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Verse Matthew 5:8. _PURE IN HEART_] In opposition to the Pharisees,
who affected outward purity, while their hearts were full of
corruption and defilement. A principal part of the Jewish religion
con...
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BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART - That is, whose minds, motives, and
principles are pure; who seek not only to have the external actions
correct, but who desire to be holy in heart, and who are so. Man...
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5. THE PROCLAMATION OF THE KING CONCERNING HIS KINGDOM. CHAPTER S 5-7
_ 1. The Characteristics of the heirs of the Kingdom.(Matthew 5:1 .)
2. The Confirmation of the Law and its Expansion.(Matthew 5:...
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THE BEATITUDES (_cf._ Luke 6:20). These nine sayings (eight if we
reckon Matthew 5:10 as one, or regard Matthew 5:11 f. as having
originally stood elsewhere; seven if we omit...
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BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART.
The Jew, under the tuition of the Pharisees, cared little for the
state of the heart so that outward forms were duly kept. Religion
consisted chiefly in ablutions and th...
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (Matthew 5:1-48)
As we have already seen, Matthew has a careful pattern in his gospel.
In his story of the baptism of Jesus he shows us Jesus realizing that
the hour has struc...
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PURE IN HEART. Compare Psalms 24:4; Psalms 73:1....
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_pure in heart_ Purity is a distinguishing virtue of Christianity. It
finds no place even in the teaching of Socrates, or in the system of
Aristotle. Pure _in heart_"non sufficit puritas ceremonialis....
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The transposition of Matthew 5:4-5 to their order in the text is on
the authority of the leading textual critics without however
conclusive MS. support. The logical gradation of thought is in favour
o...
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ΚΑΘΑΡΟῚ ΤΗ͂Ι ΚΑΡΔΊΑΙ. Purity is a distinguishing
virtue of Christianity. It finds no place even in the teaching of
Socrates, or in the system of Aristotle. Pure _in heart_ ‘non
sufficit puritas ceremo...
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VER 8. "BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART: FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD."
Ambrose, in Luc., vi, 22: The merciful loses the benefit of his mercy,
unless he shews it from a pure heart; for if he seeks to have wh...
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_JESUS' TEACHINGS ABOUT BLESSEDNESS MATTHEW 5:1-12:_ "And seeing the
multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His
disciples came to Him. Then He opened His mouth and taught them,
s...
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ΚΑΡΔΊΣ (G2588) _dat. sing._ сердце. Сердце —
это средоточие внутренней жизни
человека, отсюда берут начало все его
духовные способности и проявления
(TDNT).
ΌΨΟΝΤΑΙ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G...
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DISCOURSE: 1292
PURITY OF HEART
Matthew 5:8. _Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God_.
THERE is nothing in which mankind more generally imagine happiness to
consist than in the uncontr...
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BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART— Dr. Blair supposes that this may
refer to the expectation which the Jews had of possessing themselves
of beautiful captives in the wars by which they fancied the Messiah...
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A. THE CHARACTER AND BLESSINGS OF THE WISE AND GODLY MAN
(Parallel: Luke 6:20-26)
TEXT: 5:3-12
3.
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4.
Blessed are they that mo...
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Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART [ hoi (G3588 ) katharoi (G2513 ) tee
(G3588...
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18-19 Compare Mar_1:16-18; Luk_5:1-11; Joh_1:40-42.
21-22 Compare Mar_1:19-20; Luk_5:10-11.
23 See Mar_1:21-39.
25 Compare Mar_3:7-8.
1-2 Compare Luk_6:20:23.
1 The “Sermon on the Mount” was proba...
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THE BEATITUDES. Properly speaking, the beatitudes are seven in number,
Matthew 5:10; Matthew 5:12, forming an appendix. These three vv. being
counted in, the number of beatitudes is raised, according...
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
John 5:1 to John 7:29. The Sermon on the Mount: see Luke 6:20. This
sermon is so similar to the sermon reported by St. Luke (Luke 6:20),
that it is
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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 5
JESUS TEACHES 5:1–7:29
INTRODUCTION
This is the first of the five main sections that report what Jesus
taught in Matthew’s *gospe...
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PURE IN HEART. — Here, as with the poor in spirit, the noun
determines the region in which the purity is to be found — the
“heart” as representing desires and affections, as the
“spirit” represents th...
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CHAPTER 7
The Gospel of the Kingdom
("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 7:1
IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon
on the Mount"; yet, so smal...
