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 Let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's word.

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 Heavenly Father,

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 who dares to approach your throne

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 without purity of heart?

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 Lord, this is such a

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 such a big and profound truth

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 that we are wrestling with this morning

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 and I desperately need your help, Lord.

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 Show us how to be pure in heart

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 because we want to see you.

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 We want to see you, Lord.

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 Amen.

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 Give us ears to hear

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 and eyes to see

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 that we might behold

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 the glory of God

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 in the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 It's in his precious name we now pray.

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 Amen.

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 Please stand and if you are able to honor God

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 as we read from his word,

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 I will read verses 1 to 12,

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 but I'll be focusing only in on verse 8 for the sermon.

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 Seeing the crowd,

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 he went up on the mountainside.

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 And when he sat down,

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 his disciples came to him.

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 And he opened his mouth

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 and taught them, saying,

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 Blessed are the poor in spirit,

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 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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 Blessed are those who mourn,

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 for they shall be comforted.

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 Blessed are the meek,

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 for they shall inherit the earth.

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 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,

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 for they shall be satisfied.

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 Blessed are the merciful,

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 for they shall receive mercy.

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 Blessed are the pure in heart,

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 for they shall see God.

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 Blessed are the peacemakers,

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 for they shall be called sons of God.

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 Blessed are those who are persecuted

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 for righteousness' sake,

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 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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 Blessed are you when others revile you

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 and persecute you

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 and utter all kinds of evil against you

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 falsely on my account.

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 Rejoice and be glad,

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 for your reward is great in heaven.

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 For so they persecuted the prophets

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 who were before you.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 Please be seated.

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 Amen.

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 It is not an exaggeration to say

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 that to see God

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 is the sum and goal of all religion.

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 One of the most influential philosophers

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 of Western civilization

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 was a 13th century pastor

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 named Thomas Aquinas.

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 And he writes in his book,

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 Summa Contra Gentiles.

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 Now the ultimate end of man

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 and of every intellectual substance

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 is called felicity or happiness.

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 Because this is what every intellectual substance

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 desires as an ultimate end

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 and for its own sake alone.

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 Therefore,

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 the ultimate happiness and felicity

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 of every intellectual substance

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 is to know God.

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 And so it is said in Matthew 5, 8,

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 Blessed are the pure in heart,

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 for they shall see God.

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 And in John 17, verse 3,

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 This is eternal life,

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 that they may know thee,

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 the only true God.

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 The ultimate end of man,

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 the purpose of man,

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 is to know God and to see God.

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 That is our ultimate salvation and glory.

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 But how can we,

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 as human beings,

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 sinful human beings,

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 attain that ultimate end?

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 Who is sufficient for such things?

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 That's the subject of the sixth beatitude.

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 Blessed are the pure in heart,

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 for they shall see God.

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 Who gets to see God?

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 The pure in heart.

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 And that's my main point this morning.

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 Those with undivided hearts

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 shall see God with unveiled faces.

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 We're going to first talk about the condition

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 that we must be pure in heart.

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 And then we're going to talk about the solution,

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 which is to have a new heart.

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 And then third,

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 we're going to talk about the promise of seeing God.

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 Purity of heart is the condition for seeing God

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 because God is holy

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 and can admit no evil or sin into his presence.

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 It says in Habakkuk 1, verse 13,

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 that God is of purer eyes than to see evil

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 and cannot look at wrong.

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 Our God is holy, holy, holy.

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 Thrice holy.

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 As holy as he can possibly be.

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 He's the consuming fire

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 who consumes sinners with everlasting burnings,

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 it says in Deuteronomy 4, 24.

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 For this reason,

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 only the pure in heart can see God.

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 We read from Psalm 24 for our call to worship this morning.

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 Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord?

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 And who shall stand in his holy place?

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 In other words,

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 who gets to see God?

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 Who can go enter into his presence

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 and stand in his presence and behold him?

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 And this was the answer.

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 He who has clean hands and a pure heart,

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 who does not lift up his soul to what is false

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 and does not swear deceitfully.

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 The pure in heart get to enter God's presence.

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 But what does it mean to be pure in heart?

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 In order to understand that,

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 let's first consider what the heart means

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 and then secondly, what purity means.

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 The fact that this beatitude emphasizes the heart

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 really cuts through all the fluff of religion.

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 Jesus is getting to the heart of spirituality.

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 It doesn't say blessed are the pure in appearance.

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 Blessed are those who are pure on the outside.

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 It says blessed are the pure in heart,

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 those who are pure on the inside.

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 The heart doesn't refer to the physical organ

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 that pumps blood,

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 but to the inner center of a person.

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 It encompasses what we might otherwise think of

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 as the heart, the mind, and the soul or the spirit.

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 When we speak of the heart in English,

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 we often mean the emotional center of a person,

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 the seed of our emotions,

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 our faculty of feeling.

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 The heart does include our emotions.

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 For example, Deuteronomy 28, verse 47 says

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 that we ought to serve the Lord our God

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 with joyfulness and gladness of heart.

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 The heart is where we feel joyfulness and gladness.

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 So it does include our feelings, the heart.

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 But it is not less than that,

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 but it's also more than that.

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 It's more than our feelings.

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 It includes what we would normally call the mind.

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 The seed of our thoughts, the intentions,

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 the moral intentions, our will.

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 For example, in Hebrews 4.12,

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 it says that the word of God

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 discerns the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

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 Later in Matthew 9.4, Jesus says to the scribes,

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 why do you think evil in your hearts?

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 The heart thinks.

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 The heart thinks.

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 It has thoughts.

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 This is why the terms heart and mind

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 are often used interchangeably in Scripture.

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 In 1 Chronicles 12.38,

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 acting with a whole heart

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 is in parallel with acting with a single mind.

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 They're one and the same thing.

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 So the heart encompasses what we would think of

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 as the heart and the mind,

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 and also in Scripture,

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 what we might think of as the soul or the spirit.

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 Proverbs 24.12 says that God weighs the heart of man

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 and that he also keeps watch over his soul.

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 Proverbs 16.2 says,

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 all the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,

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 but the Lord weighs the spirit.

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 Almost identical proverb in Proverbs 21.2,

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 it says, every way of a man is right in his own eyes,

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 but the Lord weighs the heart.

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 Interchangeably used.

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 Over and over again,

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 the Bible mentions heart and soul together,

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 not to refer to two separate, distinct faculties,

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 but to refer to the whole unified inner person.

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 Heart and soul.

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 I am with you, heart and soul,

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 meaning I am with you as a whole being.

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 In summary then,

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 the heart is the emotional and mental

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 and spiritual center of a person.

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 It is the inward fountain

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 from which flows everything in life.

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 All our thoughts, all our actions,

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 all our attitudes,

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 all our affections and desires

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 are downstream from our heart.

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 This is why it is erroneous to think

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 that emotional care and soul care

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 are separate, unrelated, disparate issues.

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 Both of them have to do with the heart.

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 This is why it is unbiblical

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 to think of mental health

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 and spiritual health

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 as discrete, non-overlapping categories.

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 Apart from a small fraction of issues

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 that are primarily neurological

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 and can be traced to its origin in the brain,

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 most mental health issues

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 are actually matters of the mind,

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 the soul, and the heart.

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 They are spiritual matters

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 that the Bible addresses.

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 From Genesis to Revelation,

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 the Bible focuses relentlessly on the heart.

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 And in the Sermon on the Mount,

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 Jesus focuses relentlessly on the human heart.

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 In Matthew 5, 28,

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 Jesus says that not only a man

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 who commits physical adultery with a woman

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 that is not his wife,

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 but also a man who looks at a woman lustfully

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 commits adultery with her in his heart.

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 That raises the bar of obedience, doesn't it?

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 You see, if what matters is purity of heart,

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 not just purity of appearance,

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 purity on the outside,

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 then the mentality that,

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 well, as long as I don't have extramarital sex

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 or as long as I don't have premarital sex,

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 then I'm in the clear, is wrong.

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 Refusing to cross that clear line in the sand

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 that the Bible draws

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 is the bare minimum of obedience.

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 A man who has been married to his wife

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 for 40 years without ever sleeping

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 with another woman

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 can actually be a serial adulterer

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 who has committed adulteries

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 100 times over in his heart

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 by looking at porn regularly.

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 Maybe you don't look at porn.

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 But you have wandering eyes.

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 Lustful glances at passersby.

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 Maybe you don't scroll through porn,

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 but you scroll through

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 those suggestive photos of influencers

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 on Instagram.

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 If what matters is not outward purity,

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 but inward purity,

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 then these things that nobody else sees,

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 these things that nobody else condemns you for,

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 matter.

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 Because they betray an impure heart.

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 This is why Jesus condemns the scribes and the Pharisees

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 in Matthew 23, 25 to 27.

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 Woe to you, hypocrites!

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 For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate,

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 but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

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 First clean the inside of the cup and the plate,

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 then the outside also may be clean.

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 For you are like whitewashed tombs,

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 which outwardly appear beautiful,

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 but within are full of dead people's bones

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 and all uncleanness.

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 True purity is from the inside out,

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 not outside in.

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 This is a revolutionary truth.

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 Again, in Matthew 6, 19 to 24,

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 Jesus speaks of the heart

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 when warning against the alluring power of money

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 in our lives.

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 He says,

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 no one can serve two masters.

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 Either he will love the one or hate the other,

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 or he'll hate the one and love the other.

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 You cannot serve both God and money.

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 So he says,

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 because of that,

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 he enjoins us to choose our treasure carefully.

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 He says,

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 for where your treasure is,

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 there your heart will be also.

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 If you treasure money and the things of earth,

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 then you will perish along with your money.

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 But if you treasure righteousness

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 and the things of heaven,

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 then you will have eternal rewards in heaven.

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 What matters is,

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 where is your heart?

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 Where is your heart this morning?

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 What do you treasure with your heart?

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 Because you can be a billionaire

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 who has donated a million dollars

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 to a good cause,

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 even to a church,

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 but still be an idolater of the heart

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 who worships money.

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 Likewise, you can be a poor widow

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 who gives two small copper coins

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 as an offering to God,

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 which is the equivalent of not quite even

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 two measly dollars.

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 And yet Jesus said of that poor widow

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 in Mark 12, 43, 44,

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 truly I say to you,

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 this poor widow has put in more

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 than all those who are contributing

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 to the offering box.

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 For they all contributed out of their abundance,

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 but she out of her poverty

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 has put in everything she had,

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 all she had to live on.

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 What kind of math is this?

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 It's the mathematics of the heart.

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 What matters is the heart.

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 In Matthew 15, 10 to 20,

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 the Pharisees and the scribes challenge Jesus,

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 saying that your disciples

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 don't wash their hands before they eat.

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 They don't go through the Jewish ritual cleansing

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 before they eat.

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 And then Jesus teaches his disciples,

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 it is not what goes into the mouth

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 that defiles a person,

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 but what comes out of the mouth

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 that defiles a person.

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 Do you not see?

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 Whatever goes into the mouth

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 passes into the stomach and is expelled.

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 But what comes out of the mouth

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 proceeds from the heart,

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 and this defiles a person.

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 For out of the heart comes evil thoughts,

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 murder, adultery,

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 sexual immorality,

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 theft,

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 false witness,

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 slander.

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 These are what defile a person,

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 but to eat with unwashed hands

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 does not defile anyone.

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 Again, it's not what comes from outside in,

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 but things that come from the inside out

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 that either defile or purify us.

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 This is important for us,

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 and I'm hammering it home,

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 because when we sin and when we fail,

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 it's our automatic impulse

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 to blame other things that are on the outside.

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 If it weren't for those people,

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 I wouldn't have acted that way.

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 If it weren't these circumstances,

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 then I would not be this way.

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 And that's one of the persistent delusions

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 of the modern age,

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 that all the problems that we face

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 are outside problems,

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 problems external to us,

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 when in reality,

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 the root problem of it all

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 is inside of us humans.

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 This is why the historical practice

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 of Christian asceticism and monasticism,

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 though well-intentioned,

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 are very misguided.

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 They thought that,

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 well, this world is full of temptations and sins,

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 so if I withdraw myself from this

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 and isolate myself

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 and go into a monastery,

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 or if I withdraw myself

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 and go into the desert,

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 into the wilderness,

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 then there I shall be clean,

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 and there I shall be pure in heart.

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 The problem is that impurity is in here,

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 and you take it with you wherever you go.

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 That's why James 1.14 says,

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 each person is tempted

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 when he is lured and enticed

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 by his own desire,

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 the desire of the heart.

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 Here's my obligatory

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 D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones quote.

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 He says,

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 the terrible, tragic fallacy

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 of the last hundred years

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 has been to think

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 that all man's troubles

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 are due to his environment,

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 and that to change the man,

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 you have nothing to do

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 but to change his environment.

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 That is a tragic fallacy.

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 It overlooks the fact

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 that it was in paradise

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 that man fell.

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 It was in a perfect environment

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 that he first went wrong.

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 So to put man in a perfect environment

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 cannot solve his problems.

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 No, no.

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 It is out of the heart

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 that these things arise.

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 Having defined heart,

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 let's not consider

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 what it means to be pure in heart.

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 Psalm 24, verse 4

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 defined someone with a pure heart

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 as the person

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 who does not lift up his soul

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 to what is false

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 and who does not swear deceitfully.

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 Lifting up one's soul

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 to something

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 is the Hebrew idiom for worship.

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 So someone who is pure in heart

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 worships the true God only

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 and worships no other gods

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 and no idols.

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 And likewise,

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 a pure in heart

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 is someone who does not

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 swear deceitfully.

