
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:43,120
wild ox. 
The voice of the Lord divides 

490
00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:47,160
out flames of fire. 
In other words, the voice of the

491
00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:50,440
Lord divides out the striking of
lightning. 

492
00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:53,720
The voice of the Lord shakes the
wilderness. 

493
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:56,800
The The voice of the Lord is so 
strong. 

494
00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,200
When God thunders, the 
wilderness shakes. 

495
00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:03,000
The Lord shakes the wilderness 
of catish. 

496
00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:06,560
The voice of the Lord makes the 
deer to calf. 

497
00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:10,320
In other words, it makes the 
pregnant animals give birth. 

498
00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:16,360
He says that the the strips and 
excuse me and strips the the 

499
00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:19,680
forest bare. 
The voice of the Lord is social.

500
00:38:19,720 --> 00:38:23,560
How does the voice of the Lord 
strip the forest bare? 

501
00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:26,160
Have you ever seen a tornado? 
Have you ever seen a hurricane? 

502
00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:30,480
All of that declares the glory 
of God. 

503
00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:35,240
You you see that the believer 
sees God in the storm. 

504
00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:40,280
The unbeliever just sees the 
storm, but the believer sees the

505
00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:46,520
God whose voice thunders and 
causes the storm and separates 

506
00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:51,240
the lightning in the flashes. 
He's the God who causes trees to

507
00:38:51,240 --> 00:38:54,880
be demolished because his voice 
is so powerful. 

508
00:38:56,240 --> 00:39:01,840
You see, so many times we miss 
how God wants us to observe him 

509
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:05,400
in the world. 
God is everywhere. 

510
00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:10,960
That's why the heavens declare 
the glory of the Lord. 

511
00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:18,280
The Bible says in that same 
Psalm, the Lord sitteth king as 

512
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:25,000
king over the flood. 
In other words, God controls the

513
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:28,400
flood. 
God control the flood of Genesis

514
00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:31,080
6. 
And by the way, God controls 

515
00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:33,760
every single flood on the planet
today. 

516
00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:37,560
Everything. 
Is there a tsunami? 

517
00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:42,040
God caused that. 
Not an earthquake in the in the 

518
00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:44,360
middle of the ocean. 
No, God caused that. 

519
00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:47,600
Why? 
Because if there's calamity in 

520
00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:50,200
the city, Amos says, guess who 
caused it? 

521
00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:55,360
God did See God's in control of 
everything or is in control of 

522
00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:58,520
nothing. 
God rules over all. 

523
00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:03,240
And so you must be able to see 
God with a spiritual eye to know

524
00:40:03,240 --> 00:40:06,320
that God is at work and doing 
what it is he does. 

525
00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:11,320
That's what causes us to trust 
Him even all the more now that 

526
00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:17,160
you see him in the world, but 
you see him in the ways He works

527
00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:20,080
in the world. 
Listen to Psalm one O 5. 

528
00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:26,680
Psalm one O 5. 
Listen to what the Bible says. 

529
00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:32,280
This is so great. 
The psalmist recognizes God's 

530
00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:35,000
mighty hand in everything. 
Remember what Peter says in 

531
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:38,760
first Peter 5-6 Humble 
yourselves under the mighty hand

532
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:39,960
of God. 
Remember that. 

533
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:42,120
Remember he says that. 
And what is the mighty hand of 

534
00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:43,640
God? 
The mighty hand of God is a 

535
00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:48,400
phrase used the book of Exodus 
to describe how God's hand 

536
00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:52,720
delivered and disciplined the 
nation of Israel. 

537
00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:57,880
OK, so Peter is picking up from 
the Old Testament saying you 

538
00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:01,560
need to submit yourself under 
God's mighty hand of discipline,

539
00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:06,240
God's mighty hand of 
deliverance, because God is in 

540
00:41:06,240 --> 00:41:11,800
charge of all things in life. 
Well, Psalm one O 5 describes 

541
00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:16,160
this for us. 
Verse 24 that God caused his 

542
00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:19,200
people to be fruitful. 
God did that. 

543
00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:25,480
Verse 25 He turned their heart 
to hate his people, to deal 

544
00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:29,640
craftily with His servants. 
He sent Moses his servant, and 

545
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:33,840
Aaron whom he had chosen. 
Verse 28 He sent darkness, He 

546
00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:36,920
made it dark, He turned the 
waters into blood, and caused 

547
00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:39,880
their fish to die. 
Verse 31 He spoke, and there 

548
00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:43,240
came a swarm of flies. 
Verse 32, He gave them hail for 

549
00:41:43,240 --> 00:41:45,640
rain, and flaming fire in their 
land. 