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οἱ καθαροὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ : τ. καρδ. may be an
explanatory addition to indicate the region in which purity shows
itself. That purity is in the heart, the seat of thought, desire,
motive, not in the outward...
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_The Beatitudes_. Some general observations may helpfully introduce
the detailed exegesis of these golden words.
1. They breathe the spirit of the scene. On the mountain tops away
from the bustle and...
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OPENING WORDS OF GRACE AND TRUTH
Matthew 5:1-9
There are many doors into the life of blessedness. It does not depend
on outward possessions, such as worldly goods or high birth. There is
no soul of m...
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In the three Chapter s beginning here we have the Magna Charta of the
Kingdom. This chapter opens with a great revelation of its supreme
condition. Character is everything. The first word is suggestiv...
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Blessed [are] the (c) pure in heart: for they shall see God.
(c) Fitly is this word "pure" joined with the heart, for as a bright
and shining resemblance or image may be seen plainly in a clear and
p...
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The clean of heart are either those who give themselves to the
practice of every virtue, and are conscious to themselves of no evil,
or those who are adorned with the virtue of charity. For nothing is...
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CHAPTER 16
SERMON ON THE MOUNT
Matthew 5-7, and Luke 6:20-49. A few days ago it was my privilege to
spend two beautiful bright days at the sea of Galilee, sailing over
it, and visiting the places of...
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God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our
Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the
infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
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_PURITY OF HEART_
‘Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.’
Matthew 5:8
The Beatitudes portray the ideal of the Christian life. They lay down
the conditions of something more than ha...
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8._Happy are they who are of a pure heart _We might be apt to think,
that what is here stated by Christ is in accordance with the judgment
of all. _Purity of heart _is universally acknowledged to be t...
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He then gathers around Him those who were definitively to follow Him
in His ministry and His temptations; and, at His call, to link their
portion and their lot with His, forsaking all beside.
The str...
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BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART,.... Not in the head; for men may have
pure notions and impure hearts; not in the hand, or action, or in
outward conversation only; so the Pharisees were outwardly righte...
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Blessed _are_ the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Ver. 8. _Blessed are the pure in heart_] That wash their hearts from
wickedness, that they may be saved, Jeremiah 4:14. Not their hands
only,...
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Mat. 5:1-11. "And seeing the multitudes, He went up into a mountain;
and when He was set, His disciples came unto Him: and He opened His
mouth, and taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit:...
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Mat. 5:8, 9. "Blessed are _the pure in heart_: for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of
God." Christians should be first 'pure,' then 'peaceable:'...
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_The pure in heart_ Those whose hearts are purified by faith; who are
not only sprinkled from an evil conscience by the blood of Jesus, but
cleansed by the Spirit of God from vain thoughts, unprofitab...
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PURE IN HEART; freed from the dominion and pollution of sin.
SEE GOD; have right views of him, and enjoy his presence here and
hereafter....
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But hypocritical behavior will not stand the test of His scrutiny:
Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God.
A mere outward purity in keeping the ceremonial injunctions of the Law
is not...
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From every direction He attracted followers, Galilee mentioned first,
but also Decapolis beyond the sea of Galilee, Jerusalem and Judea, and
east of Jordan. No doubt their motives for following Him we...
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3-12 Our Saviour here gives eight characters of blessed people, which
represent to us the principal graces of a Christian. 1. The poor in
spirit are happy. These bring their minds to their condition,...
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The men of the world bless those who appear pure and holy to men, and
put on a vizard and mask of purity, though they be but painted
sepulchres, and their hearts be as cages of all unclean birds: but...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
As, therefore, when that which is perfect is come, we shall not see
another Father, but Him whom we now desire to see (for "blessed are
the pure in heart: for they s...
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Matthew 5:8 Blessed G3107 pure G2513 heart G2588 For G3754 they G846
see G3700 (G5695) God G2316
are -...
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GOD HAS ALREADY BLESSED HIS TRUE PEOPLE BY PRODUCING IN THEM A RIGHT
ATTITUDE OF HEART, AND AN INDICATION OF THE BLESSINGS BOTH PRESENT AND
FUTURE THAT WILL RESULT FROM IT (5:3-9).
As we consider the...
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‘Blessed ones, the pure in heart, for they will see God.'
Those whom God has blessed will also be pure in heart. Central to the
thought here is Psalms 24. The ones who would ascend the hill of the
Lor...
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Matthew 5:8. THE PORE IN HEART. Either a single virtue, or total
freedom from sin. The former is here meant, _i.e._ , a simplicity of
heart, or ‘that steady direction of the soul toward the Divine lif...
