1. Blessed.

2. Blessed are the pure in heart.

“God demands a humanly impossible character, and then gives us that character by his grace. And with that he bestows a humanly impossible vision.” (The Sermon on the Mount, Hughes, 59)

"Blessed are those who are pure, not only on the surface but in the center of their being and at the source of every activity.” Martin Lloyd-Jones (The Sermon on the Mount, Hughes, 58)

3. The pure will see God.

“Better to be blind and see with your heart, than to have two good eyes and see nothing.” Helen Keller (The Sermon on the Mount, Hughes, 59)

Blest are the pure in heart, For they shall see our God (John Keble) 1819

1. Blest are the pure in heart, for they shall see our God;
the secret of the Lord is theirs, their soul is Christ’s abode.
2. The Lord, who left the heavens our life and peace to bring,
To dwell in lowliness with men, their pattern and their King;
3. Still to the lowly soul he doth himself impart,
And for his dwelling and his throne chooseth the pure in heart.
4. Lord, we thy presence seek; may ours this blessing be;

Give us a pure and lowly heart, a temple meet for thee.

Sermon Discussion Questions

1. What Beatitude has spoken most to you?

2. Why did Jesus line up the Beatitudes in this sequence? Should purity of heart come earlier?

3. Describe things of purity. How can these things relate to purity of heart?

4. Where is an area that you need to ask for God's purity and then work on purity yourself in that area?

5. What is meant by seeing God?

6. Describe a time when you saw the Lord clearly in a situation.