550
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:49,680
Verse 33 He struck down their 
vines, also their fig trees, and

551
00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:51,720
shattered the trees of their 
territory. 

552
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:56,480
Verse 34 He spoke and locusts 
came, and young locusts even 

553
00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:59,800
without number. 
Verse 36 He also struck down all

554
00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:03,760
the first born in their land. 
Verse 37, Then he brought them 

555
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:06,680
out with a with silver and with 
gold. 

556
00:42:06,920 --> 00:42:10,720
Verse 40 it says he brought 
quail. 

557
00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:13,720
Verse 41 he opened the rock and 
outflowed water. 

558
00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:16,200
Verse 43 brought forth the 
people with joy. 

559
00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:19,560
Verse 44 he gave them also the 
lands of the nations. 

560
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:24,240
The psalmist knew that God's 
ways was were working in every 

561
00:42:24,240 --> 00:42:28,000
aspect of Israel's life. 
You see, we need to be able to 

562
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:33,400
see God in the way He works, in 
your family, in your church, in 

563
00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:37,720
your workplace. 
God does all those things, but 

564
00:42:37,720 --> 00:42:42,440
do you see his hand and all of 
that or do you do you just 

565
00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:45,120
attribute it as to well, just 
bad things happen at different 

566
00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:47,800
times? 
No, no, God's in charge of all 

567
00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:52,280
those things, but only the pure 
in hearts see God. 

568
00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:57,480
Only those who are not double 
minded, only those who are 

569
00:42:57,480 --> 00:43:00,040
singly focused really, truly see
God. 

570
00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:05,480
Those who hearts have been 
cleansed from the sustain of sin

571
00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:08,440
and are focused completely upon 
him. 

572
00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:14,960
They're the ones who see God. 
They'll ultimately see Him in 

573
00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:18,960
glory face to face, right when 
we see Him, we'll be like Him, 

574
00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:22,080
for we see Him as He is. 
But but there are certain things

575
00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:29,360
that we see even today that God 
does as he operates in every 

576
00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:36,480
aspect of our lives. 
That's why Job said, I have 

577
00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:44,920
heard of thee with the hearing 
of my ear, but now my eyes have 

578
00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:49,560
seen you. 
When did Job ever see God? 

579
00:43:51,640 --> 00:43:56,480
He never saw him physically, but
he said, I've heard of you with 

580
00:43:56,480 --> 00:44:01,920
the hearing of my ear, but now, 
now my eyes have seen you. 

581
00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:06,560
How did Job see God? 
He saw him with a spiritual eye 

582
00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:13,160
because God spoke to Job. 
And that's why you always see 

583
00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:16,560
God in his word, not just in the
world and not just in the 

584
00:44:16,560 --> 00:44:20,040
wonders around the world, not 
just the way he works in the 

585
00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:23,400
world, but in the word he's 
given to us. 

586
00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:28,720
And that's how Job saw God. 
Oh, I've heard of you. 

587
00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:32,880
I've heard of you with the 
hearing of my ear. 

588
00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:39,960
But now, for the very first time
in my entire life, I have seen 

589
00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:43,440
you. 
That's just a powerful 

590
00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:46,240
statement. 
That's why the Bible says this 

591
00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:49,440
in John 539. 
You search the Scriptures 

592
00:44:50,560 --> 00:44:53,200
because you think that in them 
you have eternal life. 

593
00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:57,000
And it is them that bear witness
of me. 

594
00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:00,080
He's condemning the religious 
leaders. 

595
00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:04,040
You know, the Bible frontwards 
and backwards, but you don't 

596
00:45:04,040 --> 00:45:05,800
know me. 
How do you miss me? 

597
00:45:05,840 --> 00:45:07,840
How do you read the Bible and 
miss me? 

