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As we have seen with the other Beatitudes Jesus taught in Matthew Chapter Five, this one too is not a
new truth presented by Jesus, but rather finds its originality in the Old Testament as well:

It is equally important to consider the benefits OLD THE NEW
of pursuing purity of heart before God: TESTAMENT HEART TESTAMENT

HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS BEATITUDE? “WHO “BLESSED
MAY ASCEND ARE THE
“HE WHO LOVES
INTO
THE HILL OF
THE LORD?
HE WHO HAS

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WILL BE Psm . 24: 3- -4 FOR
HIS FRIEND” THEY SHALL
SEE GOD”
Prov. 22:11 Matt. 5:8

It is logical to A good question deserves a good answer! Consider that:
assume that an
impure source can HOW
only produce more DOES ONE BECOME
impurity.
Conversely, if we PURE IN HEART?
begin with a pure
source, then what THE CO-DEPENDENCY
is produced by it WORD
will also be pure. OF GOD

AACCCCOOCRBCRLDABYLEDA“IYEAN“YIHTANYNHTOGAONOGAOSKUWTESKUIWNTEONINHOSNGHGHSIYGGSHIYMOAHSMOAWHLUAEWLLUAEAENRLAENDRYDWY?W?OORRDD. . THTHHIHDAIDADATDATYEGIYEOGNPAIMONsPAIUmIMsINIUmII.HNRIGNI.HN1RSGAH11TSWMAHV19TWMTOVYY9:TE9OYY:NOER9,HN1OR,OUDH11EOUD1”TEA”TARSRISTNIT,N, Both the Old Testament as well as
the New Testament bear out that
OOWWFTFOTHOGHGREOREODDDD CCOO-D-DEEPPEENNDDEENNCCYY
there is a co-dependency that exists
between the Word of God and purity

of heart. Embracing the one
produces the other. There is no
other way. If you are going to obtain
purity of heart, you must begin with

that which is most pure:

IASIASNLTNSLITDPTVOWSITDTHPIVOWITHESUHOIENIEHSUHROENLE-HGRWCALEE-GWADCAEDIROAADNDINI“ROGAPNVNNRI“GFGPDEVENRIGDFODDERESDIDOEDSRISDREOVPOPSTIRSOVPOPTOIHEWSFNROIHENWFNAWRGOINAWOTGNOIEOTROT…NFEOTROR…DDAFRO”FDDA,N”FU,NUYLYL, , AOANONFDFADTTANITTHHSNIHHDESEHADEEHAeHITObNeHDITOHE.bNFD4HTIE.AOF4:STIEA1OR:CSUE1N2RCTUEN2-GT1TE”R-GT13SH”RN3SHTNETSERSR “YOUR WORD
IS VERY

”

Psm. 119:140