Qualities of a pure heart

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Qualities of a pure heart
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In This Study

• What is a pure heart?(What Gods word says
  about purity of heart)
• Integrity and Honesty
• Self-control and Patience
• Humility and Contentment
• Kindness, Love and Confidence
• Qualities of an Impure Heart(Dangers to the
  pure heart)
• Purifying the Heart (Keeping it pure)

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• Matthew 58
• The heart the whole of the inner man. Where
  religious and moral conduct are rooted. Seat of
  our intellect, emotions, attitudes, thoughts and
  will.
• Purity undiluted and unpolluted

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Integrity!

• Integrity, Adherence to moral or ethical
  principles soundness of moral character,
  honesty. (Random House)
• A sound, unimpaired, or perfect condition

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Integrity!

• Integrity, One whose character is upright and
  above reproach. His life is intact and it will
  NOT fall apart when tested.
• Virtuous, uncompromising, honorable, genuine,
  upright.

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Integrity!

• The opposite of hypocrisy Matt. 2314, Luke
  189-14

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Integrity!

• Titus 26-8, young men, sober-minded, in all
  things showing yourself to be a pattern of good
  works in doctrine showing integrity, reverence

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Integrity!

• 2 Pet. 15, giving all diligence, add to your
  faith, virtue, to virtue knowledge
• Necessary BEFORE one can apply the knowledge of
  Gods word.

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Integrity!

• Phil. 127-29, only let your, conduct be worthy
  of the gospel of Christ,

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Integrity!

• 1 Pet. 16-7, the genuineness of your faith
  being much more precious than gold, thought it is
  tested, may be found to praise, honor and glory
  at the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having
  not see you love.

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Integrity!

• Prov. 109, He who walks with integrity walks
  securely
• Prov. 113, The integrity of the upright will
  guide them
• Prov. 191, Better is the poor who walks in his
  integrity
• Psalm 78-10, according to my integrity within
  me

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Integrity!

• Job Job. 18, 21-22, 23, 10, Have you
  considered my servant Job, that there is none
  like him on the earth, a blameless and upright
  man, one who fears God and shuns evil?
• In all this Job did not sin.

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Integrity!

• Job Job 23, 10, Have you considered my
  servant Job, that there is none like him on the
  earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears
  God and shuns evil? And still he holds fast to
  his integrity...
• Shall we indeed accept good from God and shall
  we not accept adversity? In all this Job did not
  sin.

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Integrity!

• Daniel Daniel 63-5 they could find no
  charge or fault, because he was faithful,We
  shall not find any charge against this Daniel
  unless we find it against him concerning the law
  of his God.
• Dan 610, as was his custom since early days.

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Integrity!

• Paul Acts 2018-20, 26-272 Cor. 115-12,
  etc.
• Jesus John 846

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Integrity!

• In all these examples 1 Pet. 315-161 Pet.
  211-12

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Integrity!

• Necessary for leaders in the churchElders - 1
  Tim. 32Preachers 1 Tim. 412, 16Deacons 1
  Tim. 310

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Integrity!

• The pure heart will manifest integrity! It will
  NOT allow its character to be diminished by
  wrongful actions or words. It will NOT be
  morally corrupted.Convictions without and within!

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Integrity!

• Seen in ones view of Gods word Cf. Acts
  1711
• James 121, receive with meekness the implanted
  word

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Integrity!

• It is something you either have or you dont
• BUT you can develop it!Make up your mind. Cf. 2
  Cor. 711

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Honesty

• A quality revealed in our integrity
• Honesty, Fairness or straightforwardness of
  conduct, adherence to the facts.
• One who is absolutely truthful and can be fully
  trusted.

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Honesty

• We must be truthfulEph. 425, Therefore,
  putting away lying, Let each one of you speak
  truth with his neighbor,
• Rev. 218 and all liars shall have their part
  in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone,
  which is the second death.

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Honesty

• Examining and applying Gods word!
• 2 Tim. 215, rightly dividing the word of truth
• Cf. 2 Pet. 316
• IF we want to please God we must be brutally
  honest in our studies!

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Honesty

• Dealing with others
• Matt. 513-16, our example
• 2 Cor. 821, Honorable things, not only in the
  sight of the Lord, but in the sight of men.
• See Matt. 537

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Honesty

• Making judgments
• Matt. 71-5, be careful in judging.
• BUT, see vs. 6, John 724
• Addressing prejudice, ignorant conclusions,
  assuming the worst, etc.

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Honesty

• Dont lie to yourself!
• A big problem to consider!
• An increasingly popular tactic redefining
  terms, etc. cf. Matt. 153-6

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• Does your heart manifest integrity honesty?