598
00:45:09,120 --> 00:45:11,920
See, see, that's the problem. 
We go to church and we, we, we 

599
00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:14,200
have this issue that we're 
dealing with and we want the, 

600
00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:17,600
the, the, the pastor to talk 
about my issue or deal with my 

601
00:45:17,600 --> 00:45:20,880
issue, right? 
But see, that's not how God 

602
00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:24,600
works. 
God wants you to see Him in the 

603
00:45:24,600 --> 00:45:27,160
scriptures. 
And so here are the leaders of 

604
00:45:27,160 --> 00:45:29,600
Israel, and they would search 
the scriptures day and night, 

605
00:45:30,760 --> 00:45:34,840
but they missed the Messiah. 
And so when he stands in front 

606
00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:38,320
of them, they can't see Him. 
They can't see him as God in the

607
00:45:38,320 --> 00:45:40,240
flesh. 
They can see Him as their 

608
00:45:40,240 --> 00:45:41,000
Messiah. 
What? 

609
00:45:42,280 --> 00:45:43,880
Because when they read the 
scriptures, they weren't looking

610
00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:46,440
for him. 
They were looking for solutions 

611
00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:49,440
to their problems. 
Just a little hint here. 

612
00:45:49,760 --> 00:45:52,320
When you have a problem, don't 
go to the Bible looking for 

613
00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:57,360
solutions to your problem. 
When you have a problem, go to 

614
00:45:57,360 --> 00:46:05,040
the Bible and look for Jesus. 
And when you see Jesus, all your

615
00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:08,480
problems will go away. 
Not that they're going to 

616
00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:11,120
disappear. 
Oh, you still have them. 

617
00:46:12,680 --> 00:46:14,880
But your circumstances don't 
need to change. 

618
00:46:16,120 --> 00:46:19,320
Your perception of the God of 
circumstances needs to change. 

619
00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:23,320
And when that changes, your life
changes. 

620
00:46:24,360 --> 00:46:26,600
That's why when you go to the 
scriptures, you look for Jesus, 

621
00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:31,360
not solutions to your problem, 
because you're going to have 

622
00:46:31,360 --> 00:46:33,880
problem after problem after 
problem after problem. 

623
00:46:35,200 --> 00:46:37,520
They're going to be innumerable 
for before you die. 

624
00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:42,120
So when you go to the 
scriptures, the Lord says, how 

625
00:46:42,120 --> 00:46:43,880
can you search the scriptures 
and miss me? 

626
00:46:44,600 --> 00:46:47,520
That's why we say when you when 
you, when you come to church on 

627
00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:52,440
Sunday, Sir, we wish to see who 
Jesus right talked about that 

628
00:46:52,440 --> 00:46:54,120
two weeks ago. 
You come to church to see 

629
00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:56,680
Christ, to see Jesus. 
You don't come to church to see 

630
00:46:56,680 --> 00:46:58,520
your friends. 
You don't come to church to see 

631
00:46:58,520 --> 00:47:00,800
your your buddies. 
You don't come to church to to 

632
00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:02,120
be seen. 
You come to church to see 

633
00:47:02,120 --> 00:47:04,840
Christ. 
If you go to church for any 

634
00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:06,560
other reason, you're wasting 
your time. 

635
00:47:06,560 --> 00:47:09,720
I hate to say it. 
You're just wasting your time 

636
00:47:10,840 --> 00:47:12,320
because you're going to miss 
him. 

637
00:47:12,320 --> 00:47:18,840
And if you miss Jesus, you've 
missed everything but the pure 

638
00:47:18,840 --> 00:47:22,200
heart. 
Those who hearts are undivided 

639
00:47:22,920 --> 00:47:27,640
and totally focused upon the 
Lord, unmixed with any foreign 

640
00:47:27,640 --> 00:47:35,320
object. 
They will see the Lord and you 

641
00:47:35,320 --> 00:47:41,840
see Him in His Word. 2nd 
Corinthians 318 We all with 

642
00:47:41,840 --> 00:47:47,560
unveiled face, beholding as in 
the mirror the glory of the Lord

643
00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:54,120
are being changed from one level
of glory to the next level of 

644
00:47:54,120 --> 00:47:56,360
glory, even as by the Spirit of 
God. 

645
00:47:57,760 --> 00:48:01,560
Paul says that to us, we we come
to the scriptures, the mirror 

646
00:48:01,560 --> 00:48:05,920
with an unveiled face, and we're
able to behold the glory of the 

647
00:48:05,920 --> 00:48:07,200
Lord. 
What's the glory of the Lord, 

648
00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:09,120
His attributes, His character, 
His nature. 

649
00:48:10,720 --> 00:48:13,640
And, and when you go to the 
Bible to to behold the glory of 

650
00:48:13,640 --> 00:48:17,880
the Lord, you're being changed 
from one level of glory to the 

651
00:48:17,880 --> 00:48:22,160
next level of glory to the very 
next level of glory by the 

652
00:48:22,160 --> 00:48:25,200
Spirit of God. 
That's what God does. 