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 Whenever he makes an oath

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 according to the name of God,

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 the God who is truth,

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 whose word is truth,

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 they keep all their oaths.

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 They do not swear deceitfully.

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 There is no authority

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 or fear or desire or pressure

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 that can make them

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 renege on the promises

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 that they made to God

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 because they serve God alone.

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 To be pure in heart

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 is to worship God alone.

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 That's why, in fact,

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 the greatest commandment

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 is to love God

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 with all our hearts.

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 Look at Deuteronomy 6, 45.

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 It begins with,

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 Hear, O Israel,

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 the Lord our God,

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 the Lord is one.

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 And then it proceeds

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 to the commandment,

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 You shall love the Lord your God

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 with all your heart.

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 Those two things,

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 that declaration of,

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 that confession of faith,

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 that God is one,

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 the Lord is one,

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 is directly and intimately related

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 to the command

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 to love God

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 with all your heart.

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 Because if there are

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 multiple gods

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 and multiple lords,

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 then our hearts

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 would rightly be divided.

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 They would have to be divided.

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 If you have multiple masters,

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 then your allegiance

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 has to be split.

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 However, if the Lord is one,

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 then your worship

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 and your devotion

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 and your obedience

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 must be single.

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 We must love him

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 with all of our hearts,

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 not just part of it.

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 The unrivaled God

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 demands and deserves

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 undivided worship.

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 That's why David prays

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 in Psalm 86, verse 11,

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 Unite my heart

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 to fear your name.

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 The New International Version

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 translates it this way,

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 Give me an undivided heart

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 that I may fear your name.

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 It's a beautiful image.

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 To summarize then,

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 to have a pure heart,

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 is to have an undivided heart.

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 James 4, 8 confirms this,

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 Draw near to God

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 and he will draw near to you.

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 Cleanse your hands,

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 you sinners,

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 and purify your hearts,

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 you double-minded.

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 What happens

00:20:01.100 --> 00:20:02.380
 when sinners

00:20:02.380 --> 00:20:03.500
 purify their hearts?

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 They go from being double-minded

00:20:06.580 --> 00:20:08.420
 to being single-minded.

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 Instead of being of two minds

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 and two wills,

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 instead of having a mixture

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 of what God wants

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 and what I want

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 and what they want,

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 the pure in heart

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 have one mind.

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 They have a single purpose.

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 They have an undivided heart

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 that desires to please God.

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 That's why 19th century

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 Danish philosopher,

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 who was a believer,

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 Soren Kierkegaard,

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 hit the nail on the head

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 when he wrote the book

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 entitled,

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 Purity of Heart

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 is to Will One Thing.

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 To Will One Thing.

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 To Will One Thing.

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 And that one thing

00:20:51.139 --> 00:20:51.839
 must be God.

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 The purity of heart

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 is to will,

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 to desire,

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 to trust,

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 and to love,

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 and to worship

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 the only true God.

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 That's what it means

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 to be pure in heart.

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 Blessed are the pure in heart.

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 But this presents us

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 with a big problem.

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 Because our hearts

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 do not will

00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:23.079
 one thing.

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 At least not on our own.

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 There's a similar beatitude

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 to this in the Old Testament

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 in Jeremiah 17, 8.

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 It says,

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 Blessed is the man

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 who trusts in the Lord.

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 That's the man

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 who's pure in heart.

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 Blessed in the man

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 who trusts in the Lord.

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 And that's contrasted

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 with this statement

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 of this curse.

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 Cursed is the man

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 who trusts in man.

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 To be pure in heart,

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 you must trust in God

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 and not in man.

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 Unfortunately,

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 Jeremiah 17

00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:57.460
 is given in the context

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 of denouncing

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 the idolatry

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 of God's people.

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 And it spells out

00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:02.279
 the reality

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 that the sin

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 of God's people

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 are written,

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 and it says,

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 written with a pen of iron,

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 with a point of diamond,

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 it is engraved

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 on the tablet

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 of their heart.

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 Sin is indelibly

00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:16.160
 engraved

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 on the hearts

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 of God's people

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 with the point

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 of diamond,

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 it says.

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 And it says,

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 going on

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 in chapter 17,

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 verse 9 to 10

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 of Jeremiah,

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 it describes

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 the default condition

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 of the human heart.

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 And it says this,

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 the heart is deceitful

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.880
 above all things

00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:34.260
 and desperately sick.

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 Who can understand it?

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 I, the Lord,

00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:39.400
 search the heart

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 and test the mind

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 to give every man

00:22:41.320 --> 00:22:42.260
 according to his ways,

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 according to the fruit

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 of his deeds.

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 The heart

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 of a sinful man

00:22:46.820 --> 00:22:48.080
 by default

00:22:48.080 --> 00:22:49.280
 is divided

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 and defiled.

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 It's deceitful.

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 We have other allegiances.

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 We have run

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 after other gods.

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 It's as if

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 the human heart

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 as worship ADD

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 can't focus

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 on one thing,

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 distracted

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 and divided.

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 So much so

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 that we deceive ourselves.

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 It says,

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 our hearts

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 are deceitful.

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 Who can understand it?

00:23:20.180 --> 00:23:20.980
 Our own hearts

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:21.859
 deceive us.

00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:25.920
 So who can understand

00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:26.639
 and know the heart?

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.319
 Only the God

00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:28.440
 who searches the heart

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:29.480
 and tests the mind.

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:32.140
 This is why

00:23:32.140 --> 00:23:33.000
 Proverbs 20,

00:23:33.140 --> 00:23:33.600
 verse 9

00:23:33.600 --> 00:23:35.180
 asks a rhetorical question.

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:36.539
 Who can say,

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:38.980
 I have made my heart pure.

00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:40.600
 I am clean

00:23:40.600 --> 00:23:41.980
 from my sin.

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:44.059
 Who can say that?

00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:45.360
 How many of you

00:23:45.360 --> 00:23:45.660
 in this room

00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:46.360
 can say that?

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:48.720
 I have made my heart pure.

00:23:50.080 --> 00:23:50.940
 No one,

00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:52.740
 not a single person

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:53.320
 in the world

00:23:53.320 --> 00:23:54.580
 can say that.

00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:58.139
 because no one

00:23:58.139 --> 00:23:59.339
 is perfectly pure in heart.

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 No one

00:24:00.659 --> 00:24:01.359
 in all of

00:24:01.359 --> 00:24:03.240
 history,

00:24:03.699 --> 00:24:04.799
 among all of humanity,

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:07.399
 except for Jesus.

00:24:10.399 --> 00:24:11.740
 And Jesus is the solution

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.359
 to our problem.

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.919
 He gives us

00:24:13.919 --> 00:24:15.039
 a new heart.

00:24:16.159 --> 00:24:16.819
 To a people

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:17.859
 who are despairing

00:24:17.859 --> 00:24:18.980
 of their deceitful,

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:20.299
 desperately sick hearts,

00:24:20.399 --> 00:24:21.699
 God makes a wonderful promise

00:24:21.699 --> 00:24:23.279
 in Jeremiah 31-32.

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 He says,

00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:24.559
 Behold,

00:24:24.619 --> 00:24:25.399
 the days are coming,

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:26.200
 declares the Lord,

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.240
 when I will make

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:28.079
 a new covenant

00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:29.220
 with the house of Israel

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:30.119
 and the house of Judah.

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 I will put my law

00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:32.559
 within them

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:33.180
 and I will write it

00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:34.440
 on their hearts

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:36.059
 and they shall be

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.660
 my people

00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:37.759
 and I will be their God.

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 I will give them

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 one heart

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 and one way

00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:44.220
 that they may fear me

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:44.539
 forever

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:46.319
 for their own good

00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:47.259
 and the good of their children

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:48.059
 after them.

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 God promises

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.399
 that one day

00:24:50.399 --> 00:24:51.059
 he will give

00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:51.619
 his people

00:24:51.619 --> 00:24:53.279
 a single heart,

00:24:53.799 --> 00:24:54.819
 one heart

00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:56.139
 that will worship

00:24:56.139 --> 00:24:57.299
 the one true God

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:59.259
 and he,

00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:00.659
 instead of our sins

00:25:00.659 --> 00:25:01.219
 being in them

00:25:01.219 --> 00:25:02.000
 being engraved

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.879
 with a point of diamond

00:25:02.879 --> 00:25:03.399
 on our hearts,

00:25:03.439 --> 00:25:04.099
 he says he will

00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:05.699
 inscribe with the finger

00:25:05.699 --> 00:25:06.339
 of God

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:08.559
 his law

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:10.199
 onto our hearts

00:25:10.199 --> 00:25:10.899
 so we obey him

00:25:10.899 --> 00:25:11.579
 from the heart.

00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:15.099
 Ezekiel 11-19-20

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:15.819
 echoes this promise,

00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:16.700
 and I will give them

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.819
 one heart

00:25:17.819 --> 00:25:19.299
 and a new spirit

00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:20.339
 I will put within them.

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:21.240
 I will remove

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:22.039
 the heart of stone

00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:22.639
 from their flesh

00:25:22.639 --> 00:25:23.000
 and give them

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:24.399
 a heart of flesh

00:25:24.399 --> 00:25:25.460
 that they may walk

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:26.099
 in my statutes

00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:26.839
 and keep my rules

00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:27.279
 and obey them

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:27.859
 and they shall be

00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:28.279
 my people

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:28.879
 and I will be

00:25:28.879 --> 00:25:29.399
 their God.

00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:30.460
 How can it be

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:32.319
 that an idolatrous people

00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:33.439
 will be the Lord's people

00:25:33.439 --> 00:25:34.819
 and the holy God

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:36.079
 will be their God

00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:36.579
 and Lord

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:38.220
 only if they can have

00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:39.059
 a single heart,

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:40.099
 one heart,

00:25:40.919 --> 00:25:41.819
 heart of flesh.

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:44.359
 This is what we read

00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:45.000
 about in

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:46.039
 the assurance of pardon

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:47.179
 from Ezekiel 36,

00:25:47.379 --> 00:25:48.159
 same promise.

00:25:48.659 --> 00:25:48.899
 God says,

00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:50.179
 I will sprinkle you

00:25:50.179 --> 00:25:51.439
 with clean water

00:25:51.439 --> 00:25:53.399
 and you shall be clean

00:25:53.399 --> 00:25:54.839
 from all your uncleannesses

00:25:54.839 --> 00:25:55.879
 and from all your idols

00:25:55.879 --> 00:25:56.779
 I will cleanse you

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.279
 and I will give you

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:58.439
 a new heart

00:25:58.439 --> 00:26:00.139
 and a new spirit

00:26:00.139 --> 00:26:01.679
 I will put within you.

00:26:02.879 --> 00:26:03.419
 He will remove

00:26:03.419 --> 00:26:04.119
 the heart of stone

00:26:04.119 --> 00:26:04.519
 and give us

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:05.339
 a heart of flesh.

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:07.379
 When is this promise

00:26:07.379 --> 00:26:07.859
 fulfilled

00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:10.139
 and how is this promise

00:26:10.139 --> 00:26:10.559
 fulfilled?

00:26:10.659 --> 00:26:11.439
 Has it already been

00:26:11.439 --> 00:26:11.759
 fulfilled?

00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:13.339
 Is it soon to be fulfilled?

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:15.539
 The author of Hebrews

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:16.539
 in Hebrews 10

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:17.439
 makes the case

00:26:17.439 --> 00:26:18.240
 that this promise

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:20.379
 has already been fulfilled

00:26:20.379 --> 00:26:22.379
 in the atoning sacrifice

00:26:22.379 --> 00:26:23.259
 of Jesus Christ

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:27.539
 and in the subsequent gift

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:28.139
 of the Holy Spirit

00:26:28.139 --> 00:26:28.919
 that Jesus sends

00:26:28.919 --> 00:26:29.740
 after his death,

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:30.220
 resurrection,

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:31.240
 and ascension to heaven.

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:34.339
 He cites Jeremiah 21's promise

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:35.059
 that I just read

00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:36.039
 a short while ago.

00:26:36.139 --> 00:26:37.679
 He cites it in Hebrews 10

00:26:37.679 --> 00:26:39.319
 of the new covenant

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:40.399
 and how God will write

00:26:40.399 --> 00:26:41.359
 his law on our hearts

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:42.559
 and then he says

00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:43.199
 that that promise

00:26:43.199 --> 00:26:44.419
 is fulfilled by Jesus

00:26:44.419 --> 00:26:46.299
 in verses 19-22

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.979
 of Hebrews 10.

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:47.980
 Therefore, brothers,

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:49.259
 since we have a confidence

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:50.599
 to enter the holy places

00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:51.779
 by the blood of Jesus,

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:54.099
 by the new and living way

00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:55.120
 that he opened for us

00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:55.819
 through the curtain

00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:57.319
 that is through his flesh,

00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:58.599
 and since we have

00:26:58.599 --> 00:26:59.420
 a great priest

00:26:59.420 --> 00:27:00.279
 over the house of God,

00:27:00.339 --> 00:27:00.960
 let us draw near

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:02.339
 with a true heart

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:04.019
 in full assurance of faith,

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:05.200
 with our hearts

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:06.460
 sprinkled clean

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:07.620
 from an evil conscience

00:27:07.620 --> 00:27:08.240
 and our bodies

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:10.059
 washed with pure water.

