Qualities of a pure heart

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Qualities of a pure heart
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In This Study

• What is a pure heart?(What Gods word says
  about purity of heart)
• Integrity and Honesty
• Self-control and Patience
• Humility and Contentment
• Kindness, Love and Confidence
• Qualities of an Impure Heart(Dangers to the
  pure heart)
• Purifying the Heart (Keeping it pure)

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Kindness

• Serviceable, good, pleasant. (Vines)
• To provide something beneficial as an act of
  Kindness (LN, 88.67)
• ONE who acts in a pleasant and helpful manner
  toward others. He is NOT hateful.

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Kindness

• Lacking in society in many places.
• Rudeness prevalent in media
• Also in social media
• How much more gracious would society be if all
  practiced kindness?

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Kindness

• Demonstrated by God Titus 34, Eph. 27,Luke
  635

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Kindness

• 1 Corinthians 134 Love is kind!
• Ephesians 432, Be kind to one another,
  tenderhearted
• Gal. 522, a fruit of the Spirit

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Kindness

• Prov. 1922, What is desired in a man is
  kindness, And a poor man is better than a liar.
• 2 Peter 17, brotherly kindness
  f??ade?f?a?, philadelphia

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Kindness

• Developing Kindness
• Apply self-control, humility, patience, etc.
• Be familiar with the decorum of society be
  courteous 1 Cor. 135, 1 Pet. 38, Finally,
  all of you be of one mind, having compassion for
  one another love as brothers, be tenderhearted,
  be courteous

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Kindness

• Developing Kindness
• 1 Thess. 411-12 that you also aspire to lead a
  quiet life, to mind your own business, and to
  work with your own hands, as we commanded you,
  that you may walk properly toward those who are
  outside, and that you may lack nothing

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Kindness

• Developing Kindness
• Remember the Golden Rule Matt. 712
• THINK before you speak!
• Realize the impact of hateful conduct!

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Love (???p?)

• ???p? (agape)
• to love, to be full of good will, to exhibit the
  same (Thayer)
• the characteristic word of Christianity.
  (Vines)

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Love (???p?)

• Always presented prominently in lists Gal.
  522-23, 2 Pet. 17, Col. 312-14
• Caring enough to sacrifice for what is best.

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Love

• The motive that governs every relationship we are
  in
• Gods love John 316
• Jesus love John 1513
• Our love for Him Mark 1230-31
• Our brethren John 1334-35
• Family Ephesians 525-33
• Neighbors Gal. 514, Jas. 28
• Enemies Matthew 543-44

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Love

• Its importance, 1 Cor. 131-3
• 1 Corinthians 134-8
• Suffers long Patience
• Is Kind - Kindness
• Does not envy content
• Does not parade itself humility
• Does not behave rudely - Kindness

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Love

• 1 Corinthians 134-8
• Does not seek its own Unselfish
• Is not provoked self-control
• Thinks no evil gives the benefit of the doubt

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Love

• 1 Corinthians 134-8
• Does not rejoice in iniquity, rejoices in truth
  not endorsing ungodliness
• Bears all things, believes all things, endures
  all things
• Never fails always there!

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Love

• Matt. 2237, Love God with all your heart, soul
  and mind.
• Col. 22, that their hearts may be encouraged,
  being knit together in love, and attaining to all
  riches of the full assurance of understanding

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Love

• 2 Thess. 35, Now may the Lord direct your
  hearts into the love of God.
• 2 Tim. 222, Flee youthful lusts, pursue
  righteousness, faith, loveout of a pure heart

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Love

• 1 Pet. 122, Love one another fervently with a
  pure heart.
• Romans 55, Now hope does not disappoint,
  because the love of God has been poured out in
  our hearts (cf. 1 John 419)

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Love

• That the pure heart is motivated by love is seen
  in numerous other texts
• Rom. 129, Let love be without hypocrisy.
• 1 Cor. 81, Knowledge puffs up, but love
  edifies.

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Love

• 1 Cor. 1614, Let all that you do be done with
  love.
• Gal. 513, through love serve one another
• 2 Pet. 17, Gal. 522

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Love

• How is love demonstrated?
• By loving God 1 John 419, Obeying Him John
  159-10, 1415, 1 John 53
• By loving others Matt. 2239, John 1334-35,
  Rom. 138-10, 1 Pet. 48

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Love

• How is love demonstrated?
• Forgiveness, a practical example to consider
  Matt. 614-15 (cf. Lk. 1511-31)
• Matt. 1821-22, Lk. 173-4 How often? 70x7
• Col. 313, Eph. 432

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Confident

• Belief in the certainty of something. Ones
  assurance that he is right.
• While we need humility, we also need confidence!
• We need to be sure of our salvation and confident
  in our abilities as we develop see 2 Pet. 15-11

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Confident

• 2 Tim. 17, God has not given us a spirit of
  fear
• 1 John 418, perfect love casts out fear
• Romans 123, Not to think more highly of himself
  than he ought to think
• James 16-7, let him ask in faith.

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Confident

• WHY is a pure heart confident?
• Because it is undivided, has integrity honesty,
  and has learned self-control, patience, humility
  and love.
• 1 John 320-21

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• May these qualities give us pure confidence!