Title: Those Who Can See God
Contents
Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Catharus: clean clean, pure pure.
1. Meaning used by ancient people
(a) 'clean' in the physical sense (e.g., clear, clean water)
(b) 'clean' in the sense of free, without intervening;
(c) 'consciously clean'. (clear in mind)
(d) means 'morally pure' in a religious sense.
2. Old Testament
(a) The Old Testament.
= The ritual of cleansing by washing clothes, washing, and sacrificing, restores lost cleanliness.
It opens the way to God (Ex. 19:10 - clothes, Num. 8:15 - Levites).
(b) What God requires is moral purity (F. Hauck)
3. The New Testament.
(a) It represents physical cleanliness.
① Heb 10:22 (worship) fit for purpose: “As we have been sown in our hearts,
Realizing the evil of conscience, I washed my body with [clear] water, but my heart and
Let's go to God by faith."
② Matthew 23:26 (thought) suitable for a ceremonial purpose: “You blind Pharisee, first
Clean the inside, and the outside will be [clean]."
③ Matt 27:59 is suitable for the purpose of general (action) respect:
"Joseph took the body and wrapped it in [clean] linen".
④ Explain the relationship with God in the New Jerusalem in the Book of Revelation
(Rev 21:18 Rev 21:23 Rev 15:6 Rev 19:8 Rev 19:14).
What is pure (relationship) is suitable for communion with God,
Unclean things cannot have fellowship with God (cf. Rev. 21:27).
(b) It represents the purity of food and purity of heart.
① Romans 14:20 In the argument about forbidding food, Paul basically, in general,
It insists on the religious purity of all things: "By the use of plants to destroy the cause of God.
All things are [clean] evil to him who eats with a stumbling block.”
② Titus 1:15, "To them [clean] all things are [clean], but unclean and unbelieving
There is nothing [clean] in them, but their hearts and consciences are defiled."
(c) manifested in moral purity.
① Luke 11:41 (refer to Matthew 23:25 and below) The purity required by the New Testament community is
It is inherently moral and personal.
② James 1:27 It is said that pure faith is made of practical love: “God the Father
[Pure] and undefiled godliness before
This is what it is to look back and keep oneself unstained from the world."
③ In 1 Peter 1:22, the general exhortation to purify and purify the soul through the obedience of faith
From the heart I demand love: "By obedience to the truth ye
[purifying] I have come to love my brother without deceit,
Love each other passionately."
4. Pastoral Epistles of the Apostle Paul
(a) 1 Timothy 1:5 2 Timothy 2:22 speaks of a pure heart,
(b) 1 Tim. 3:9 In 2 Tim. 1:3, it speaks of a good conscience.
In other words, it speaks of the inner life of believers who have been cleansed from their past sins and who are devoted to God with all their hearts. These words express the innocence of returning to God and the inner unity of conscience without any hesitation.
5. An important theme of the Gospel of John.
(a) (John 15:3) Disciples are cleansed through union with Jesus: “You speak the
Already [clean]". This cleanliness comes from the Word (cf. John 17:14ff).
(b) The act of the Lord washing the disciples’ feet serves as a symbol of baptism.
as well as showing Christ's loving service in daily forgiveness
Provides an example:
"Jesus said, "He who has already bathed needs only to wash his feet.
[Clean] you are [clean] but not all” (John 13:10ff).