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:13.220
 by offering himself

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:14.960
 as the once-for-all

00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:16.119
 atoning sacrifice

00:27:16.119 --> 00:27:17.299
 for our sins

00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:18.079
 on the cross

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:18.879
 and dying

00:27:18.879 --> 00:27:20.059
 in the stead of sinners

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:20.859
 and by shedding

00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:21.799
 his own blood

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:23.059
 which cleanses us

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:24.220
 of all of our sins,

00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:25.159
 he, Jesus,

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:26.059
 then enters

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:27.659
 into the holy of holies,

00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:29.419
 the most holy place

00:27:29.419 --> 00:27:30.639
 in the heavenly temple

00:27:30.639 --> 00:27:31.299
 before God

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:32.500
 and there serves

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:33.899
 as our great high priest

00:27:33.899 --> 00:27:34.899
 and our advocate

00:27:34.899 --> 00:27:36.259
 and our intercessor

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:37.079
 so that we can

00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:38.579
 be assured

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:41.139
 that our cleanses,

00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:42.419
 that our conscience

00:27:42.419 --> 00:27:43.199
 is cleansed,

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.839
 that our hearts

00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:44.960
 are purified.

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:50.039
 I've often run

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:50.679
 into people,

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:51.159
 Christians,

00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:53.119
 who persist

00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:54.159
 in their thinking

00:27:54.159 --> 00:27:54.460
 that

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:58.199
 and relate more

00:27:58.199 --> 00:27:59.179
 to the description

00:27:59.179 --> 00:28:00.279
 of Jeremiah 17,

00:28:01.879 --> 00:28:03.179
 my heart is

00:28:03.179 --> 00:28:04.919
 deceitful

00:28:04.919 --> 00:28:06.699
 and desperately sick

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:09.680
 and then they forget

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:11.400
 the spiritual reality

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:12.620
 that they have received

00:28:12.620 --> 00:28:13.860
 new hearts.

00:28:20.140 --> 00:28:21.180
 I know I'm quoting

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:22.059
 a lot of scripture

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:25.880
 but I'm going to give you

00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:26.600
 a few more

00:28:26.600 --> 00:28:29.220
 because I want to

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:29.960
 demonstrate this

00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:30.519
 conclusively

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:32.160
 not on my own authority

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:32.779
 but on the authority

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.240
 of scripture

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:34.960
 that this promise

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.900
 really has been

00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:36.800
 fulfilled for

00:28:36.800 --> 00:28:37.580
 every single

00:28:37.580 --> 00:28:38.420
 believer

00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:39.519
 in Christ.

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:41.380
 Acts 15, 9

00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:42.660
 has God

00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:44.160
 made no distinction

00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:44.820
 between Jews

00:28:44.820 --> 00:28:45.420
 and Gentiles

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:46.640
 having cleansed

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.680
 their hearts

00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:48.720
 by faith?

00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:50.140
 That's happened already.

00:28:51.340 --> 00:28:52.120
 He has cleansed

00:28:52.120 --> 00:28:52.480
 our hearts

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:53.060
 by faith.

00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:55.620
 Purified

00:28:55.620 --> 00:28:56.200
 through faith

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.780
 in Jesus Christ.

00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:57.440
 Romans 6,

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:58.060
 verse 17

00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:59.059
 Thanks be to God

00:28:59.059 --> 00:28:59.859
 that you who

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:00.220
 were once

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:00.879
 slaves of sin

00:29:00.879 --> 00:29:01.279
 have become

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:02.460
 obedient from

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:03.399
 the heart

00:29:03.399 --> 00:29:04.379
 to the standard

00:29:04.379 --> 00:29:04.940
 of teaching

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:05.579
 to which you

00:29:05.579 --> 00:29:06.079
 were committed.

00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:07.579
 Here's the difference

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:08.639
 between the Pharisee

00:29:08.639 --> 00:29:09.220
 and the Christian.

00:29:09.639 --> 00:29:10.179
 Here's the difference

00:29:10.179 --> 00:29:10.779
 between people

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.319
 of the law

00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:11.799
 and the people

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.419
 of the gospel,

00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:12.819
 the people

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.480
 of the spirit.

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.679
 We do not

00:29:16.679 --> 00:29:17.679
 merely obey God

00:29:17.679 --> 00:29:18.559
 outwardly

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.759
 but inwardly.

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.740
 We are not

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.619
 merely obedient

00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:22.440
 out of fear

00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:23.599
 with the external

00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:24.899
 enforcement

00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:25.720
 of God's law

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.420
 but we are

00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:27.360
 obedient from

00:29:27.360 --> 00:29:28.080
 the heart

00:29:28.080 --> 00:29:28.920
 because we

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:29.300
 have a new

00:29:29.300 --> 00:29:29.680
 heart.

00:29:32.600 --> 00:29:33.200
 After all,

00:29:33.280 --> 00:29:33.780
 didn't Jesus

00:29:33.780 --> 00:29:34.440
 assure us

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:35.220
 in John 7,

00:29:35.280 --> 00:29:36.000
 38-39,

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:36.940
 whoever believes

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.300
 in me

00:29:37.300 --> 00:29:37.780
 as the scripture

00:29:37.780 --> 00:29:38.300
 has said,

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:39.620
 out of his

00:29:39.620 --> 00:29:40.340
 heart

00:29:40.340 --> 00:29:41.220
 will flow

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:42.080
 rivers of

00:29:42.080 --> 00:29:42.759
 living water.

00:29:43.320 --> 00:29:43.780
 Now this

00:29:43.780 --> 00:29:44.300
 he said about

00:29:44.300 --> 00:29:44.880
 the spirit

00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:45.900
 whom those

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.320
 who believed

00:29:46.320 --> 00:29:46.560
 in him

00:29:46.560 --> 00:29:47.440
 were to receive.

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.160
 After Jesus'

00:29:49.320 --> 00:29:49.560
 death,

00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:50.080
 resurrection,

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:50.660
 and ascension,

00:29:50.840 --> 00:29:51.320
 he sends

00:29:51.320 --> 00:29:52.060
 the Holy Spirit

00:29:52.060 --> 00:29:52.759
 to us

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:54.220
 into our hearts

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.660
 to make

00:29:54.660 --> 00:29:55.240
 our hearts

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:56.140
 flow with

00:29:56.140 --> 00:29:56.840
 rivers of

00:29:56.840 --> 00:29:57.920
 living water.

00:29:59.820 --> 00:30:00.519
 That has

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:01.200
 happened to

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:01.580
 us.

00:30:03.080 --> 00:30:03.820
 1 Peter 1,

00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:04.660
 22-25,

00:30:04.860 --> 00:30:06.060
 having purified

00:30:06.060 --> 00:30:07.000
 your souls

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.720
 by your

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.380
 obedience to

00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:09.019
 the truth

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:10.019
 for a sincere

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.779
 brotherly love,

00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:11.480
 love one another

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.460
 earnestly from

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:14.200
 a pure heart

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:15.380
 since you

00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:15.660
 have been

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:16.220
 born again

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:16.740
 not of

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.240
 perishable

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:17.840
 seed but

00:30:17.840 --> 00:30:18.800
 of imperishable

00:30:18.800 --> 00:30:19.759
 through the

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.240
 living and

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.600
 abiding

00:30:20.600 --> 00:30:21.279
 word of God

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:22.180
 and this

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:22.759
 word is the

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.400
 good news

00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:23.720
 that was

00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:24.340
 preached to

00:30:24.340 --> 00:30:24.560
 you.

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:26.640
 How do

00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:27.220
 our souls

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:27.980
 get purified?

00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:29.400
 How do we

00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:30.019
 get pure

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.519
 hearts?

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:31.900
 By our

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:32.300
 obedience,

00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:33.720
 but it's not

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.300
 what you think,

00:30:34.380 --> 00:30:34.759
 not our

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.320
 obedience to

00:30:35.320 --> 00:30:35.800
 the law,

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.500
 our obedience

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:38.440
 to the truth.

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.460
 And what is

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:40.200
 this truth?

00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:41.759
 It says

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.500
 the living

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:43.040
 and abiding

00:30:43.040 --> 00:30:43.740
 word of God.

00:30:44.080 --> 00:30:44.600
 What is the

00:30:44.600 --> 00:30:44.920
 living and

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.160
 abiding

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:45.759
 word of God?

00:30:46.080 --> 00:30:46.900
 It tells us

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:49.120
 the good news

00:30:49.120 --> 00:30:49.800
 that was preached

00:30:49.800 --> 00:30:50.160
 to you,

00:30:50.860 --> 00:30:51.720
 the gospel

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.880
 of Jesus

00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:53.440
 Christ.

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:55.740
 That Jesus

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.759
 died as the

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.200
 atoning

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:58.180
 sacrifice for

00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:58.860
 our sins

00:30:58.860 --> 00:30:59.140
 on the

00:30:59.140 --> 00:30:59.500
 cross so

00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:00.220
 that sinners

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:01.079
 with

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:02.140
 adulterated

00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:03.259
 and defiled

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:04.120
 and divided

00:31:04.120 --> 00:31:05.220
 hearts can be

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:07.000
 clean and

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.940
 can be pure,

00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:08.900
 can be

00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:09.420
 forgiven,

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:11.500
 and be pure

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:11.920
 in hearts so

00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:12.779
 they can enter

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.539
 into the kingdom

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.220
 of God and

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:15.500
 stand up in the

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:16.400
 presence of God

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:18.180
 and see God

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:19.800
 in his glory.

00:31:21.120 --> 00:31:22.100
 The gospel,

00:31:22.840 --> 00:31:23.820
 it's the gospel

00:31:23.820 --> 00:31:25.140
 that gives us

00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:25.800
 pure hearts.

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:30.620
 So in John 15

00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:31.320
 3, Jesus says

00:31:31.320 --> 00:31:32.240
 already you are

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:32.720
 clean,

00:31:33.820 --> 00:31:34.680
 already you are

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:35.800
 pure because of

00:31:35.800 --> 00:31:37.300
 the word that I

00:31:37.300 --> 00:31:38.140
 have spoken to

00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:38.400
 you.

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:44.280
 You can think

00:31:44.280 --> 00:31:44.920
 of it this way.

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:47.080
 I'll share two

00:31:47.080 --> 00:31:47.580
 and I'll just

00:31:47.580 --> 00:31:48.539
 explain why

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.620
 then.

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.360
 If I have a

00:31:50.360 --> 00:31:50.980
 new heart,

00:31:51.120 --> 00:31:51.620
 if I have a

00:31:51.620 --> 00:31:52.360
 new spirit,

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.640
 why is there

00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:54.220
 still sin in

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:54.640
 my life?

00:31:54.800 --> 00:31:55.360
 Why do I

00:31:55.360 --> 00:31:55.960
 still wrestle

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.440
 and struggle

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:57.080
 with my sinful

00:31:57.080 --> 00:31:57.519
 flesh?

00:31:59.480 --> 00:31:59.960
 You can think

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.340
 of it this way.

00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:00.740
 When you

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.900
 graft a

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.340
 plant,

00:32:03.380 --> 00:32:04.660
 an unhealthy

00:32:04.660 --> 00:32:05.660
 plant that

00:32:05.660 --> 00:32:06.360
 is prone to

00:32:06.360 --> 00:32:06.980
 disease and

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.279
 death,

00:32:08.320 --> 00:32:08.740
 and you

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.400
 cut it off

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:10.340
 and you

00:32:10.340 --> 00:32:11.039
 graft it

00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:11.500
 into a

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.279
 more solid

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:13.380
 rootstock,

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:13.980
 a healthy

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.759
 rootstock,

00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:15.440
 and when

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:15.860
 you graft

00:32:15.860 --> 00:32:16.320
 the plant

00:32:16.320 --> 00:32:16.620
 in that

00:32:16.620 --> 00:32:16.820
 way,

00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:17.340
 it grows

00:32:17.340 --> 00:32:17.759
 healthy.

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:19.400
 It doesn't

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:19.800
 succumb,

00:32:19.900 --> 00:32:20.180
 it's not

00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:20.560
 susceptible

00:32:20.560 --> 00:32:20.860
 to the

00:32:20.860 --> 00:32:21.060
 same

00:32:21.060 --> 00:32:21.440
 diseases

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:21.700
 that

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:22.080
 plant

00:32:22.080 --> 00:32:22.600
 in its

00:32:22.600 --> 00:32:23.120
 native

00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:23.779
 form

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.279
 is

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:25.320
 when it's

00:32:25.320 --> 00:32:25.960
 grafted

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.420
 into that

00:32:26.420 --> 00:32:27.620
 rootstock.

00:32:28.080 --> 00:32:28.580
 That's what

00:32:28.580 --> 00:32:29.180
 God has done

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:29.539
 for us

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:30.240
 in Jesus.

00:32:31.100 --> 00:32:31.640
 He takes

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:32.080
 dead

00:32:32.080 --> 00:32:32.580
 branches

00:32:32.580 --> 00:32:33.279
 and he

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:34.080
 grafts us

00:32:34.080 --> 00:32:34.860
 into the

00:32:34.860 --> 00:32:35.500
 healthy

00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:36.500
 rootstock

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:36.980
 of the

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.620
 vine of

00:32:37.620 --> 00:32:37.960
 Jesus

00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:38.400
 Christ.

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:39.160
 He says

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:39.560
 I am

00:32:39.560 --> 00:32:39.920
 the vine,

00:32:40.060 --> 00:32:40.360
 you are

00:32:40.360 --> 00:32:40.800
 the branches,

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:41.440
 abide in

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:41.779
 me and

00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:42.080
 then you

00:32:42.080 --> 00:32:42.519
 will bear

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:43.200
 fruit.

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:45.819
 already we

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:46.319
 are new,

00:32:47.860 --> 00:32:48.740
 already we

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:49.100
 have new

00:32:49.100 --> 00:32:49.640
 life,

00:32:50.080 --> 00:32:50.580
 already we

00:32:50.580 --> 00:32:50.819
 have a

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:51.440
 new heart.

