The Beatitudes: Blessed Are the Pure in Heart
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 28 July 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Of all the promises Jesus makes in the Sermon on the Mount, His greatest promise is extended to the pure in heart: "they shall see God" (Matt. 5:8). From his sermon series in the gospel of Matthew, today R.C. Sproul contemplates this ultimate blessing in the Beatitudes.
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Meet Today's Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939-2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God's Word. He was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
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| 0:00.0 | We have this promise that the God whom we have worshipped without seeing is the one whom we will behold face to face. |
| 0:09.7 | Can you imagine anything that would flood your soul with glory more than that? |
| 0:17.5 | Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. |
| 0:23.6 | The sermon on the Mount is filled with promises, but one promise that we mustn't skim over is that the pure in heart shall see God, that Christians |
| 0:39.9 | will experience the beatific vision and see God face to face. And when we remember and reflect on |
| 0:47.6 | these future promises, it helps us to focus less on the cares and worries of today. Welcome to this Sunday edition of Renewing Your |
| 0:56.5 | Mind, as each week we feature the preaching ministry of R.C. Sprawl. We're in the middle of a |
| 1:03.3 | short sermon series as Dr. Sprawl is taking us through the sermon on the Mount and what is often |
| 1:09.1 | called the Beatitudes. |
| 1:16.3 | If you'd like to go back to study the beatitudes in greater detail or study the entire gospel of Matthew, you can request Dr. Sproles' hardcover expositional commentary for your gift |
| 1:21.9 | of any amount at renewingyourmind.org. But this offer ends at midnight. Well, looking at three more beatitudes, |
| 1:30.1 | including Blessed of the Pure in Heart, here's Dr. Spraw. This morning we're going to |
| 1:37.9 | continue our study of the gospel according to St. Matthew. We are in the sermon on the |
| 1:43.6 | Mount and in the middle of the |
| 1:44.9 | beatitudes. And this morning I will be reading Matthew 5, 7 through 9. And I'd ask the congregation |
| 1:51.5 | please to stand for the reading of the Word of God. |
| 1:59.3 | Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. |
| 2:06.6 | Blessed are the pure in hearts, for they shall see God. |
| 2:13.6 | Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. |
| 2:21.7 | This is a brief reading this morning, but one that weighs with great importance on the teaching |
| 2:30.2 | of Jesus for our lives. |
| 2:33.3 | And I remind you that the words that you've just heard originated |
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