653
00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:28,080
And that that's why Bible study 
is so important. 

654
00:48:28,080 --> 00:48:30,120
That's why Bible memorization is
so important. 

655
00:48:30,120 --> 00:48:32,200
That's why Bible meditation is 
so important. 

656
00:48:32,280 --> 00:48:34,000
Why? 
Because I'm going to see the 

657
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:39,600
Christ and I see him in his 
word, and when I see him for who

658
00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:44,000
he is and all of his glory and 
all of his splendor, all my, all

659
00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:47,640
my problems just pale in 
comparison to the beauty and 

660
00:48:47,640 --> 00:48:51,800
glory of the Christ. 
So what did Paul pray for in 

661
00:48:51,800 --> 00:48:56,520
Ephesians? 
118I pray that the eyes of your 

662
00:48:56,520 --> 00:49:02,920
hearts be enlightened. 
You think your eyes are in your 

663
00:49:02,920 --> 00:49:06,360
head. 
Your eyes are in your hearts. 

664
00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:11,600
See, the eyes of your heart will
be enlightened. 

665
00:49:11,600 --> 00:49:14,160
That was Paul's prayer. 
And you know what? 

666
00:49:14,680 --> 00:49:17,840
That should be the prayer of all
of us for every one of us, 

667
00:49:17,840 --> 00:49:21,720
right? 
You know, we, we get so boiled 

668
00:49:21,720 --> 00:49:27,080
down by health issues. 
You've noticed that our our 

669
00:49:27,080 --> 00:49:33,600
prayer life is consumed with 
health issues, but they're not 

670
00:49:33,600 --> 00:49:37,760
concerned with spiritual health 
issues and they should be. 

671
00:49:39,200 --> 00:49:44,360
All you got to do is read Paul's
prayers and see what he prayed 

672
00:49:44,360 --> 00:49:48,800
for and ask yourself, what is my
prayer life like? 

673
00:49:50,080 --> 00:49:55,120
We get so bogged down with the 
physicality of life that the 

674
00:49:55,120 --> 00:49:59,800
spirituality of life is set 
aside because my physicality is 

675
00:49:59,800 --> 00:50:01,440
more important than my 
spirituality. 

676
00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:09,000
Not knowing that the solution to
my physicality is my 

677
00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:13,760
spirituality. 
We forget that that's very 

678
00:50:13,760 --> 00:50:17,280
important to understand. 
When you talk to somebody who 

679
00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:20,800
walking, walking with the Lord 
in the midst of their physical 

680
00:50:20,800 --> 00:50:23,920
illness, there's a joy about 
their lives. 

681
00:50:24,800 --> 00:50:29,120
But if you understand them and 
know them, they are rejoicing in

682
00:50:29,120 --> 00:50:34,320
what God is doing, even though 
they can't even get out of bed 

683
00:50:35,640 --> 00:50:39,200
because God is at work in their 
hearts and they're growing 

684
00:50:39,200 --> 00:50:43,520
closer and closer to the Lord 
through their difficulty. 

685
00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:47,120
So if you go back to the 
illustration of Job, right, 

686
00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:53,440
Job's physicality never changed.
He, he was still covered with 

687
00:50:53,440 --> 00:50:58,080
boils. 
He still had no kids, no Job, no

688
00:50:58,080 --> 00:51:01,880
house, and a wife somewhere who 
knows where. 

689
00:51:02,600 --> 00:51:05,280
Right? 
And what did you say? 

690
00:51:05,280 --> 00:51:08,600
Oh, I I've heard of you, but 
boy, now my eyes have seen you. 

691
00:51:09,280 --> 00:51:18,560
I repent in dust and ashes. 
Job was satisfied and nothing 

692
00:51:18,560 --> 00:51:21,640
that changed his life. 
Nothing. 

693
00:51:23,240 --> 00:51:27,520
Remember when they changed and 
the Lord turned the captivity of

694
00:51:27,520 --> 00:51:31,760
Job? 
When he prayed for his friends, 

695
00:51:32,560 --> 00:51:37,160
his miserable comforters, and 
God gave him twice as much as 

696
00:51:37,160 --> 00:51:41,680
what he had before, Joe didn't 
pray to get to get more things 

697
00:51:41,680 --> 00:51:44,280
back. 
Joe didn't pray for his 

698
00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:47,880
physicality, for his boils and 
his pain. 

