![]() “Who can ascend the hill of the Lord?” The context of the ancient Hebrew word “who” means “what kind of person” is permitted and refers to the “invisible mountain” of God and the word “hill” carries the idea of “invisible”. ![]() Verse 3 asks the question we must all ask. We must understand, acknowledge and embracethis truth before we can ever hope to ‘ascend the hill of the Lord’. This reassures us that He Loves us and cares for us even though we are yet sinners. Taken together we can understand that God House is a House of mercy and He shows us His mercy by His Own Hands, as he guides and manages our lives. (b) And the ancient Hebrew world ‘rivers‘ is in the context of ‘to move by the use of the hands take in hand, to manage, administer and govern’. (a) The ancient Hebrew word ‘seas’ has the context of ‘ mercy’. Verse 2 seems a bit mysterious, but, the context of the ancient Hebrew words will help us understand. It is important that we recognize our RELATIONSHIP and our CONDITION before God. In other words, despite its faults – despite our faults – we are the Lord’s creation. These two ancient Hebrew words, together, refer both to the entire physical planet and all of the inhabitable parts along with its uncleanness, impurity of lustful, luxurious, profligate living and impure motives. Verse 1 names the ‘earth’ and to the ‘world’, which is all encompassing. V 6 This is the generation of those who seek Him, V 5 He shall receive a blessing from the LORDĪnd righteousness from the God of his salvation. Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood V4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, V3 Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? V1 The earth is the LORD’S, and all it contains, (For a description, see Matthew 4:1-8 )īut, like a combination lock, being close just isn’t going to work. These first steps may prove to be the most difficult, even for the most sincere and devout. 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).Psalms 24:3 gives us the first steps to preparing ourselves to “Walk in the Works God has prepared ahead of time”. 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. The pure heart is marked by transparency and an uncompromising desire to please God in all things. 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. This can be applied to the physical heart. 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. For a vine to produce fruit, it must be pruned. 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). ![]() 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. The Greek word for “pure” in Matthew 5:8 is katharos. Jesus spoke this during His famous Sermon the Mount. “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God” (Matthew 5:8).
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