The Beatitudes: Blessed Are the Pure in Heart
4/26/202626 min
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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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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First 90 secondsR. C. Sproul· Guest0:00
We have this promise that the God whom we have worshiped without seeing is the one whom we will behold face to face. Can you imagine anything that would flood your soul with glory more than that? Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
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[Instrumental music] The Sermon on the Mount found here in Matthew chapter 5 is filled with promises, wonderful promises. And one promise we must not skim over is that the pure in heart shall see God, that Christians will experience the beatific vision and see God as He is face to face. And when we remember and reflect on these future promises, it helps us focus less on the cares and worries of today. Hello, and welcome to the Sunday edition of Renewing Your Mind, as each week we feature the preaching ministry of R.C. Sproul. We're currently in a brief sermon series from the Gospel of Matthew as Dr. Sproul takes us through the early teaching found in the Sermon on the Mount. If you'd like to go back and study the Beatitudes in greater detail or all of Matthew, then I commend Dr. Sproul's hardcover commentary. You can request your own copy when you give a donation in support of Renewing Your Mind