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:54.059
 But just

00:32:54.059 --> 00:32:54.340
 as it

00:32:54.340 --> 00:32:54.880
 takes some

00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:55.340
 time for

00:32:55.340 --> 00:32:55.819
 that newly

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:56.319
 grafted

00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:56.819
 plant to

00:32:56.819 --> 00:32:57.259
 start to

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:58.080
 derive life

00:32:58.080 --> 00:32:58.500
 more and

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:58.819
 more and

00:32:58.819 --> 00:32:59.160
 more and

00:32:59.160 --> 00:32:59.799
 more from

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:00.660
 that source,

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:02.279
 it takes

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.680
 us some

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:02.920
 time.

00:33:04.080 --> 00:33:04.519
 And that's

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:04.900
 what our

00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:05.799
 present life

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:07.100
 of sanctification

00:33:07.100 --> 00:33:07.700
 is.

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:11.460
 we have

00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:11.779
 a couple

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.580
 members,

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.299
 one member

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:13.620
 and one

00:33:13.620 --> 00:33:13.960
 baby in

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.259
 the church

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.860
 just recently

00:33:14.860 --> 00:33:15.240
 go through

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:15.960
 heart surgery.

00:33:16.120 --> 00:33:16.480
 Jenny's

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:16.880
 right here

00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:17.259
 with us

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:17.580
 which we

00:33:17.580 --> 00:33:18.059
 praise God

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:18.340
 for.

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.240
 And we

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:20.080
 experience

00:33:20.080 --> 00:33:20.920
 first hand

00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:21.400
 that even

00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:21.799
 when you

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:22.559
 repair a

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:22.840
 broken

00:33:22.840 --> 00:33:23.420
 heart,

00:33:24.340 --> 00:33:24.740
 the heart

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.039
 doesn't

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:25.240
 just

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.860
 automatically

00:33:25.860 --> 00:33:26.279
 start,

00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:26.720
 the body

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:27.220
 just doesn't

00:33:27.220 --> 00:33:28.160
 start automatically

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:28.840
 functioning in

00:33:28.840 --> 00:33:29.240
 a perfectly

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:30.000
 healthy way

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.500
 along with

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:31.140
 that fixed

00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:32.180
 new heart.

00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:33.220
 It takes

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:33.880
 time for

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:34.220
 the body

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:34.500
 to get

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:34.880
 adjusted.

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:35.880
 When you

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:36.500
 give someone

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:37.120
 a heart

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:37.859
 transplant

00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:38.619
 surgery,

00:33:38.979 --> 00:33:39.359
 they don't

00:33:39.359 --> 00:33:40.000
 just start

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.519
 using that

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:40.959
 heart right

00:33:40.959 --> 00:33:41.179
 away,

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:41.679
 they're still

00:33:41.679 --> 00:33:42.419
 on a

00:33:42.419 --> 00:33:42.959
 ventilator

00:33:42.959 --> 00:33:43.299
 and they're

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:44.079
 on various

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:44.639
 catheters

00:33:44.639 --> 00:33:45.500
 because it

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:46.239
 takes time

00:33:46.239 --> 00:33:46.639
 for the

00:33:46.639 --> 00:33:47.219
 body to

00:33:47.219 --> 00:33:47.679
 acclimate

00:33:47.679 --> 00:33:48.019
 to the

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.859
 new heart

00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:49.199
 and for

00:33:49.199 --> 00:33:49.659
 the blood

00:33:49.659 --> 00:33:50.079
 to start

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:50.479
 pumping

00:33:50.479 --> 00:33:50.919
 from that

00:33:50.919 --> 00:33:51.339
 new and

00:33:51.339 --> 00:33:51.899
 healthy

00:33:51.899 --> 00:33:52.239
 heart

00:33:52.239 --> 00:33:52.619
 into the

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:52.959
 rest of

00:33:52.959 --> 00:33:53.379
 the body

00:33:53.379 --> 00:33:54.339
 to restore

00:33:54.339 --> 00:33:55.039
 life to

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.259
 it.

00:33:55.879 --> 00:33:56.339
 It takes

00:33:56.339 --> 00:33:56.939
 time for

00:33:56.939 --> 00:33:57.299
 that to

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:57.539
 happen.

00:33:58.699 --> 00:33:58.959
 Our

00:33:58.959 --> 00:33:59.699
 flesh in

00:33:59.699 --> 00:34:00.059
 this life

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:00.399
 is still

00:34:00.399 --> 00:34:00.899
 accustomed

00:34:00.899 --> 00:34:01.319
 to the

00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:02.159
 old life.

00:34:02.699 --> 00:34:03.039
 It still

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.839
 operates like

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:04.339
 it has a

00:34:04.339 --> 00:34:05.000
 defective

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.979
 heart sometimes

00:34:05.979 --> 00:34:06.579
 and it

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:07.139
 takes time

00:34:07.139 --> 00:34:07.439
 for us

00:34:07.439 --> 00:34:07.679
 to be

00:34:07.679 --> 00:34:08.059
 weaned

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:08.679
 off of

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:08.980
 that.

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:11.159
 But we

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:12.360
 already have

00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:12.860
 a new

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.380
 heart.

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:14.880
 We already

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.500
 have a

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:16.039
 new spirit.

00:34:19.319 --> 00:34:20.079
 We are

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:20.559
 already

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.159
 holy.

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.179
 That's why

00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:22.340
 we are

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:22.559
 called

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:23.779
 saints and

00:34:23.779 --> 00:34:24.079
 we are

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.739
 being made

00:34:24.739 --> 00:34:25.039
 holy,

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:25.519
 becoming

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:25.960
 holy.

00:34:26.779 --> 00:34:27.360
 Sanctification,

00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:27.980
 you might even

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.340
 say,

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:29.579
 is becoming

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:30.519
 what we

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:31.440
 already are

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:32.220
 in Christ.

00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:37.820
 This is

00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:38.360
 why purity

00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:38.800
 of heart

00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:39.340
 is not

00:34:39.340 --> 00:34:39.720
 a pipe

00:34:39.720 --> 00:34:40.099
 dream but

00:34:40.099 --> 00:34:40.599
 a reality

00:34:40.599 --> 00:34:41.159
 for us.

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:45.980
 1 Timothy

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.460
 1.5,

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:47.000
 the aim of

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:47.400
 our charge

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:47.780
 is love

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:48.139
 that issues

00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:48.539
 from a

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:49.500
 pure heart.

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:51.519
 2 Timothy

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:52.119
 2.22,

00:34:52.260 --> 00:34:52.639
 so flee

00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:53.079
 youthful

00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:53.619
 passions and

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:53.880
 pursue

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:54.380
 righteousness,

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:54.860
 faith,

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.159
 love,

00:34:55.220 --> 00:34:55.579
 and peace

00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:56.240
 along with

00:34:56.240 --> 00:34:56.500
 those who

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:56.840
 call on

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.039
 the Lord

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:57.400
 from a

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:58.340
 pure heart.

00:34:58.340 --> 00:35:00.000
 this is

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:00.519
 possible.

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:05.200
 And how

00:35:05.200 --> 00:35:05.420
 do we

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:05.960
 become more

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.380
 and more

00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:07.260
 pure in

00:35:07.260 --> 00:35:07.500
 heart?

00:35:08.220 --> 00:35:08.940
 How do we

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:09.760
 work out

00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:10.260
 the purity

00:35:10.260 --> 00:35:10.720
 of heart

00:35:10.720 --> 00:35:11.000
 that's

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.420
 already

00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:11.960
 ours

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.680
 in Jesus

00:35:12.680 --> 00:35:13.140
 Christ?

00:35:13.880 --> 00:35:14.620
 Not by

00:35:14.620 --> 00:35:14.960
 trying to

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.360
 be pure

00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:15.600
 in our

00:35:15.600 --> 00:35:15.780
 own

00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:16.280
 strength.

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.680
 Not by

00:35:19.680 --> 00:35:20.160
 beating

00:35:20.160 --> 00:35:20.559
 ourselves

00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:21.440
 up in

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:22.000
 the flesh

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:23.440
 and trying

00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:23.980
 to force

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:24.400
 ourselves

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:24.900
 to be

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.600
 more

00:35:25.600 --> 00:35:26.019
 pure.

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:30.719
 when we

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:31.099
 live

00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:31.539
 under

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:32.139
 the law,

00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:34.340
 it says

00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:35.119
 in 2 Corinthians

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:35.500
 3,

00:35:35.699 --> 00:35:36.139
 there's a

00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:36.659
 veil that

00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:37.239
 remains over

00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:37.719
 our faces.

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:38.159
 We cannot

00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:38.739
 see God.

00:35:41.259 --> 00:35:41.940
 But when

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.300
 we turn

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:42.960
 to Jesus

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:44.440
 with unveiled

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:44.980
 faces,

00:35:45.179 --> 00:35:45.679
 we get to

00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:46.300
 behold the

00:35:46.300 --> 00:35:46.780
 glory of

00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:47.059
 God.

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:49.699
 It says

00:35:49.699 --> 00:35:50.300
 in 2 Corinthians

00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:50.900
 3.18,

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.539
 and we all

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:52.519
 with unveiled

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:53.820
 faces beholding

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:54.380
 the glory

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:54.880
 of the Lord

00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:55.519
 are being

00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:56.139
 transformed

00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:56.759
 into the

00:35:56.759 --> 00:35:57.380
 same image

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:57.940
 from one

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:58.320
 degree of

00:35:58.320 --> 00:35:58.780
 glory to

00:35:58.780 --> 00:35:59.159
 another.

00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:00.039
 For this

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:00.619
 comes from

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:01.039
 the Lord

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.719
 who is

00:36:01.719 --> 00:36:02.500
 the Spirit.

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:04.860
 And then a

00:36:04.860 --> 00:36:05.219
 few verses

00:36:05.219 --> 00:36:05.619
 down,

00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:06.219
 2 Corinthians

00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:06.539
 4,

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:07.059
 Paul says

00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:07.639
 that beholding

00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:07.980
 the glory

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.199
 of the

00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:08.880
 Lord is,

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:09.539
 once again,

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.719
 seeing the

00:36:10.719 --> 00:36:11.679
 light of

00:36:11.679 --> 00:36:12.460
 the gospel

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:13.280
 of the

00:36:13.280 --> 00:36:13.980
 glory of

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:14.380
 Christ.

00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:15.079
 For God

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:15.460
 who said

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:15.960
 let light

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:16.400
 shine out

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:16.940
 of darkness

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:17.400
 has shown

00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:17.679
 in our

00:36:17.679 --> 00:36:17.940
 hearts

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.480
 to give

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:18.900
 the light

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:19.179
 of the

00:36:19.179 --> 00:36:19.500
 knowledge

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:19.739
 of the

00:36:19.739 --> 00:36:19.960
 glory

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:20.239
 of God

00:36:20.239 --> 00:36:20.480
 in the

00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:20.800
 face

00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:21.259
 of Jesus

00:36:21.259 --> 00:36:21.820
 Christ.

00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:23.420
 Again and

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:23.619
 again,

00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:24.119
 the answer

00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:24.539
 from the

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:25.059
 scriptures is

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:25.539
 the same.

00:36:25.659 --> 00:36:26.259
 How do we

00:36:26.259 --> 00:36:27.360
 become pure

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:28.039
 in heart?

00:36:28.259 --> 00:36:28.900
 By letting

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.400
 the light

00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:29.699
 of the

00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:30.940
 gospel of

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:31.279
 the glory

00:36:31.279 --> 00:36:31.659
 of Christ

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:32.099
 shine in

00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:32.500
 our hearts.

00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:34.179
 By beholding

00:36:34.179 --> 00:36:35.019
 Jesus Christ,

00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:36.019
 by believing

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.659
 in Jesus

00:36:36.659 --> 00:36:37.039
 Christ,

00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:37.980
 by abiding

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:38.599
 in Jesus

00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:39.119
 Christ,

00:36:39.219 --> 00:36:39.719
 the Son of

00:36:39.719 --> 00:36:40.059
 God who

00:36:40.059 --> 00:36:40.619
 died for

00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:41.079
 our sins

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:42.360
 to purify

00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:43.500
 our defiled

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:44.199
 and divided

00:36:44.199 --> 00:36:44.619
 hearts,

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:46.159
 to give us

00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:46.800
 new hearts

00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:47.360
 by the power

00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:47.699
 of the Holy

00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:48.079
 Spirit.

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:52.420
 it's

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:52.819
 when our

00:36:52.819 --> 00:36:53.519
 faith in

00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:54.159
 Jesus Christ

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:54.980
 is worked

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:55.799
 out in

00:36:55.799 --> 00:36:56.259
 our lives

00:36:56.259 --> 00:36:56.519
 that we

00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:57.559
 become people

00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:59.000
 with undivided

00:36:59.000 --> 00:36:59.599
 hearts who

00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:00.880
 will one

00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:01.599
 thing.

00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:04.619
 It's only

00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:05.119
 when we

00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:06.019
 see Jesus

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.400
 in his

00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:07.239
 true glory

00:37:07.239 --> 00:37:07.619
 and in

00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:08.380
 his true

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:09.079
 grace

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:10.099
 and mercy

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:11.699
 that our

00:37:11.699 --> 00:37:12.420
 hearts are

00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:13.239
 transformed and

00:37:13.239 --> 00:37:13.599
 our hearts

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:14.380
 are captivated

00:37:14.380 --> 00:37:14.860
 by him

00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:16.319
 and we

00:37:16.319 --> 00:37:17.460
 will one

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:17.840
 thing.

00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:19.119
 To please

00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:19.460
 him.