699
00:51:47,880 --> 00:51:52,000
He prayed for his friends. 
Why? 

700
00:51:52,120 --> 00:51:54,200
Because he got a glimpse of the 
Lord. 

701
00:51:56,320 --> 00:51:59,520
And so he prayed for his friends
who really didn't know the Lord 

702
00:51:59,520 --> 00:52:01,600
that well. 
They thought they did, but they 

703
00:52:01,600 --> 00:52:07,320
really didn't know him. 
And God turned the captivity of 

704
00:52:07,320 --> 00:52:11,000
Job and gave him twice as much 
as what he had before when he 

705
00:52:11,000 --> 00:52:15,160
prayed for his friends. 
And that's only because he was 

706
00:52:15,160 --> 00:52:18,200
able to finally see the true and
living God for who he is. 

707
00:52:19,240 --> 00:52:21,440
And that's simply because God 
spoke to him. 

708
00:52:23,040 --> 00:52:25,440
And God speaks to you every time
you open the word of God. 

709
00:52:26,640 --> 00:52:29,480
Open it up. 
These are His words. 

710
00:52:30,280 --> 00:52:38,160
This is the living and abiding 
word of God #3 got to hurry 

711
00:52:38,160 --> 00:52:42,120
quickly, sorry. 
Detaining the characteristics. 

712
00:52:42,120 --> 00:52:44,160
What is the characteristic of 
somebody's pure in heart? 

713
00:52:44,160 --> 00:52:48,040
Number one, they abhor evil. 
They abhor evil. 

714
00:52:49,320 --> 00:52:56,800
Psalm 119 one O 4 Psalmist said,
I hate every false way. 

715
00:52:58,080 --> 00:53:06,040
Nothing Rob's vision like sin. 
Nothing sin will always cloud 

716
00:53:06,040 --> 00:53:10,640
your vision of God, always mar 
your vision of God, just will. 

717
00:53:11,840 --> 00:53:14,240
So those who are pure in heart, 
they have poor evil #2 they 

718
00:53:14,240 --> 00:53:18,960
avoid the appearance of evil, 
they avoid even the appearance 

719
00:53:18,960 --> 00:53:23,840
of evil. 
The 1st Thessalonians 522 Psalm 

720
00:53:23,840 --> 00:53:31,560
One O 635 says they were mingled
among the heathen and they 

721
00:53:31,560 --> 00:53:37,040
learned their works and served 
their idols. 

722
00:53:38,640 --> 00:53:42,760
You know, so many times we, we, 
we just say we hate evil, but we

723
00:53:42,760 --> 00:53:44,680
dabble around in sinful 
behavior. 

724
00:53:44,680 --> 00:53:50,760
Everyone knows that we we not 
just to abhor evil, we are to 

725
00:53:50,760 --> 00:53:53,000
abstain from the appearance of 
evil. 

726
00:53:54,160 --> 00:53:56,600
Paul talks about not even 
talking about the things done 

727
00:53:56,800 --> 00:53:59,920
done in darkness. 
They shouldn't even be mentioned

728
00:53:59,920 --> 00:54:06,280
among us. 
And then #3 the pure heart 

729
00:54:06,280 --> 00:54:11,280
abandons all sin. 
Psalm Proverbs 30 verse #12 says

730
00:54:11,280 --> 00:54:15,000
there was a generation that are 
pure in their own eyes and yet 

731
00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:17,360
have not been washed from their 
filthiness. 

732
00:54:18,800 --> 00:54:21,840
First Corinthian or Second 
Corinthian 7 verse #1 Let us 

733
00:54:21,840 --> 00:54:25,400
cleanse ourselves from all 
filthiness of the flesh and 

734
00:54:25,400 --> 00:54:30,320
spirit, perfecting holiness in 
the fear of God. 

735
00:54:31,720 --> 00:54:35,280
Those who appear in heart, not 
only do they abhor sin, they 

736
00:54:35,280 --> 00:54:40,440
abstain from the appearance of 
evil, and they abandon anything 

737
00:54:41,320 --> 00:54:44,800
that would detract them from the
true and living God. 

738
00:54:44,800 --> 00:54:51,520
And then #3 or #4 A person who 
is pure in heart really truly 

739
00:54:51,520 --> 00:55:00,000
acknowledges his true self. 
He acknowledges his true self. 

