A Pure Heart

Do you desire a pure heart?
Think on these;

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? (Jeremiah 17:9). God Who knows the heart of man declared that, every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was only evil continually (Genesis 6:5). A sinner’s heart is polluted, corrupt and full of wicked imaginations.

Evil comes from the heart as Jesus declared, “for out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murder, adulteries, fornication, thefts, false witness, blasphemies; these are the things which defile a man (Matthew 15:19, 20). But good things come from a pure heart.

You then want to ask, how can the heart be purified? The first step to get a pure heart is by confessing one ’s sins, forsaking them and praying until one is sure his sins are forgiven (1 John 1:9; Romans 8: 16). This experience is called salvation, being born again or justification.

After a person is saved, he now has the opportunity of approaching the Throne of Grace for the second time, so that the Blood of Jesus can remove the root of sin in his life.

When one has the assurance that this is done, the heart is clean, pure and full of love. This second experience is called sanctification.

Prophet Isaiah experienced this process of cleansing (Isaiah 6:5). King David prayed for it (Psalm 5:7). There are testimonies of people today who, after being saved, have had this experience of purity of heart. You can have it too. It is the will of God for you ( 1

Thessalonians 4:3): “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool (Isaiah 1:18). Just take the first step today, confess and forsake your sins and become a child of God. Then pray for a pure heart. You will get it.


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