In fact, Moroni’s concluding invitation at the end of the book is a summary of this theme. Psalm 51:10 says, “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” God is the one who makes our hearts pure – by the sacrifice of His Son and through His sanctifying work in our lives (see also 1 John 3:1-3). The requirement to put off the natural man and become a saint, to avoid and overcome bad and to do and become good, to have clean hands and a pure heart, is a recurring theme throughout the Book of Mormon. The only way we can be truly pure in heart is to give our lives to Jesus and ask Him to do the cleansing work. It is more than an external purity of behavior it is an internal purity of soul. Out of that, Give Us Clean Hands was written. Charlie began to sing it back to God, not to write a song, but simply to affirm the voice of God. The pure heart is marked by transparency and an uncompromising desire to please God in all things. One day, he came across Psalm 24, in which the psalmist wonders, Who can ascend the hill of the Lord The one with clean hands and a pure heart. A pure heart has no hypocrisy, no guile, no hidden motives. So, to be pure in heart means to be blameless in who we actually are.īeing pure in heart involves having a singleness of heart toward God. It is where thoughts, desires, sense of purpose, will, understanding, and character reside. But it also refers to the spiritual center of life. Harrison, are available at most LDS bookstores and can be ordered online at or. This can be applied to the physical heart. Harrison, and its companion LDS 12 Step book, He Did Deliver Me from Bondage by Colleen C. The Greek word for “heart” in Matthew 5:8 is kardeeah. Those who are truly “pure,” then, are those who have been declared innocent because of the work of Jesus and who are being sanctified by His refining fire and His pruning. Psalm 24:34 It is not easy to keep our hands clean and our hearts pure. For a vine to produce fruit, it must be pruned. First, we can ask ourselves, Is my heart pure In Psalms we read: Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord or who shall stand in his holy place He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart. Jesus refers to believers as being the branches and to Himself as being the vine (John 15:1-17). Malachi speaks of the Messiah as being like a “refiner’s fire” (Malachi 3:2). John the Baptist told people that Jesus would baptize with the Holy Spirit and fire (Matthew 3:11). As we faithfully and consistently strive to eliminate the dirty sand, then eventually, the container is filled with only clean, pure sand. Has anything changed Yes, but not in a dramatic or easily visible way. It means to be “clean, blameless, unstained from guilt.” Interestingly, the word can refer specifically to that which is purified by fire or by pruning. If we insert a single clean, pure grain of sand in one end, then a single dark grain of sand is forced out the other end. The Greek word for “pure” in Matthew 5:8 is katharos. Jesus spoke this during His famous Sermon the Mount. Reinforces this week’s Come Follow Me study: Alma 5-7. “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God” (Matthew 5:8).
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