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Matthew 5:3-11. The beatitudes constitute an ascending series. The
same thoughts are found in the Old Testament, but only since Christ
has been found there.
BLESSED. The word, first applied to God,...
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GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding
of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on
earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
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The scene (Matthew 5:1), the formal preface of the Evangelist (Matthew
5:2); the opening description of the citizens of the kingdom of heaven
(Matthew 5:3-10); their relation to the world ...
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SHALL SEE GOD
(τον θεον οψοντα). Without holiness no man will see the
Lord in heaven (Hebrews 12:14). The Beatific Vision is only possible
here on earth to those with pure hearts. No other can see...
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Matthew 5:1
I. The Beatitudes open that discourse which, whatever may be the
difficulties of particular parts of it, has always been recognized as
the most important part of the New Testament. It is,...
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Matthew 5:3
Introductory Beatitudes.
I. The first Beatitude pronounces a blessing on those who are Poor in
Spirit. Let the limitation, the "in spirit," be carefully borne in
mind. Poverty itself is...
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Matthew 5:8
To see God that has been the deep desire of living souls through all
time. Men of earnest spirits have ever felt, instinctively, that the
highest blessedness of life must consist in the v...
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Matthew 5:7
I. "Blessed are the merciful." The object of the Beatitudes is to
bring out one particular quality, without commending the other
qualities which may exist in the same character. We see man...
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Matthew 5:1. _And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain:
and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his
mouth, and taught them, saying,-_
Our Saviour soon gathered a...
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Matthew 5:1. _And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain:_
For convenience, and quietude, and to be out of the way of traffic, he
went up into a mountain. Elevated doctrines would seem mos...
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Matthew 5:1. _And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain:
and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:_
You notice that the Preacher sat down, and that his disciples stood
around him....
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CONTENTS: Sermon on the mount. Beatitudes. Believer as salt and light.
Christ's relation to the law. Divorce.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus.
CONCLUSION: The relationship of a child of God will be manifeste...
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Matthew 5:1. _Seeing the multitudes,_ assembled from six provinces to
see and to hear the great, the promised prophet, who had opened his
ministry with glorious miracles. But our Saviour looked upon t...
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HAPPY ARE THE PURE IN HEART. Those who listened to the Pharisees
looked carefully at externals, but ignored the internal. Jesus demands
that the heart be kept clean. _See_ 1 Peter 4:1-6. THEY WILL SEE...
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_The pure in heart._
PURITY OF HEART
I. Purity of heart demands our attention.
1. It implies a change of heart.
2. It implies that the faculties of the soul are purified.
3. It implies the purity...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:8 In contrast to Jewish traditions that
emphasized ritual purity, Jesus taught that purity of HEART was most
important (see note on v. 28)....
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:3 The Beatitudes (from Latin for
“blessed, happy”) all begin with “Blessed are...” These short
statements summarize the Sermon on the Mount.
⇐...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:1 The Authoritative Message of the
Messiah: Kingdom Life for His Disciples. This is the first of five
major teaching sections in Matthew 1:1 (chs....
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JESUS GIVES THE BEATITUDES MATTHEW 5:1-12; LUKE 6:17-26; MATTHEW 5:1
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was
set, his disciples came unto him:...
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CHAPTER 5
_Went up into a mountain._ Let us inquire what mountain this was?
"Some simple brethren," says S. Jerome, "think that Christ taught the
Beatitudes, and the things which follow, on the mount...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
GENERAL REMARKS ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
_The aim and contents of the_ “_Sermon_.”—No mere sermon is
this, only distinguished from others of its class by its reach and
sweep and po...
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 5:1
AND SEEING THE MULTITUDES; _i.e. _those spoken of in Matthew
4:25—the multitudes who were at that point of time following him. HE
WENT UP. From the lower ground by the lake. I...
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Tonight we have the Sermon on the Mount, what a fantastic portion of
scripture. Matthew five,
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he has
sat down, his disciples came unto...
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
Matthew 5:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The key to the Sermon on the Mount is found in Matthew 4:23 :
"preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom."
Before the Lord sat a great crowd of p...
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The pure in heart — The sanctified: they who love God with all their
hearts. They shall see God — In all things here; hereafter in glory....
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Note here, 1. The duty required and called for, PURITY OF HEART AND
LIFE: the first expressed, the other included: for. clean heart will
be accompanied with. clean life. Where there is. principle of g...