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TRUE HAPPINESS IN CHRIST: BE PURE IN HEART (II)
TUESDAY, JULY 11
Ezekiel 36:25-38
Matthew 5:8
“A new heart also
will I give you.”
TRUE HAPPINESS IN CHRIST: BE PURE IN HEART (II)
“Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.” With our sinful, deceitful and wicked heart (Jer 17:9), no one, no human methods, no human efforts, no religious practices, meditation or yoga can make our heart clean and pure (Rom 8:7). We need a new heart that only our Creator can give to us when we acknowledge not only our sins but also our sinful nature, and come to the Lord Jesus in full repentance and submission. God will search our hearts, cleanse us and give us a new heart so that we may fear Him and keep His Word (Ezek 36:25-27). That is God’s precious promise and blessing for us.
God has accepted us in His dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ, and we have a right and holy position before God in Christ, and are called His “saints” (1 Thess 3:13; 2 Thess 1:10; Jude 14), but we are not yet perfect while we are still in this sinful world (Phil 3:12-14). Therefore, we do need the gracious work of sanctification of the Holy Spirit in our hearts and lives day by day until our Lord Jesus comes back again.
Thank God that we are sanctified by the Lord Jesus Christ and by His blood (Heb 13:12), by the God the Father (Jude 1), by the Holy Spirit (Rom 15:16) and by God’s Word the Truth (John 17:17). Our part is to commit our hearts and lives to the Lord with our full submission to Him and His Word. There is no other way.
Then with a cleansed and sanctified heart, we may see God with our spiritual eyes, or our eyes of faith, like Moses, we can stand firm, seeing God who is invisible (Heb 11:27). And then when Jesus Christ comes back again, we shall see Him face to face (1 John 3:2-3). Do we have this hope? Then we are to purify ourselves!
THOUGHT: Without God’s gracious work in me, I am undone!
PRAYER: Father, I thank Thee for Thy work of regeneration and sanctification.