Sermon: "Cultivating Purity" on Matthew 5:8 by Pastor Colin Smith | How to Be Pure in Heart

Pastor Colin Smith preached this sermon "Cultivating Purity" on Matthew 5:8 on the Beatitudes at The Orchard EFC in suburban Chicago in 2013.

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." (Matthew 5:8 ESV)

If you like the series, you'll enjoy the book the series inspired: Momentum: Pursuing God’s Blessings through the Beatitudes from Moody Publishers.
https://unlockingthebible.org/product/momentum-paperback/

Sermon Series Description:
The Beatitudes are not telling you how to become a Christian—they tell you what a true Christian looks like. Everyone wants to be blessed. We want to be blessed in life, blessed in death, and blessed in eternity. In the Beatitudes, the Son of God tells us about the life that is blessed and about the people who are blessed. But Jesus does more than just describe a blessed life—He gives us a way to actually pursue it.

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Pastor Colin Smith preached this sermon on how to be pure in heart at The Orchard Evangelical Free Church, in Barrington, IL.
http://theorchardefc.org/barrington/

Cultivating Purity
#13/18: Momentum: How to Make Progress in Your Christian Life
Matthew 5:8, 2 Corinthians 3:18, 1 John 3:1-3

February 2nd / 3rd 2013
by Pastor Colin S. Smith

Purity of heart does not mean sinlessness of life. Christians in this world are sinners in the process of recovery. There is growth, there is progress, but there is never perfection in this life. If we say we are without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us (1 John 1:8).

What Does 'Purity of Heart' Mean?

PURITY OF HEART MEANS...
i. An undivided heart

Purity of heart is to will one thing. A pure heart is a single heart, the opposite of a divided heart. "Not that I am already made perfect," says Paul, but "one thing I do..."

PURITY OF HEART MEANS...
ii. A clean heart

We saw that when Christ becomes yours and you become his through the bond of faith, three wonderful gifts become yours: 1. Justification, which is legal (in Christ God drops all charges against you), 2. Forgiveness, which is relational (in Christ God reconciles you to himself), 3. Cleansing, which is personal (in Christ God washes your heart and your life).

The sixth Beatitude is about cleansing. Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. It's about God taking the baggage of your life—the effects on your soul of what you have seen and thought and loved and done—and washing you, cleansing your mind and your heart.

It's about God dealing with our twisted patterns of thinking, our misdirected patterns of loving and our compulsive patterns of behaving. Now today we come to the all-important question: How can I cultivate this purity of heart? How do I go after it?

How to Pursue 'Purity of Heart'

Purity arises from the pursuit of the first four Beatitudes...continue reading transcript in above link.

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