The Beatitudes: Blessed Are the Pure in Heart

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 26 April 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Of all the promises Jesus makes in the Sermon on the Mount, He extends His greatest to the pure in heart: "they shall see God." (Matt. 5:8). 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 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.

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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
0:07.8	behold face to face. Can you imagine anything that would flood your soul with glory more than that?
0:20.0	Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
0:33.1	The sermon on the mount found here in Matthew chapter 5 is filled with promises, wonderful
0:39.3	promises.
0:40.7	And one promise we must not skim over is that the pure in heart shall see God.
0:46.7	The Christians will experience the beatific vision and see God as he is, face to face.
0:53.1	And when we remember and reflect on these future promises, it helps
0:57.0	us focus less on the cares and worries of today. Hello and welcome to the Sunday edition of
1:02.8	Renewing Your Mind as each week we feature the preaching ministry of R.C. Sprole. We're currently in a
1:09.1	brief sermon series from the Gospel of Matthew as Dr. Sprole
1:12.5	takes us through the early teaching found in the sermon on the Mount. If you'd like to go back
1:18.0	and study the beatitudes in greater detail or all of Matthew, then I commend Dr. Sproill's
1:23.3	hardcover commentary. You can request your own copy when you give a donation in support of
1:28.7	renewing your mind at renewingermine.org before midnight tonight. Today we will look at three
1:34.9	more beatitudes, including Blessed are the pure and heart. Here's Dr. Sprole.
1:42.7	We're going to continue our study of the gospel according to St. Matthew.
1:47.2	We are in the sermon on the mount and in the middle of the beatitudes, and I will be reading
1:52.6	Matthew 5, 7 through 9.
1:56.3	Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
2:03.9	Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
2:10.1	Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
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