00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:24.360
 19th century

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:24.739
 English

00:37:24.739 --> 00:37:25.440
 pastor J.C.

00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:26.099
 Ryle puts it

00:37:26.099 --> 00:37:26.400
 in a much

00:37:26.400 --> 00:37:26.880
 better way

00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:27.159
 than I

00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:27.360
 can.

00:37:28.739 --> 00:37:29.400
 Zeal in

00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:30.000
 religion is

00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:30.460
 a burning

00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:31.239
 desire to

00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:31.980
 please God,

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:33.159
 to do his

00:37:33.159 --> 00:37:33.480
 will,

00:37:33.799 --> 00:37:34.000
 and to

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.719
 advance his

00:37:34.719 --> 00:37:35.219
 glory in

00:37:35.219 --> 00:37:35.539
 the world

00:37:35.539 --> 00:37:36.019
 in every

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.719
 possible way.

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:38.559
 It is a

00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:39.119
 desire which

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:40.199
 no man feels

00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:40.860
 by nature,

00:37:41.460 --> 00:37:41.960
 which the

00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:42.900
 Spirit puts

00:37:42.900 --> 00:37:43.519
 into the

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:43.940
 heart of

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.579
 every believer

00:37:44.579 --> 00:37:45.039
 when he is

00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:45.519
 converted,

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:47.019
 but which

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:47.699
 some believers

00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:48.559
 feel so much

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:49.119
 more strongly

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:49.919
 than others

00:37:49.919 --> 00:37:50.239
 that they

00:37:50.239 --> 00:37:50.819
 alone deserve

00:37:50.819 --> 00:37:51.279
 to be called

00:37:51.279 --> 00:37:52.059
 zealous men.

00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:53.899
 This desire

00:37:53.899 --> 00:37:54.819
 is so strong

00:37:54.819 --> 00:37:55.819
 when it really

00:37:55.819 --> 00:37:56.659
 reigns in a

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:57.419
 man that it

00:37:57.419 --> 00:37:58.339
 impels him to

00:37:58.339 --> 00:37:58.899
 make any

00:37:58.899 --> 00:37:59.539
 sacrifice,

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:00.679
 to go through

00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:01.500
 any trouble,

00:38:01.919 --> 00:38:02.960
 to deny himself

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:03.899
 to any amount,

00:38:04.279 --> 00:38:04.960
 to suffer,

00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:05.619
 to work,

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.439
 to labor,

00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:07.059
 to toil,

00:38:07.259 --> 00:38:07.919
 to spend

00:38:07.919 --> 00:38:08.699
 himself and

00:38:08.699 --> 00:38:09.480
 be spent,

00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:10.239
 and even to

00:38:10.239 --> 00:38:11.939
 die if only

00:38:11.939 --> 00:38:13.119
 he can please

00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:13.960
 God and

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:14.899
 honor Christ.

00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:17.320
 a zealous

00:38:17.320 --> 00:38:17.800
 man in

00:38:17.800 --> 00:38:18.320
 religion is

00:38:18.320 --> 00:38:19.000
 preeminently

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:19.720
 a man of

00:38:19.720 --> 00:38:20.440
 one thing.

00:38:21.519 --> 00:38:22.119
 It is not

00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:22.599
 enough to

00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:23.079
 say that he

00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:23.619
 is earnest

00:38:23.619 --> 00:38:24.420
 and hardy,

00:38:24.539 --> 00:38:25.300
 uncompromising,

00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:26.059
 thoroughgoing,

00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:26.920
 wholehearted,

00:38:27.160 --> 00:38:27.619
 fervent in

00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:27.940
 spirit.

00:38:28.360 --> 00:38:28.980
 He only

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:30.119
 sees one

00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:30.460
 thing.

00:38:31.139 --> 00:38:31.860
 He cares

00:38:31.860 --> 00:38:32.619
 for one

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:33.059
 thing.

00:38:33.460 --> 00:38:34.139
 He lives

00:38:34.139 --> 00:38:34.940
 for one

00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:35.440
 thing.

00:38:35.720 --> 00:38:36.019
 He is

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:36.880
 swallowed up

00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:37.660
 in one

00:38:37.660 --> 00:38:38.139
 thing,

00:38:38.720 --> 00:38:39.200
 and that

00:38:39.200 --> 00:38:39.860
 one thing

00:38:39.860 --> 00:38:40.220
 is to

00:38:40.220 --> 00:38:40.700
 please

00:38:40.700 --> 00:38:41.559
 God.

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:43.380
 whether

00:38:43.380 --> 00:38:44.139
 he lives

00:38:44.139 --> 00:38:44.699
 or whether

00:38:44.699 --> 00:38:45.440
 he dies,

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:46.279
 whether he

00:38:46.279 --> 00:38:46.920
 has health

00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:47.239
 or whether

00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:47.599
 he has

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:48.059
 sickness,

00:38:48.779 --> 00:38:49.159
 whether he

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:49.759
 is rich

00:38:49.759 --> 00:38:50.199
 or whether

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:50.559
 he is

00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:50.980
 poor,

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:51.880
 whether he

00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:52.299
 pleases

00:38:52.299 --> 00:38:53.579
 men or

00:38:53.579 --> 00:38:53.920
 whether he

00:38:53.920 --> 00:38:54.779
 gives offense,

00:38:55.820 --> 00:38:56.279
 whether he

00:38:56.279 --> 00:38:56.639
 is not

00:38:56.639 --> 00:38:57.279
 wise or

00:38:57.279 --> 00:38:57.619
 whether he

00:38:57.619 --> 00:38:58.000
 is not

00:38:58.000 --> 00:38:58.579
 foolish,

00:38:59.179 --> 00:38:59.519
 whether he

00:38:59.519 --> 00:39:00.259
 gets blame

00:39:00.259 --> 00:39:00.599
 or whether

00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:01.059
 he gets

00:39:01.059 --> 00:39:01.659
 praise,

00:39:02.219 --> 00:39:02.519
 whether he

00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:03.199
 gets honor

00:39:03.199 --> 00:39:03.539
 or whether

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:03.960
 he gets

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:04.460
 shame.

00:39:04.980 --> 00:39:05.579
 For all

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:06.099
 this,

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:06.940
 the zealous

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:07.759
 man cares

00:39:07.759 --> 00:39:08.619
 nothing at

00:39:08.619 --> 00:39:08.860
 all.

00:39:08.860 --> 00:39:11.640
 he burns

00:39:11.640 --> 00:39:13.000
 for one

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:13.860
 thing,

00:39:14.620 --> 00:39:15.400
 and that

00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:16.140
 one thing

00:39:16.140 --> 00:39:16.559
 is to

00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:17.059
 please

00:39:17.059 --> 00:39:17.620
 God

00:39:17.620 --> 00:39:18.599
 and to

00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:19.140
 advance

00:39:19.140 --> 00:39:19.740
 God's

00:39:19.740 --> 00:39:20.059
 glory.

00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:21.180
 If he

00:39:21.180 --> 00:39:21.960
 is consumed

00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:22.360
 in the

00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:23.079
 very burning,

00:39:23.200 --> 00:39:23.780
 he cares

00:39:23.780 --> 00:39:24.579
 not for

00:39:24.579 --> 00:39:24.780
 it.

00:39:25.180 --> 00:39:25.559
 He is

00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:26.099
 content.

00:39:26.640 --> 00:39:27.400
 He feels

00:39:27.400 --> 00:39:27.960
 that like a

00:39:27.960 --> 00:39:28.280
 lamp,

00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:28.940
 he is made

00:39:28.940 --> 00:39:29.460
 to burn,

00:39:29.900 --> 00:39:30.440
 and if

00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:31.059
 consumed

00:39:31.059 --> 00:39:31.780
 in burning,

00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:32.599
 he has

00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:33.340
 but done

00:39:33.340 --> 00:39:33.980
 the work

00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:34.480
 for which

00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:34.900
 God

00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:36.019
 appointed

00:39:36.019 --> 00:39:36.380
 him.

00:39:38.860 --> 00:39:42.220
 when you

00:39:42.220 --> 00:39:42.680
 see

00:39:42.680 --> 00:39:43.700
 Jesus

00:39:43.700 --> 00:39:44.200
 in his

00:39:44.200 --> 00:39:44.640
 glory,

00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:45.519
 that's

00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:46.000
 how you

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:46.340
 burn,

00:39:47.820 --> 00:39:48.340
 and you

00:39:48.340 --> 00:39:48.700
 will

00:39:48.700 --> 00:39:49.360
 one

00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:49.720
 thing.

00:39:55.400 --> 00:39:56.200
 And the

00:39:56.200 --> 00:39:56.660
 person who

00:39:56.660 --> 00:39:57.200
 wills one

00:39:57.200 --> 00:39:57.960
 thing is

00:39:57.960 --> 00:39:58.440
 blessed

00:39:58.440 --> 00:40:01.400
 because God

00:40:01.400 --> 00:40:01.860
 is so

00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:02.559
 gracious

00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:04.260
 to give

00:40:04.260 --> 00:40:05.079
 him or

00:40:05.079 --> 00:40:05.420
 to give

00:40:05.420 --> 00:40:05.780
 her

00:40:05.780 --> 00:40:07.420
 the one

00:40:07.420 --> 00:40:08.180
 thing

00:40:08.180 --> 00:40:08.620
 that he

00:40:08.620 --> 00:40:09.060
 seeks,

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:10.820
 to see

00:40:10.820 --> 00:40:11.360
 God.

00:40:15.680 --> 00:40:16.460
 Like all

00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:16.940
 the promises

00:40:16.940 --> 00:40:17.200
 in the

00:40:17.200 --> 00:40:17.660
 Beatitudes,

00:40:17.820 --> 00:40:18.380
 this promise

00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:18.920
 has both

00:40:18.920 --> 00:40:20.300
 present and

00:40:20.300 --> 00:40:20.680
 future

00:40:20.680 --> 00:40:21.220
 dimensions.

00:40:22.620 --> 00:40:23.220
 There is a

00:40:23.220 --> 00:40:23.760
 sense in

00:40:23.760 --> 00:40:24.220
 which we

00:40:24.220 --> 00:40:24.880
 as Christians

00:40:24.880 --> 00:40:25.720
 presently

00:40:25.720 --> 00:40:26.840
 see God

00:40:26.840 --> 00:40:27.480
 by faith.

00:40:29.740 --> 00:40:29.960
 Hebrews

00:40:29.960 --> 00:40:30.300
 11,

00:40:30.380 --> 00:40:30.920
 27

00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:31.480
 speaks of

00:40:31.480 --> 00:40:31.820
 how by

00:40:31.820 --> 00:40:32.380
 faith we

00:40:32.380 --> 00:40:33.120
 endure as

00:40:33.120 --> 00:40:33.940
 seeing him

00:40:33.940 --> 00:40:34.240
 who is

00:40:34.240 --> 00:40:34.760
 invisible.

00:40:35.780 --> 00:40:36.380
 By

00:40:36.380 --> 00:40:36.960
 beholding

00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:37.280
 the glory

00:40:37.280 --> 00:40:37.560
 of Jesus

00:40:37.560 --> 00:40:37.820
 in the

00:40:37.820 --> 00:40:38.120
 gospel

00:40:38.120 --> 00:40:39.220
 with unveiled

00:40:39.220 --> 00:40:39.740
 faces,

00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:40.340
 we are

00:40:40.340 --> 00:40:40.720
 in a

00:40:40.720 --> 00:40:41.000
 real

00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:41.480
 spiritual

00:40:41.480 --> 00:40:41.880
 way

00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:42.480
 seeing

00:40:42.480 --> 00:40:43.080
 God.

00:40:44.080 --> 00:40:44.320
 Isn't

00:40:44.320 --> 00:40:44.680
 that why

00:40:44.680 --> 00:40:44.980
 Jesus

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:45.320
 said

00:40:45.320 --> 00:40:46.220
 during his

00:40:46.220 --> 00:40:46.540
 time on

00:40:46.540 --> 00:40:46.780
 earth in

00:40:46.780 --> 00:40:47.320
 John 14,

00:40:47.380 --> 00:40:47.580
 9,

00:40:47.680 --> 00:40:47.860
 whoever

00:40:47.860 --> 00:40:48.480
 has seen

00:40:48.480 --> 00:40:49.040
 me has

00:40:49.040 --> 00:40:49.280
 seen

00:40:49.280 --> 00:40:49.480
 the

00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:49.760
 Father.

00:40:54.100 --> 00:40:54.560
 Jesus

00:40:54.560 --> 00:40:54.920
 is the

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:55.220
 one who

00:40:55.220 --> 00:40:55.519
 makes

00:40:55.519 --> 00:40:56.040
 the Father

00:40:56.040 --> 00:40:56.400
 known.

00:40:56.519 --> 00:40:56.740
 And if

00:40:56.740 --> 00:40:57.000
 you have

00:40:57.000 --> 00:40:57.540
 seen

00:40:57.540 --> 00:40:57.940
 Jesus

00:40:57.940 --> 00:40:58.220
 and if

00:40:58.220 --> 00:40:58.280
 you

00:40:58.280 --> 00:40:58.940
 behold

00:40:58.940 --> 00:40:59.240
 the

00:40:59.240 --> 00:40:59.460
 light

00:40:59.460 --> 00:40:59.700
 of his

00:40:59.700 --> 00:40:59.980
 glory,

00:41:00.060 --> 00:41:00.320
 then you

00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:00.660
 have in

00:41:00.660 --> 00:41:01.019
 a real

00:41:01.019 --> 00:41:01.460
 spiritual

00:41:01.460 --> 00:41:01.900
 sense

00:41:01.900 --> 00:41:02.540
 seen

00:41:02.540 --> 00:41:02.980
 God

00:41:02.980 --> 00:41:03.200
 the

00:41:03.200 --> 00:41:03.540
 Father.

