“Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD?
And who shall stand in His holy place?
He who has clean hands and a pure heart…”  Psalm 24:3-4

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”  Matthew 5:8

BLESSED: the object of God’s favor--
And why?
They are chosen:
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him.  In love.”  
Ephesians 1:3-4 

They are forgiven:
“Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,
Whose sin is covered.
Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity,
And in whose spirit there is no guile.”  Psalm 32:1-2

They are justified:
“Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”  Romans 5:1

They are instructed:
“Blessed is the man whom You instruct, Oh LORD,
And teach out of Your law.” Psalm 94:12

They keep God’s word:
“Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.”   Revelation 1:3

THE PURE IN HEART:
I quote Martyn Lloyd-Jones from ‘Studies in the Sermon on the Mount’
“Blessed are those who are pure, not merely on the surface but in the center of their being and at the source of their every activity.” End quote.

A pure heart is without hypocrisy.  As Lloyd-Jones tells us, it is ‘single’.
And speaking of single , what does Jesus say in Luke when speaking of the eye?
“The lamp of the body is the eye.  Therefore, when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light.  But when your eye is bad, your body also is full of darkness.”  Luke 11:34

“If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, the whole body will be full of light, as when the bright shining of the lamp gives you light.”  Luke 11:36

So we see therefore, a pure heart is not divided, but is single!

God looks at the heart:
“…For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.”  1 Samuel 16:7

God knows the heart:
“…For He knows the secrets of the heart.”  Psalm 44:21

God enlightens the heart:
“For it is the God, who commanded light to shine out of darkness who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”  
2 Corinthians 4:6

THEY SHALL SEE GOD:
“…God is light and in Him is no darkness at all…”  1 John 1:5
Light and darkness do not mix, therefore we must walk in the light as He is in the light, we are to do so in holiness and with a pure undivided heart that is unto God.

Hebrews 12:14 tells us,
“Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.”

Lord, we lift our hearts to you knowing that our relationship with you is a heart relationship, so have your perfect way in each of us.  Teach us Lord to know, love, and worship you more perfectly.  You alone are our heart’s desire!  Amen