#644 – Who Shall Ascend the Hill of the Lord? (Psalm 24:3–4)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 15 May 2019

⏱️ 7 minutes

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In Christ we are made clean. Through His merits, we can draw near to the throne of God and ascend the hill of the Lord. Explore more content from Radical.

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0:00.0	Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.
0:05.7	Psalm chapter 24, verses 3 and 4.
0:10.3	Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord, and who shall stand in his holy place?
0:16.6	He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
0:19.8	who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does
0:23.0	not swear deceitfully. What a powerful question and answer in the heart of the Psalm. I just feel
0:32.4	the weight of that question. Like who can ascend the hill of the Lord who can stand in his holy place who can stand before
0:41.6	the holy god of the universe who is fit who is able to come into his presence and the answer is
0:52.3	he has clean hands and a pure heart.
0:57.1	So think about this outward and inward.
0:59.9	An inward purity that plays out in outward cleanliness.
1:07.5	He has clean hands and a pure heart who does not lift up his soul to what is false the picture is,
1:15.3	a heart that is lifted up to God alone.
1:20.6	God alone on the throne of our heart.
1:23.5	God alone at the center of our soul's desires and thoughts and affections and adoration.
1:31.8	He does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.
1:36.7	Again, you see there, the outward and the inner.
1:39.1	So a heart, a soul that has lifted up to God, and then a mouth that brings honor to God alone,
1:46.7	who does not speak, swear deceitfully. There's honesty and truthfulness and faithfulness and
1:54.6	faithfulness and integrity flowing from this heart that is fixed on God. So we read this and we think,
2:03.0	who among us fits that description?
2:07.5	Who among us has completely clean hands,
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