00:41:03.539 --> 00:41:04.940
 It's

00:41:04.940 --> 00:41:05.500
 only when

00:41:05.500 --> 00:41:06.159
 our hearts

00:41:06.159 --> 00:41:06.380
 are

00:41:06.380 --> 00:41:07.079
 enlightened,

00:41:07.279 --> 00:41:07.599
 it says

00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:08.039
 in Ephesians

00:41:08.039 --> 00:41:08.259
 1,

00:41:08.279 --> 00:41:08.519
 18,

00:41:08.599 --> 00:41:08.800
 that we

00:41:08.800 --> 00:41:09.199
 can truly

00:41:09.199 --> 00:41:09.920
 see God.

00:41:10.340 --> 00:41:10.579
 We can

00:41:10.579 --> 00:41:11.159
 have hope

00:41:11.159 --> 00:41:11.559
 and faith

00:41:11.559 --> 00:41:11.940
 in God.

00:41:13.679 --> 00:41:14.139
 So this

00:41:14.139 --> 00:41:14.360
 is a

00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:14.559
 present

00:41:14.559 --> 00:41:14.920
 reality

00:41:14.920 --> 00:41:15.400
 for all

00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:15.779
 those who

00:41:15.779 --> 00:41:16.940
 profess faith

00:41:16.940 --> 00:41:17.300
 in Jesus

00:41:17.300 --> 00:41:17.719
 now.

00:41:18.460 --> 00:41:18.860
 Yet there

00:41:18.860 --> 00:41:19.320
 is also

00:41:19.320 --> 00:41:19.840
 a sense

00:41:19.840 --> 00:41:20.440
 in which

00:41:20.440 --> 00:41:20.940
 we do

00:41:20.940 --> 00:41:21.480
 not yet

00:41:21.480 --> 00:41:22.079
 see God.

00:41:23.480 --> 00:41:23.779
 And it

00:41:23.779 --> 00:41:24.139
 shall be

00:41:24.139 --> 00:41:24.599
 fulfilled

00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:25.099
 in the

00:41:25.099 --> 00:41:25.360
 future.

00:41:25.460 --> 00:41:25.539
 That's

00:41:25.539 --> 00:41:25.679
 where it

00:41:25.679 --> 00:41:25.980
 says they

00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:26.519
 shall

00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:27.099
 see

00:41:27.099 --> 00:41:27.860
 God.

00:41:28.639 --> 00:41:29.259
 Because we

00:41:29.259 --> 00:41:30.000
 see him

00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:30.860
 in a real

00:41:30.860 --> 00:41:31.059
 way,

00:41:31.159 --> 00:41:31.880
 but we do

00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:32.460
 not yet see

00:41:32.460 --> 00:41:33.179
 him fully.

00:41:33.179 --> 00:41:33.460
 We do

00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:33.879
 not see

00:41:33.879 --> 00:41:34.819
 him face

00:41:34.819 --> 00:41:35.480
 to face.

00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:37.980
 In

00:41:37.980 --> 00:41:38.319
 Exodus

00:41:38.319 --> 00:41:38.919
 33,

00:41:39.039 --> 00:41:39.159
 if you

00:41:39.159 --> 00:41:39.500
 remember,

00:41:39.799 --> 00:41:40.039
 Moses,

00:41:40.299 --> 00:41:40.799
 pleased with

00:41:40.799 --> 00:41:41.019
 God,

00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:41.519
 show me

00:41:41.519 --> 00:41:42.000
 your glory,

00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:42.480
 and God

00:41:42.480 --> 00:41:43.460
 amazingly,

00:41:43.899 --> 00:41:45.259
 he condescends

00:41:45.259 --> 00:41:45.739
 to grant

00:41:45.739 --> 00:41:46.099
 him that

00:41:46.099 --> 00:41:46.519
 request,

00:41:46.799 --> 00:41:46.940
 says,

00:41:47.059 --> 00:41:47.239
 yes,

00:41:47.319 --> 00:41:47.699
 I will

00:41:47.699 --> 00:41:48.099
 show you

00:41:48.099 --> 00:41:48.539
 my glory.

00:41:48.599 --> 00:41:48.779
 I will

00:41:48.779 --> 00:41:49.159
 make my

00:41:49.159 --> 00:41:49.839
 glory pass

00:41:49.839 --> 00:41:51.359
 before you.

00:41:52.179 --> 00:41:52.519
 But he

00:41:52.519 --> 00:41:52.839
 says,

00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:53.440
 you shall

00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:53.899
 not see

00:41:53.899 --> 00:41:54.759
 my face,

00:41:56.079 --> 00:41:56.539
 for no

00:41:56.539 --> 00:41:56.980
 man shall

00:41:56.980 --> 00:41:57.519
 see my

00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:58.039
 face and

00:41:58.039 --> 00:41:58.519
 live.

00:41:59.500 --> 00:41:59.799
 Instead,

00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:00.419
 you may

00:42:00.419 --> 00:42:00.819
 see my

00:42:00.819 --> 00:42:02.399
 back as

00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:02.820
 my glory

00:42:02.820 --> 00:42:03.260
 passes

00:42:03.260 --> 00:42:03.660
 by.

00:42:06.820 --> 00:42:07.440
 There's

00:42:07.440 --> 00:42:08.180
 this longing,

00:42:08.460 --> 00:42:09.099
 the cry

00:42:09.099 --> 00:42:09.440
 that we

00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:10.000
 see all

00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:10.280
 throughout

00:42:10.280 --> 00:42:10.980
 scripture of

00:42:10.980 --> 00:42:11.680
 sinners who

00:42:11.680 --> 00:42:12.320
 know that

00:42:12.320 --> 00:42:12.920
 their sin

00:42:12.920 --> 00:42:13.840
 hides the

00:42:13.840 --> 00:42:14.480
 face of

00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:15.500
 God from

00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:15.840
 us,

00:42:15.900 --> 00:42:16.200
 saying,

00:42:16.599 --> 00:42:17.160
 how long,

00:42:17.400 --> 00:42:17.760
 oh Lord,

00:42:18.200 --> 00:42:18.900
 how long

00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:19.280
 will you

00:42:19.280 --> 00:42:19.940
 hide your

00:42:19.940 --> 00:42:21.119
 face from

00:42:21.119 --> 00:42:21.579
 me?

00:42:21.820 --> 00:42:22.400
 Because we

00:42:22.400 --> 00:42:23.099
 cannot see

00:42:23.099 --> 00:42:23.940
 God face

00:42:23.940 --> 00:42:24.519
 to face.

00:42:24.519 --> 00:42:28.559
 even the

00:42:28.559 --> 00:42:29.219
 angels,

00:42:29.659 --> 00:42:29.820
 the

00:42:29.820 --> 00:42:30.380
 seraphim

00:42:30.380 --> 00:42:31.019
 in Isaiah

00:42:31.019 --> 00:42:31.519
 6,

00:42:31.780 --> 00:42:31.980
 it says

00:42:31.980 --> 00:42:32.579
 they hide

00:42:32.579 --> 00:42:33.219
 their faces

00:42:33.219 --> 00:42:34.019
 before God

00:42:34.019 --> 00:42:35.159
 because they

00:42:35.159 --> 00:42:35.440
 are not

00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:35.920
 worthy to

00:42:35.920 --> 00:42:36.420
 behold him

00:42:36.420 --> 00:42:36.639
 in his

00:42:36.639 --> 00:42:36.920
 glory.

00:42:40.440 --> 00:42:40.960
 That's

00:42:40.960 --> 00:42:41.420
 why in

00:42:41.420 --> 00:42:41.940
 this life,

00:42:42.039 --> 00:42:42.539
 our vision

00:42:42.539 --> 00:42:43.119
 of God,

00:42:43.360 --> 00:42:43.880
 our seeing

00:42:43.880 --> 00:42:44.320
 God is

00:42:44.320 --> 00:42:45.599
 always mediated

00:42:45.599 --> 00:42:46.159
 by something

00:42:46.159 --> 00:42:46.480
 else.

00:42:46.860 --> 00:42:47.380
 It's always

00:42:47.380 --> 00:42:48.079
 indirect.

00:42:49.179 --> 00:42:49.519
 And we

00:42:49.519 --> 00:42:50.259
 long for

00:42:50.259 --> 00:42:51.400
 that direct

00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:52.679
 and immediate

00:42:52.679 --> 00:42:54.099
 vision of

00:42:54.099 --> 00:42:54.360
 God.

00:42:54.519 --> 00:42:55.219
 face to

00:42:55.219 --> 00:42:55.579
 face.

00:42:56.579 --> 00:42:56.940
 And we

00:42:56.940 --> 00:42:57.579
 are promised

00:42:57.579 --> 00:42:57.980
 that in

00:42:57.980 --> 00:42:58.480
 1 Corinthians

00:42:58.480 --> 00:42:58.880
 13,

00:42:59.000 --> 00:42:59.280
 12,

00:42:59.400 --> 00:43:00.199
 for now

00:43:00.199 --> 00:43:00.880
 we see

00:43:00.880 --> 00:43:01.340
 in a

00:43:01.340 --> 00:43:01.699
 mirror

00:43:01.699 --> 00:43:02.519
 dimly,

00:43:03.079 --> 00:43:03.920
 like seeing

00:43:03.920 --> 00:43:04.480
 through like

00:43:04.480 --> 00:43:05.280
 a darkened

00:43:05.280 --> 00:43:06.079
 wine glass,

00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:06.719
 you see

00:43:06.719 --> 00:43:07.199
 something through

00:43:07.199 --> 00:43:07.360
 that,

00:43:07.400 --> 00:43:07.820
 you can still

00:43:07.820 --> 00:43:08.380
 see stuff,

00:43:08.460 --> 00:43:08.699
 but it's

00:43:08.699 --> 00:43:09.380
 darkly.

00:43:10.079 --> 00:43:10.699
 We see

00:43:10.699 --> 00:43:11.360
 in a mirror

00:43:11.360 --> 00:43:12.119
 dimly in

00:43:12.119 --> 00:43:12.500
 the present

00:43:12.500 --> 00:43:12.820
 age,

00:43:13.079 --> 00:43:14.179
 but then

00:43:14.179 --> 00:43:14.519
 in the

00:43:14.519 --> 00:43:14.900
 future,

00:43:15.280 --> 00:43:16.039
 face to

00:43:16.039 --> 00:43:16.639
 face,

00:43:17.199 --> 00:43:17.920
 now I

00:43:17.920 --> 00:43:18.320
 know in

00:43:18.320 --> 00:43:18.880
 part,

00:43:19.179 --> 00:43:20.079
 then I

00:43:20.079 --> 00:43:20.639
 shall know

00:43:20.639 --> 00:43:21.539
 fully even

00:43:21.539 --> 00:43:22.000
 as I have

00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:22.500
 been fully

00:43:22.500 --> 00:43:22.940
 known.

00:43:22.940 --> 00:43:24.519
 that's

00:43:24.519 --> 00:43:25.099
 the promise,

00:43:25.220 --> 00:43:25.619
 that's what

00:43:25.619 --> 00:43:26.019
 we get to

00:43:26.019 --> 00:43:26.780
 long for.

00:43:28.480 --> 00:43:29.220
 And there's

00:43:29.220 --> 00:43:30.019
 something about

00:43:30.019 --> 00:43:30.740
 this immediate

00:43:30.740 --> 00:43:31.380
 and direct

00:43:31.380 --> 00:43:32.079
 and personal

00:43:32.079 --> 00:43:33.340
 full access

00:43:33.340 --> 00:43:34.019
 and seeing

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:34.820
 someone face

00:43:34.820 --> 00:43:35.220
 to face

00:43:35.220 --> 00:43:35.720
 that we

00:43:35.720 --> 00:43:36.440
 already know

00:43:36.440 --> 00:43:36.960
 and experience

00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:37.420
 in this

00:43:37.420 --> 00:43:37.760
 life.

00:43:39.420 --> 00:43:40.240
 Think about

00:43:40.240 --> 00:43:40.800
 why,

00:43:42.280 --> 00:43:42.980
 some of you

00:43:42.980 --> 00:43:43.380
 guys have done

00:43:43.380 --> 00:43:43.619
 this,

00:43:43.619 --> 00:43:44.940
 why so many

00:43:44.940 --> 00:43:46.059
 dedicated fans

00:43:46.059 --> 00:43:48.099
 of athletes,

00:43:49.299 --> 00:43:49.799
 artists,

00:43:50.340 --> 00:43:50.799
 actors,

00:43:51.699 --> 00:43:53.139
 spend hours

00:43:53.139 --> 00:43:53.779
 and sometimes

00:43:53.779 --> 00:43:54.799
 days in

00:43:54.799 --> 00:43:56.460
 line to

00:43:56.460 --> 00:43:57.679
 be at a

00:43:57.679 --> 00:43:58.400
 movie premiere

00:43:58.400 --> 00:43:59.440
 or a

00:43:59.440 --> 00:44:00.219
 concert venue

00:44:00.219 --> 00:44:01.019
 or a

00:44:01.019 --> 00:44:01.799
 sporting event.

00:44:02.880 --> 00:44:03.400
 Why do

00:44:03.400 --> 00:44:03.659
 they do

00:44:03.659 --> 00:44:03.960
 that?

00:44:05.599 --> 00:44:06.360
 They look

00:44:06.360 --> 00:44:06.779
 better on

00:44:06.779 --> 00:44:07.299
 TV than

00:44:07.299 --> 00:44:07.719
 in person.

