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Sermon Summary (June 06, 2010)  |
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The Pure in Heart
(Matthew 5:1-8)
God is true.
He gave Jesus Christ to the world
to purify believers through him,
for the working of the devil consisted in defiling (Rev 16:13).
The devil was the archangel who profaned heaven
and was expelled from it (Eze 28:16-17)
whereas demons are impure spirits, which are of him.
Therefore, a defiled spirit can be cleansed only by God's blood
and Jesus Christ
is the one who showed it to the world (Ac 20:28).
Because he shed his blood to blot out our sins (Heb 9:28),
we also must struggle against sin
to the point of shedding blood,
if we want to preserve the purity of our spirits (Heb 12:4).
Since the Holy Spirit was given for this purpose,
the Spirit is a holy God.
○ Not to be pure after the forgiveness of one's sins,
means to become again a slave to sin.
Therefore, one's spirit must be pure.
○ Because the spirit of a Christian of Jesus
aims at lifetime purity,
one calls it holiness.
○ The Holy Spirit is not the one who came to us
because he had nowhere to go.
Since he came to support our redeemed spirits,
we must trust in him.
※ Without holiness, one cannot have blessings,
thus they are the portion of the pure.
The pure in spirit are blessed.
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