Turn with me if you haven't already. Matthew chapter 5, verse 8. We're doing one verse at a time.

Blessed, happy, joyous, in Greek, macarius are all who are pure in heart, for they shall see God.

In reality, let me confess to you up front, this six beatitude actually encompasses the

entire Bible from Genesis to Maps. This one beatitude, in reality, this one step is as vast as the Bible

itself is vast. This sixth beatitude is what the Christian

faith is all about. But the first thing I need to tell you about the purity of heart,

and the fact is, it does not mean sinlessness. And before I tell you why purity and heart does not mean sinlessness,

I need to give you a biblical definition of the heart. When the Bible speaks about the heart,

it does not speak about that vital organ on your left side of your chest

that is pumping blood all over your body. For if you read the scripture very carefully,

you're going to find that the word heart is used in variety of ways. In John chapter 14, you remember Jesus said,

let not your heart be troubled, meaning that the heart is the center of the emotions. In Mark

2, verse 8, Jesus asked the Pharisees, why do you question thus in your hearts, indicating that the heart is the center of the intellect?

In Daniel chapter 1, verse 8, it says Daniel purposed in his heart, which tells us that the heart is the seat of the will and the decision-making

process. So when the Bible speaks about the heart, it means that the heart is the master-controlled

switch of you and me. It means that the heart is the command center of all of our life,

that the heart is the totality of your being and my being, that the heart is all inclusive,

soul, spirit, mind, and body. And that is why Proverbs 423 says,

watch over your heart with all diligence from it flows the spring of life. And that is

why David could put his famous confession in Psalm 51, say, create in me a clean heart of God and renew a steadfast spirit

within me. Jeremiah said in 17, 9 and 10, he says, the heart is more deceitful than all else and is

desperately sick who can understand it. Jesus in Matthew 1519 said, for out of the heart,

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