00:44:10.380 --> 00:44:11.119
 You can

00:44:11.119 --> 00:44:11.619
 see them

00:44:11.619 --> 00:44:12.000
 and stare

00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:12.239
 at them

00:44:12.239 --> 00:44:12.480
 to your

00:44:12.480 --> 00:44:12.759
 heart's

00:44:12.759 --> 00:44:13.219
 content on

00:44:13.219 --> 00:44:13.480
 TV.

00:44:13.639 --> 00:44:14.019
 Why do

00:44:14.019 --> 00:44:14.559
 people do

00:44:14.559 --> 00:44:14.860
 that?

00:44:18.199 --> 00:44:18.759
 Because

00:44:18.759 --> 00:44:19.039
 there's

00:44:19.039 --> 00:44:19.539
 something

00:44:19.539 --> 00:44:20.519
 about an

00:44:20.519 --> 00:44:21.800
 unmediated

00:44:21.800 --> 00:44:22.400
 encounter

00:44:22.400 --> 00:44:23.159
 that offers

00:44:23.159 --> 00:44:23.599
 a sense

00:44:23.599 --> 00:44:24.259
 of personal

00:44:24.259 --> 00:44:24.860
 intimacy

00:44:24.860 --> 00:44:26.579
 and knowledge

00:44:26.579 --> 00:44:27.880
 and access

00:44:27.880 --> 00:44:28.980
 that's just

00:44:28.980 --> 00:44:29.920
 unmatched,

00:44:30.320 --> 00:44:31.059
 unparalleled

00:44:31.059 --> 00:44:31.500
 by a

00:44:31.500 --> 00:44:32.079
 mediated

00:44:32.079 --> 00:44:32.480
 view

00:44:32.480 --> 00:44:33.280
 of that

00:44:33.280 --> 00:44:33.619
 person.

00:44:40.139 --> 00:44:40.860
 So we

00:44:40.860 --> 00:44:41.420
 already have

00:44:41.420 --> 00:44:42.000
 this vision

00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:42.340
 but we

00:44:42.340 --> 00:44:42.719
 shall have

00:44:42.719 --> 00:44:43.159
 this vision

00:44:43.159 --> 00:44:43.599
 fully

00:44:43.599 --> 00:44:44.460
 1 John 3

00:44:44.460 --> 00:44:44.860
 2-3

00:44:44.860 --> 00:44:45.039
 says,

00:44:45.139 --> 00:44:45.420
 Beloved,

00:44:45.639 --> 00:44:46.000
 we are

00:44:46.000 --> 00:44:46.360
 God's

00:44:46.360 --> 00:44:46.619
 children

00:44:46.619 --> 00:44:47.199
 now

00:44:47.199 --> 00:44:48.639
 and what

00:44:48.639 --> 00:44:49.239
 we will

00:44:49.239 --> 00:44:49.739
 be

00:44:49.739 --> 00:44:50.440
 has not

00:44:50.440 --> 00:44:50.699
 yet

00:44:50.699 --> 00:44:51.119
 appeared

00:44:51.119 --> 00:44:52.000
 but we

00:44:52.000 --> 00:44:52.380
 know that

00:44:52.380 --> 00:44:52.960
 when he

00:44:52.960 --> 00:44:53.400
 appears,

00:44:53.500 --> 00:44:53.839
 when Jesus

00:44:53.839 --> 00:44:54.380
 returns,

00:44:54.860 --> 00:44:55.319
 we shall

00:44:55.319 --> 00:44:56.440
 be like

00:44:56.440 --> 00:44:57.059
 him

00:44:57.059 --> 00:44:57.860
 because we

00:44:57.860 --> 00:44:58.679
 shall see

00:44:58.679 --> 00:44:59.339
 him

00:44:59.339 --> 00:45:00.460
 as he

00:45:00.460 --> 00:45:01.099
 is.

00:45:05.920 --> 00:45:06.719
 This is the

00:45:06.719 --> 00:45:07.219
 vision of

00:45:07.219 --> 00:45:07.679
 God that

00:45:07.679 --> 00:45:08.159
 was promised

00:45:08.159 --> 00:45:08.599
 to us when

00:45:08.599 --> 00:45:08.860
 we were in

00:45:08.860 --> 00:45:09.799
 Revelation 22,

00:45:10.019 --> 00:45:10.699
 3-5.

00:45:11.319 --> 00:45:11.799
 No longer

00:45:11.799 --> 00:45:12.360
 will there be

00:45:12.360 --> 00:45:13.199
 anything accursed

00:45:13.199 --> 00:45:13.559
 but the

00:45:13.559 --> 00:45:13.960
 throne of

00:45:13.960 --> 00:45:14.279
 God and

00:45:14.279 --> 00:45:14.739
 the Lamb

00:45:14.739 --> 00:45:15.099
 will be

00:45:15.099 --> 00:45:15.419
 in it

00:45:15.419 --> 00:45:16.159
 and his

00:45:16.159 --> 00:45:16.480
 servants

00:45:16.480 --> 00:45:16.980
 will worship

00:45:16.980 --> 00:45:17.279
 him.

00:45:17.739 --> 00:45:18.579
 They will

00:45:18.579 --> 00:45:19.919
 see his

00:45:19.919 --> 00:45:20.739
 face

00:45:20.739 --> 00:45:22.039
 and his

00:45:22.039 --> 00:45:22.559
 name will

00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:23.019
 be on their

00:45:23.019 --> 00:45:23.799
 foreheads

00:45:23.799 --> 00:45:24.579
 and night

00:45:24.579 --> 00:45:25.179
 will be

00:45:25.179 --> 00:45:25.799
 no more.

00:45:28.460 --> 00:45:29.119
 I think

00:45:29.119 --> 00:45:29.619
 of it like

00:45:29.619 --> 00:45:32.599
 back in the

00:45:32.599 --> 00:45:33.639
 day with

00:45:33.639 --> 00:45:34.460
 arranged marriages

00:45:34.460 --> 00:45:36.980
 wives used

00:45:36.980 --> 00:45:37.419
 to wear

00:45:37.419 --> 00:45:37.960
 veils.

00:45:39.059 --> 00:45:39.619
 I know that

00:45:39.619 --> 00:45:40.139
 people do it

00:45:40.139 --> 00:45:40.399
 again,

00:45:40.519 --> 00:45:41.019
 do it nowadays

00:45:41.019 --> 00:45:41.460
 too because

00:45:41.460 --> 00:45:41.820
 they think

00:45:41.820 --> 00:45:42.119
 it looks

00:45:42.119 --> 00:45:42.420
 good.

00:45:42.820 --> 00:45:43.019
 It does.

00:45:43.840 --> 00:45:44.920
 But back

00:45:44.920 --> 00:45:45.320
 in the day

00:45:45.320 --> 00:45:45.980
 it had served

00:45:45.980 --> 00:45:46.239
 a more

00:45:46.239 --> 00:45:46.619
 practical

00:45:46.619 --> 00:45:47.019
 function.

00:45:47.159 --> 00:45:47.440
 You wore

00:45:47.440 --> 00:45:47.840
 the veil

00:45:47.840 --> 00:45:49.380
 because the

00:45:49.380 --> 00:45:49.820
 husband should

00:45:49.820 --> 00:45:50.139
 not see

00:45:50.139 --> 00:45:50.659
 your face

00:45:50.659 --> 00:45:51.219
 especially in

00:45:51.219 --> 00:45:51.599
 an arranged

00:45:51.599 --> 00:45:52.159
 marriage until

00:45:52.159 --> 00:45:52.579
 you're right

00:45:52.579 --> 00:45:52.980
 about to get

00:45:52.980 --> 00:45:53.780
 married because

00:45:53.780 --> 00:45:54.059
 he might

00:45:54.059 --> 00:45:54.519
 back out

00:45:54.519 --> 00:45:54.920
 otherwise.

00:45:55.920 --> 00:45:57.059
 You wear

00:45:57.059 --> 00:45:57.519
 the veil

00:45:57.519 --> 00:45:59.239
 and you

00:45:59.239 --> 00:45:59.699
 wear the

00:45:59.699 --> 00:45:59.940
 veil.

00:46:01.539 --> 00:46:02.139
 But imagine

00:46:02.139 --> 00:46:03.099
 the wife is

00:46:03.099 --> 00:46:03.480
 beautiful.

00:46:03.940 --> 00:46:04.259
 Imagine

00:46:04.259 --> 00:46:05.980
 they're going

00:46:05.980 --> 00:46:06.460
 and she has

00:46:06.460 --> 00:46:07.179
 veiled faces.

00:46:07.559 --> 00:46:08.159
 She has

00:46:08.159 --> 00:46:08.759
 veil over her

00:46:08.759 --> 00:46:09.379
 head and

00:46:09.379 --> 00:46:10.000
 then finally

00:46:10.000 --> 00:46:10.480
 at the

00:46:10.480 --> 00:46:11.440
 altar as

00:46:11.440 --> 00:46:11.739
 you say

00:46:11.739 --> 00:46:12.399
 the vows

00:46:12.399 --> 00:46:14.639
 you unveil

00:46:14.639 --> 00:46:17.099
 and imagine

00:46:17.099 --> 00:46:18.599
 the ecstasy

00:46:18.599 --> 00:46:19.339
 of first

00:46:19.339 --> 00:46:20.000
 time

00:46:20.000 --> 00:46:22.839
 seeing your

00:46:22.839 --> 00:46:24.019
 bride or

00:46:24.019 --> 00:46:24.619
 seeing your

00:46:24.619 --> 00:46:25.759
 groom through

00:46:25.759 --> 00:46:27.239
 unveiled

00:46:27.239 --> 00:46:28.219
 faces.

00:46:31.319 --> 00:46:32.139
 All that

00:46:32.139 --> 00:46:32.739
 is good

00:46:32.739 --> 00:46:33.579
 and all that

00:46:33.579 --> 00:46:34.159
 is beautiful

00:46:34.159 --> 00:46:34.599
 and true

00:46:34.599 --> 00:46:35.119
 in this life

00:46:35.119 --> 00:46:35.559
 they are

00:46:35.559 --> 00:46:36.599
 they show us

00:46:36.599 --> 00:46:37.159
 something of

00:46:37.159 --> 00:46:37.399
 God.

00:46:37.559 --> 00:46:38.159
 We see

00:46:38.159 --> 00:46:38.739
 God in

00:46:38.739 --> 00:46:39.399
 some real

00:46:39.399 --> 00:46:39.799
 way in

00:46:39.799 --> 00:46:40.299
 a spiritual

00:46:40.299 --> 00:46:40.920
 way by

00:46:40.920 --> 00:46:41.460
 eyes of

00:46:41.460 --> 00:46:42.339
 faith but

00:46:42.339 --> 00:46:42.639
 it is

00:46:42.639 --> 00:46:43.039
 veiled.

00:46:43.899 --> 00:46:44.460
 We see

00:46:44.460 --> 00:46:44.799
 him through

00:46:44.799 --> 00:46:45.339
 the veil

00:46:45.339 --> 00:46:47.480
 but that

00:46:47.480 --> 00:46:48.119
 day we

00:46:48.119 --> 00:46:48.839
 shall see

00:46:48.839 --> 00:46:49.719
 face to

00:46:49.719 --> 00:46:51.859
 face the

00:46:51.859 --> 00:46:52.420
 one we

00:46:52.420 --> 00:46:53.199
 have longed

00:46:53.199 --> 00:46:53.819
 to see

00:46:53.819 --> 00:46:54.899
 our entire

00:46:54.899 --> 00:46:55.440
 life.

00:46:57.339 --> 00:46:58.159
 How many

00:46:58.159 --> 00:46:59.719
 times have

00:46:59.719 --> 00:47:00.159
 we hung

00:47:00.159 --> 00:47:00.739
 our heads

00:47:00.739 --> 00:47:01.319
 in defeat

00:47:01.319 --> 00:47:01.759
 in this

00:47:01.759 --> 00:47:02.139
 life?

00:47:02.619 --> 00:47:03.179
 Discouraged

00:47:03.179 --> 00:47:03.839
 by our own

00:47:03.839 --> 00:47:04.339
 sinfulness

00:47:04.339 --> 00:47:04.759
 and then

00:47:04.759 --> 00:47:05.679
 has he

00:47:05.679 --> 00:47:06.539
 graciously

00:47:06.539 --> 00:47:07.699
 lifted up

00:47:07.699 --> 00:47:08.279
 our heads

00:47:08.279 --> 00:47:09.759
 and pointed

00:47:09.759 --> 00:47:10.300
 our heads

00:47:10.300 --> 00:47:10.639
 up to

00:47:10.639 --> 00:47:11.119
 the cross

00:47:11.119 --> 00:47:11.460
 where he

00:47:11.460 --> 00:47:11.759
 made

00:47:11.759 --> 00:47:12.420
 satisfaction

00:47:12.420 --> 00:47:12.900
 for our

00:47:12.900 --> 00:47:13.159
 sins?

00:47:14.519 --> 00:47:15.300
 How many

00:47:15.300 --> 00:47:15.880
 times when

00:47:15.880 --> 00:47:16.719
 our shoulders

00:47:16.719 --> 00:47:17.639
 were slumped

00:47:17.639 --> 00:47:18.000
 with the

00:47:18.000 --> 00:47:18.400
 weight and

00:47:18.400 --> 00:47:18.880
 the burden

00:47:18.880 --> 00:47:19.360
 and the

00:47:19.360 --> 00:47:20.179
 worries of

00:47:20.179 --> 00:47:20.340
 our

00:47:20.340 --> 00:47:21.119
 responsibilities

00:47:21.119 --> 00:47:21.619
 in life

00:47:21.619 --> 00:47:21.860
 and he

00:47:21.860 --> 00:47:22.940
 has braced

00:47:22.940 --> 00:47:23.559
 us up

00:47:23.559 --> 00:47:25.440
 and strengthened

00:47:25.440 --> 00:47:26.000
 us and

00:47:26.000 --> 00:47:27.059
 spoken truth

00:47:27.059 --> 00:47:27.539
 into our

00:47:27.539 --> 00:47:27.860
 hearts?