740
00:55:00,120 --> 00:55:09,840
For instance, it says in Luke 5 
verse #8 when Peter saw the 

741
00:55:09,840 --> 00:55:12,600
Christ, he said, depart from me,
for I am a sinful man. 

742
00:55:16,600 --> 00:55:22,120
When Paul saw himself as he 
truly was, he said he was the 

743
00:55:22,120 --> 00:55:28,400
least of all the Saints. 
You think he'd be the best of 

744
00:55:28,400 --> 00:55:32,240
all the Saints. 
But Paul, because he was pure in

745
00:55:32,240 --> 00:55:36,280
heart, acknowledges his true 
self that he was the least of 

746
00:55:36,280 --> 00:55:39,760
all the Saints. 
In fact, he said in 1st 71 he 

747
00:55:39,760 --> 00:55:42,440
was a chief of all sinners. 
Wow. 

748
00:55:44,200 --> 00:55:46,360
How many of us have said that 
we're the chief of sinners? 

749
00:55:48,000 --> 00:55:50,320
We, we tried to compare 
ourselves among ourselves and 

750
00:55:50,320 --> 00:55:52,120
think they were pretty good, 
right? 

751
00:55:53,800 --> 00:55:56,840
But the apostle Paul, who wrote 
13 epistles of the New 

752
00:55:56,840 --> 00:56:00,760
Testament, would say that he was
the least of all the Saints, and

753
00:56:00,760 --> 00:56:02,560
yet he was a chief of all the 
sinners. 

754
00:56:03,520 --> 00:56:07,040
Yet he was used mightily by God 
simply because he had a true, 

755
00:56:07,640 --> 00:56:14,080
true picture of his own self. 
Daniel when he got a a glimpse 

756
00:56:14,080 --> 00:56:19,400
of the living God, he said there
remains no strength in me, for 

757
00:56:19,400 --> 00:56:25,400
my comingness was turned in me 
into corruption and I retain no 

758
00:56:25,400 --> 00:56:29,400
strength. 
Here is Daniel, a man who would 

759
00:56:29,400 --> 00:56:34,880
not defile himself, but when he 
saw God he realized that he was 

760
00:56:34,880 --> 00:56:37,480
filled with corruption on the 
inside. 

761
00:56:39,120 --> 00:56:42,920
Just examine the men of God in 
Scripture and realize that they 

762
00:56:42,920 --> 00:56:49,160
had a proper view of themselves 
when it came to came to knowing 

763
00:56:49,160 --> 00:56:57,640
the Lord. 
Spiritual sight always leads to 

764
00:56:57,640 --> 00:57:03,920
spiritual insight. 
Spiritual sight will always lead

765
00:57:03,920 --> 00:57:06,200
to spiritual insight. 
In other words, when you are 

766
00:57:06,200 --> 00:57:09,240
able to see God for who He 
really is, it helps you see the 

767
00:57:09,240 --> 00:57:15,560
inner man as it really is. 
And like Job said, I repent in 

768
00:57:15,560 --> 00:57:20,720
dust and ashes. 
So in 4 minutes, what's my 

769
00:57:20,720 --> 00:57:23,080
course? 
That's point #4 right? 

770
00:57:24,080 --> 00:57:26,600
Well, number one, realize you 
can't do it on your own. 

771
00:57:27,320 --> 00:57:29,840
That's number one. 
The Bible says in Proverbs 20 

772
00:57:29,840 --> 00:57:33,920
verse #9 Who can say I've 
cleansed my heart, I am pure 

773
00:57:33,920 --> 00:57:36,920
from my sins? 
Answer nobody, nobody. 

774
00:57:37,520 --> 00:57:41,480
Jeremiah 1323. 
Can a leper change his spots? 

775
00:57:41,480 --> 00:57:44,320
Nope. 
Acts 15/9. 

776
00:57:45,200 --> 00:57:50,640
The heart is purified by faith 
first. 

777
00:57:50,640 --> 00:57:54,160
John 17 It's the blood of Jesus 
Christ that cleanses us from all

778
00:57:54,160 --> 00:57:58,240
sin. 
You want a pure heart, you can't

779
00:57:58,240 --> 00:58:00,440
do it yourself. 
God does that. 

780
00:58:01,680 --> 00:58:03,360
It's the blood of Christ that 
cleanses us. 

781
00:58:04,800 --> 00:58:06,640
So you throw yourself with the 
mercy of God. 

