Pure In Heart

Matthew 5:8 ESV 

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

We are washed clean and reborn from above through the Holy Spirit to become a son of God. We become virgins in Christ. We experience the virgin conception of a child of God in the same way Mary experienced the virgin conception of the Son of Man. It comes through the Holy Spirit. Jesus enters the flesh and life of man and we enter the Spirit and life of God. We become holy as sons of our Father in heaven. 

The baptism of repentance washes us clean on the outside- our flesh. 

   This is our coming to Him. 

The baptism of the Holy Spirit washes us clean on the inside- our spirits. 

   This is His coming to us. 

We have been purified by His love and our love for Him in return. While His love is perfect, ours is not. We are on our way to perfection through the living and abiding in His word, and His word is perfected in us. It will not return empty and void. 

1 Peter 1:22-23 ESV 

Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;

2 Corinthians 11:2

For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Matthew 1:23

“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,

and they shall call his name Immanuel”

(which means, God with us).

Luke 1:34-35

34 And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”

35 And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.

Titus 2:11-14

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.

James 4:8

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.