00:47:28.719 --> 00:47:29.179
 How many

00:47:29.179 --> 00:47:29.639
 times has he

00:47:29.639 --> 00:47:30.340
 applied the

00:47:30.340 --> 00:47:31.539
 balm of

00:47:31.539 --> 00:47:32.259
 his grace

00:47:32.259 --> 00:47:32.779
 and mercy

00:47:32.779 --> 00:47:33.559
 to comfort

00:47:33.559 --> 00:47:34.239
 our wounded

00:47:34.239 --> 00:47:34.880
 soul?

00:47:34.880 --> 00:47:36.240
 how many

00:47:36.240 --> 00:47:36.680
 times has

00:47:36.680 --> 00:47:37.240
 he gently

00:47:37.240 --> 00:47:37.960
 taught us

00:47:37.960 --> 00:47:38.220
 when we

00:47:38.220 --> 00:47:38.539
 are going

00:47:38.539 --> 00:47:39.059
 astray

00:47:39.059 --> 00:47:40.079
 and corrected

00:47:40.079 --> 00:47:40.619
 our course

00:47:40.619 --> 00:47:41.119
 and led

00:47:41.119 --> 00:47:41.500
 us into

00:47:41.500 --> 00:47:42.079
 the path

00:47:42.079 --> 00:47:43.140
 of righteousness?

00:47:44.260 --> 00:47:45.200
 How many

00:47:45.200 --> 00:47:45.740
 times has

00:47:45.740 --> 00:47:46.720
 God defended

00:47:46.720 --> 00:47:47.720
 us from

00:47:47.720 --> 00:47:48.220
 the false

00:47:48.220 --> 00:47:48.920
 accusations

00:47:48.920 --> 00:47:49.800
 and slander

00:47:49.800 --> 00:47:50.180
 of the

00:47:50.180 --> 00:47:50.460
 enemy?

00:47:53.140 --> 00:47:54.059
 How many

00:47:54.059 --> 00:47:54.760
 times has

00:47:54.760 --> 00:47:55.840
 God graciously

00:47:55.840 --> 00:47:56.780
 provided for

00:47:56.780 --> 00:47:57.420
 all of our

00:47:57.420 --> 00:47:57.800
 needs

00:47:57.800 --> 00:48:01.099
 and fulfilled

00:48:01.099 --> 00:48:02.340
 our truest

00:48:02.340 --> 00:48:03.360
 and deepest

00:48:03.360 --> 00:48:04.019
 desires?

00:48:04.019 --> 00:48:04.119
 others,

00:48:04.719 --> 00:48:08.360
 when you

00:48:08.360 --> 00:48:08.900
 think of

00:48:08.900 --> 00:48:09.340
 Jesus

00:48:09.340 --> 00:48:10.719
 and all

00:48:10.719 --> 00:48:11.059
 that he

00:48:11.059 --> 00:48:11.539
 means to

00:48:11.539 --> 00:48:11.980
 you,

00:48:13.500 --> 00:48:16.019
 do you

00:48:16.019 --> 00:48:16.739
 not long?

00:48:16.820 --> 00:48:17.099
 Is this

00:48:17.099 --> 00:48:17.639
 not the

00:48:17.639 --> 00:48:18.039
 strongest

00:48:18.039 --> 00:48:18.639
 desire of

00:48:18.639 --> 00:48:19.059
 your heart

00:48:19.059 --> 00:48:20.059
 to see

00:48:20.059 --> 00:48:20.320
 him?

00:48:25.119 --> 00:48:25.699
 Charles

00:48:25.699 --> 00:48:26.079
 Spurgeon,

00:48:28.639 --> 00:48:29.360
 we own

00:48:29.360 --> 00:48:29.920
 to none

00:48:29.920 --> 00:48:30.759
 so much,

00:48:31.380 --> 00:48:32.019
 we talk

00:48:32.019 --> 00:48:32.380
 of none

00:48:32.380 --> 00:48:32.980
 so much,

00:48:33.440 --> 00:48:34.440
 we hope

00:48:34.440 --> 00:48:35.220
 and we

00:48:35.220 --> 00:48:35.680
 think of

00:48:35.680 --> 00:48:35.900
 none

00:48:35.900 --> 00:48:36.500
 so much,

00:48:37.059 --> 00:48:38.000
 at any

00:48:38.000 --> 00:48:38.300
 rate,

00:48:38.640 --> 00:48:38.940
 no one

00:48:38.940 --> 00:48:39.500
 so constantly

00:48:39.500 --> 00:48:40.000
 thinks of

00:48:40.000 --> 00:48:40.300
 us.

00:48:41.400 --> 00:48:42.039
 We have,

00:48:42.200 --> 00:48:42.559
 I believe,

00:48:42.660 --> 00:48:43.140
 all of us

00:48:43.140 --> 00:48:43.519
 who love

00:48:43.519 --> 00:48:43.980
 his name,

00:48:44.500 --> 00:48:44.980
 a most

00:48:44.980 --> 00:48:45.960
 insatiable

00:48:45.960 --> 00:48:46.519
 wish to

00:48:46.519 --> 00:48:47.019
 behold

00:48:47.019 --> 00:48:48.019
 his person,

00:48:48.340 --> 00:48:49.039
 the thing

00:48:49.039 --> 00:48:49.619
 for which

00:48:49.619 --> 00:48:50.000
 I would

00:48:50.000 --> 00:48:50.760
 pray above

00:48:50.760 --> 00:48:51.539
 all others

00:48:51.539 --> 00:48:52.460
 would be

00:48:52.460 --> 00:48:53.240
 forever to

00:48:53.240 --> 00:48:53.740
 behold

00:48:53.740 --> 00:48:54.840
 his face,

00:48:55.579 --> 00:48:56.420
 forever to

00:48:56.420 --> 00:48:56.880
 lay my

00:48:56.880 --> 00:48:57.480
 head upon

00:48:57.480 --> 00:48:58.220
 his breast,

00:48:58.760 --> 00:48:59.340
 forever to

00:48:59.340 --> 00:48:59.900
 know that

00:48:59.900 --> 00:49:00.300
 I am

00:49:00.300 --> 00:49:00.780
 his,

00:49:00.780 --> 00:49:01.940
 forever to

00:49:01.940 --> 00:49:02.680
 dwell with

00:49:02.680 --> 00:49:03.019
 him.

00:49:03.680 --> 00:49:04.000
 I,

00:49:04.200 --> 00:49:05.059
 one short

00:49:05.059 --> 00:49:05.660
 glimpse,

00:49:06.340 --> 00:49:07.380
 one transitory

00:49:07.380 --> 00:49:07.900
 vision of

00:49:07.900 --> 00:49:08.440
 his glory,

00:49:08.880 --> 00:49:09.579
 one brief

00:49:09.579 --> 00:49:10.340
 glance at

00:49:10.340 --> 00:49:11.100
 his marred,

00:49:11.360 --> 00:49:11.980
 but now

00:49:11.980 --> 00:49:13.000
 exalted and

00:49:13.000 --> 00:49:13.440
 beaming

00:49:13.440 --> 00:49:14.160
 countenance,

00:49:14.740 --> 00:49:15.519
 would repay

00:49:15.519 --> 00:49:16.579
 almost a

00:49:16.579 --> 00:49:17.760
 world of

00:49:17.760 --> 00:49:18.160
 trouble.

00:49:21.460 --> 00:49:22.420
 But we

00:49:22.420 --> 00:49:22.720
 are not

00:49:22.720 --> 00:49:23.600
 promised one

00:49:23.600 --> 00:49:25.200
 brief transitory

00:49:25.200 --> 00:49:25.640
 glance,

00:49:26.579 --> 00:49:27.000
 we are

00:49:27.000 --> 00:49:27.940
 promised an

00:49:27.940 --> 00:49:29.639
 eternal vision

00:49:29.639 --> 00:49:30.700
 of God.

00:49:35.360 --> 00:49:36.099
 Let me

00:49:36.099 --> 00:49:36.579
 close with

00:49:36.579 --> 00:49:37.639
 a couple

00:49:37.639 --> 00:49:38.260
 stanzas from

00:49:38.260 --> 00:49:38.860
 this hymn.

00:49:41.179 --> 00:49:42.159
 Oh, how

00:49:42.159 --> 00:49:42.780
 the thought

00:49:42.780 --> 00:49:43.220
 that I

00:49:43.220 --> 00:49:44.039
 shall know

00:49:44.039 --> 00:49:45.760
 Jesus who

00:49:45.760 --> 00:49:46.720
 suffered here

00:49:46.720 --> 00:49:47.099
 below,

00:49:48.679 --> 00:49:49.880
 to manifest

00:49:49.880 --> 00:49:50.760
 God's favor

00:49:50.760 --> 00:49:51.980
 for me and

00:49:51.980 --> 00:49:52.840
 for the saints

00:49:52.840 --> 00:49:53.380
 I love,

00:49:54.200 --> 00:49:55.200
 both here

00:49:55.200 --> 00:49:55.639
 and with

00:49:55.639 --> 00:49:56.800
 himself above,

00:49:56.800 --> 00:49:58.380
 doth my

00:49:58.380 --> 00:49:58.780
 renewed

00:49:58.780 --> 00:49:59.720
 nature move

00:49:59.720 --> 00:50:00.900
 and that

00:50:00.900 --> 00:50:01.760
 sweet word

00:50:01.760 --> 00:50:02.880
 forever.

00:50:04.500 --> 00:50:05.380
 Forever

00:50:05.380 --> 00:50:07.000
 to behold

00:50:07.000 --> 00:50:07.920
 him shine,

00:50:08.740 --> 00:50:09.880
 forevermore

00:50:09.880 --> 00:50:10.620
 to call

00:50:10.620 --> 00:50:11.500
 him mine

00:50:11.500 --> 00:50:12.840
 and see

00:50:12.840 --> 00:50:13.920
 him still

00:50:13.920 --> 00:50:14.600
 before me,

00:50:15.039 --> 00:50:16.220
 forever on

00:50:16.220 --> 00:50:17.000
 his face

00:50:17.000 --> 00:50:17.640
 to gaze

00:50:17.640 --> 00:50:18.920
 and meet

00:50:18.920 --> 00:50:19.620
 the full

00:50:19.620 --> 00:50:20.840
 assembled

00:50:20.840 --> 00:50:21.640
 rays.

00:50:21.639 --> 00:50:25.460
 heavenly

00:50:25.460 --> 00:50:25.920
 father,

00:50:26.779 --> 00:50:28.139
 I thank

00:50:28.139 --> 00:50:28.480
 you for

00:50:28.480 --> 00:50:29.219
 this promise

00:50:29.219 --> 00:50:30.400
 that we

00:50:30.400 --> 00:50:31.039
 shall see

00:50:31.039 --> 00:50:32.440
 you face

00:50:32.440 --> 00:50:32.960
 to face,

00:50:33.519 --> 00:50:34.159
 that we

00:50:34.159 --> 00:50:34.619
 shall see

00:50:34.619 --> 00:50:35.239
 our savior

00:50:35.239 --> 00:50:36.599
 Jesus face

00:50:36.599 --> 00:50:37.440
 to face.

00:50:39.779 --> 00:50:40.299
 Oh,

00:50:40.339 --> 00:50:40.579
 God,

00:50:40.639 --> 00:50:41.059
 we see

00:50:41.059 --> 00:50:41.539
 you but

00:50:41.539 --> 00:50:41.799
 in a

00:50:41.799 --> 00:50:42.559
 mirror dimly

00:50:42.559 --> 00:50:42.900
 now.

00:50:45.900 --> 00:50:46.400
 Oh,

00:50:46.440 --> 00:50:46.839
 but even

00:50:46.839 --> 00:50:48.119
 that sight

00:50:48.119 --> 00:50:49.559
 is entrancing

00:50:49.559 --> 00:50:50.259
 and glorious.

00:50:54.460 --> 00:50:54.920
 Lord,

00:50:54.980 --> 00:50:55.299
 we long

00:50:55.299 --> 00:50:55.719
 for that

00:50:55.719 --> 00:50:56.139
 day when

00:50:56.139 --> 00:50:56.480
 we will

00:50:56.480 --> 00:50:56.840
 see you

00:50:56.840 --> 00:50:57.159
 face

00:50:57.159 --> 00:50:57.679
 to face

00:50:57.679 --> 00:50:59.259
 in the

00:50:59.259 --> 00:50:59.519
 fullness

00:50:59.519 --> 00:50:59.900
 of your

00:50:59.900 --> 00:51:00.219
 glory.

00:51:08.219 --> 00:51:08.739
 So,

00:51:08.840 --> 00:51:08.980
 Lord,

00:51:09.799 --> 00:51:11.880
 thank you

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 for making

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 us pure

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 in heart

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 in Christ.

00:51:15.599 --> 00:51:16.119
 Continue

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 to sanctify

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 us and

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 purify

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 our hearts

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 that we

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 may see

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 more of

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 you even

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 in this

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 life.

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 In

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 Jesus' name

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 we pray.

00:51:27.259 --> 00:51:27.559
 Amen.

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 Amen.