782
00:58:07,240 --> 00:58:12,000
You say, Lord, I'm a Sinner, I 
need to be cleansed by you. 

783
00:58:12,840 --> 00:58:16,040
Cleanse me from all of my sin. 
And God does that. 

784
00:58:17,280 --> 00:58:21,560
He is the cleansing agent. 
Once you realize you can't do it

785
00:58:21,560 --> 00:58:23,120
on your own, read the Word of 
God. 

786
00:58:23,840 --> 00:58:25,360
Why? 
John 15? 

787
00:58:25,360 --> 00:58:29,840
You have been made clean. 
You've been cleansed through the

788
00:58:29,840 --> 00:58:35,960
Word which I've spoken unto you.
God's Word is a cleansing agent.

789
00:58:37,000 --> 00:58:41,720
Why? 
Because God's word is His word. 

790
00:58:43,040 --> 00:58:46,280
The inspired word comes from the
Incarnate Word. 

791
00:58:47,120 --> 00:58:50,080
Bible says in Psalm 119. 
Nine How could a young man keep 

792
00:58:50,080 --> 00:58:54,400
his way pure? 
By taking heed to the word of 

793
00:58:54,400 --> 00:58:56,760
God. 
The Bible says in Psalm one 

794
00:58:56,760 --> 00:59:03,840
19140 Thy word is very pure. 
Blessed are the pure heart, for 

795
00:59:03,840 --> 00:59:08,360
they shall see God. 
The only way to maintain purity 

796
00:59:08,360 --> 00:59:11,040
is to read the word of God, to 
be in the Word of God. 

797
00:59:11,160 --> 00:59:13,760
It's the best cleansing agent 
there is. 

798
00:59:14,400 --> 00:59:18,080
It's God's word that cleanses 
you and so you, the more you're 

799
00:59:18,080 --> 00:59:21,680
in the word, the more you're 
being washed with the water of 

800
00:59:21,680 --> 00:59:23,920
the word. 
I mean, that's how we came into 

801
00:59:23,920 --> 00:59:26,560
the Kingdom, right? 
By the washing of regeneration, 

802
00:59:26,560 --> 00:59:27,920
by the renewing of the Spirit of
God. 

803
00:59:28,200 --> 00:59:31,720
It's the it's the washing of the
water of the word, Ephesians 526

804
00:59:31,840 --> 00:59:35,840
that brings us into the Kingdom.
Will the continual reading of 

805
00:59:35,840 --> 00:59:39,960
the word is the continual 
cleansing that we need every 

806
00:59:39,960 --> 00:59:43,320
single day. 
Was Thomas Watson that great 

807
00:59:43,320 --> 00:59:47,240
Puritan who said this? 
By looking into this pure 

808
00:59:47,240 --> 00:59:50,240
crystal, we are changed into the
image of it. 

809
00:59:50,240 --> 00:59:54,560
That is the Word of God. 
The word is both a glass to show

810
00:59:54,560 --> 00:59:59,880
us the spots of our souls and a 
labor to wash them all the way. 

811
01:00:00,720 --> 01:00:03,240
Isn't that true? 
You read the Word, you see your 

812
01:00:03,240 --> 01:00:09,200
spots, but the very same word is
the cleansing agent that removes

813
01:00:09,200 --> 01:00:12,360
them all. 
Read the word. 

814
01:00:12,960 --> 01:00:14,320
Realize you can't do it on your 
own. 

815
01:00:15,800 --> 01:00:23,280
Request request a pure heart 
from God Job 14 four who can 

816
01:00:23,280 --> 01:00:27,040
bring a clean thing out of an 
unclean job set? 

817
01:00:28,160 --> 01:00:31,320
What did David say? 
Created me a clean heart. 

818
01:00:31,360 --> 01:00:32,600
Oh God. 
Psalm 51. 

819
01:00:33,840 --> 01:00:41,120
You got to request it from the 
Lord and then need to relinquish

820
01:00:42,280 --> 01:00:44,360
your flesh by relying upon the 
Spirit of God. 

821
01:00:45,720 --> 01:00:49,320
Walk in the Spirit so you don't 
fulfill the lust of the flesh. 

822
01:00:50,480 --> 01:00:53,200
How do you walk in the Spirit? 
One step at a time. 

823
01:00:53,800 --> 01:00:57,760
How do you walk in normal life 
one step at a time? 

824
01:00:58,800 --> 01:01:04,000
How do you walk in the Spirit? 
Every step you take, you rely 

825
01:01:04,000 --> 01:01:07,880
upon the Spirit of God to guide 
you through that situation. 

826
01:01:08,560 --> 01:01:12,320
That's walking in the Spirit, 
trusting God, relying upon him 

827
01:01:12,320 --> 01:01:20,400
every single step of your life. 
And lastly, respond right now 

828
01:01:21,880 --> 01:01:28,400
immediately. 
Psalm 27 says, when thou did say

829
01:01:29,360 --> 01:01:37,120
seek my face, my heart said to 
thee, Thy face, O Lord, I shall 

830
01:01:37,120 --> 01:01:43,080
seek. 
Don't we respond immediately? 

831
01:01:44,440 --> 01:01:46,640
If you've never been cleansed 
from your sin, you can be 

832
01:01:48,120 --> 01:01:51,600
because Christ cleanses us from 
all of our sin. 

833
01:01:51,960 --> 01:01:56,600
He died to take away your sins. 
So why would you wait for that? 

834
01:01:57,720 --> 01:01:59,600
Why would you want to sit in 
your sin when you can be 

835
01:01:59,600 --> 01:02:03,680
cleansed from your sin? 
And having been cleansed from 

836
01:02:03,680 --> 01:02:10,760
your sin, Like all of us, there 
are certain things that cause us

837
01:02:10,760 --> 01:02:16,000
to fall back into sin. 
Well, our God is a faithful God 

838
01:02:16,000 --> 01:02:20,640
and when you confess your sins, 
He is faithful and just to 

839
01:02:20,640 --> 01:02:22,520
forgive you your sins and to 
cleanse you from all 

840
01:02:22,520 --> 01:02:29,760
unrighteousness. 
And then truly you see the true 

841
01:02:29,760 --> 01:02:33,480
and living God. 
So let me ask you again, have 

842
01:02:33,480 --> 01:02:36,000
you seen the true and living 
God? 

843
01:02:38,600 --> 01:02:41,960
Have your eyes been focused on 
the Lord? 

844
01:02:42,960 --> 01:02:44,840
Do you see Him in His Word when 
you read the Word? 

845
01:02:46,760 --> 01:02:50,360
Do you see Him in the wonders of
life when you look into all 

846
01:02:50,360 --> 01:02:55,520
that's happening around you? 
Do you see Him in the world as 

847
01:02:55,520 --> 01:03:01,400
His hand works and reworks all 
kinds of things around us? 

848
01:03:03,080 --> 01:03:05,760
Do you see God every day? 
You see Him in your family. 

849
01:03:07,600 --> 01:03:12,920
You see him in your church. 
Do you see him refining your 

850
01:03:12,920 --> 01:03:16,400
life? 
Do you see him molding and 

851
01:03:16,400 --> 01:03:20,160
shaping you every single day? 
Do you see him at all? 

852
01:03:21,640 --> 01:03:25,800
If you do not see him, you have 
missed the blessing of purity of

853
01:03:25,800 --> 01:03:27,760
heart. 
Let's pray. 

854
01:03:28,360 --> 01:03:31,080
Father, we thank you for today. 
Thank you for this time that 

855
01:03:31,080 --> 01:03:33,440
we've had together. 
Thank you, Lord, for how it is 

856
01:03:33,440 --> 01:03:36,560
you work in our lives. 
We are so grateful to read Your 

857
01:03:36,560 --> 01:03:40,840
word and study it together. 
Lord, for everyone who's here 

858
01:03:40,840 --> 01:03:45,000
tonight, work in their hearts as
only You can. 

859
01:03:46,360 --> 01:03:50,280
I can't do it, but you can. 
That's what you do. 

860
01:03:50,280 --> 01:03:54,320
That's your specialty. 
You work in the hearts of men. 

861
01:03:55,280 --> 01:03:57,280
And our prayer fathers. 
There's someone here who's not 

862
01:03:57,280 --> 01:03:59,240
saved that you'd save them from 
their sin. 

863
01:04:00,360 --> 01:04:04,280
Those who are saved, keep them 
always looking to You. 

864
01:04:05,480 --> 01:04:10,880
They might live a life of purity
before you, that they might see 

865
01:04:10,880 --> 01:04:13,200
the true and living God every 
single day. 

866
01:04:14,200 --> 01:04:15,640
Refrain your name. 
Amen.