Hello everyone, and welcome to this week's episode
of Trinity Talks. My name is Kyla. I'm Melissa.
I'm Justin. And we are all hanging out here to
continue our conversation about the Beatitudes.
Yeah. Yeah. Exciting. The best part of the Sermon
on the Mount? Maybe not. The one today? Yeah.
Scary and good, yes. Yes, yes, yes. So the Beatitudes
open Jesus' Sermon on the Mount and talks about
all these people who are blessed, all these people
that we should be, I guess, in some sense. And
today, Jesus is saying, blessed are the pure
in heart, for they will see God, which just sounds
cool. Like, I'd like to see God. Mm hmm. That
sounds like a good time. Yeah. The pure in heart
is a little bit more daunting. Mm hmm. Yes. So
this beatitude like feels Different to me than
the other Beatitudes at least like like they're
all kind of like stepping up a bar a bit But
like pure and hard is like whoo like way up there
in terms of like hardness to get there. Yes Yeah,
I don't know. What do you guys think like does
it feel like that or are you like now this is
fine? Definitely, when I first look at Pure in
Heart, the first thing I think is, well, that's
not me. I will never obtain that in this lifetime,
at least. And ultimately, we can only be pure
in heart through Jesus and through God, right?
But it is just seeing that on its own. I'm like,
oh, that's a really high expectation. Yeah. Yes.
Yeah, I mean, I guess I don't know. I'm a negative
Nellie. So I can't help but read blessings as
scary things to me. But yeah, I often think,
you know, why am I not seeing God? It must be
because I'm impure in heart. Okay. Okay. You
know, I kind of read it negatively. Do the Beatitudes
work that way, though? No, probably not. It's
like if you're not getting this benefit, it's
because you're not doing the thing. Probably
not. I mean, that's all now. I mean, Now that
I've been reading the Sermon on the Mount more
in my life. Sure. You know, I can see again,
like what I said, I can't remember at some point
in one of these podcasts or in the sermon about
how this is he's describing a world. Yeah. Yeah.
Right. A world in which the people that you think
are not going to be blessed are blessed. And
there's I don't know, I guess I guess now I would
look at it like, what are the sort of disadvantages
of being pure and hard in our world? Right. That
would be advantageous in God's kingdom. Sure.
I guess it kind of slows you down, right? Because
you can't be manipulative. You can't you can't
be playing games with people. You have to just
be pure in your intentions. Right. Pure in why
you're doing things. And and that's tough. I
mean, it makes you less strategic. Yes. In a
fallen world. Yeah. So I guess. this might be
a good place to start in terms of like what are
we talking about when we talk about pure and
hard so you're saying it's someone who is like
having it's sort of single -minded like they
they just like act out of a single intention
yeah as opposed to trying to be manipulative
yeah yeah so um so last week here at the church
i Preached on that passage about don't pray in
public so people like right. It was really good.
I enjoyed it. That's kind of you but Yeah So
I think that's that's the sort of illustration
of what of the opposite of what Jesus is talking
about here, right? Like don't be like that. So
he's not he's not criticizing You know doing
good or following the religious cult of Israel
sure just because those things are bad He's saying
don't do it for ulterior motives, right? Because
I think people would think if I just follow the
law and did everything externally, then I get
the promise of seeing God at the end of all things.
And Jesus saying, no, no, it's not just following
the external ceremonial things. Right. You have
to be pure in heart. And only the people that
do these things purely get the prize. Right.
Which is the vision of God. Right. Yeah. Yeah.
But it definitely is like when I think about
pure in heart, I just think, you know, What,
how do you even like avoid being impure? I feel
like in this world, I feel like that's so hard.
It's like even the most you can be coming from
a genuine intention, but there can still be a
hint of, oh, I'm doing that because I want people
to think I'm this. I want people to think I'm
that, you know, when you're volunteering, you
know, you want to help people and things like
that. But at the same time, like I'm in the social
work field. I know that if I were to volunteer
with vulnerable populations. Yes, I might be
doing that because I care. At the same time,
I can also put it on my resume. Isn't that in
pure and heart as well? Right. Right. It's like.
So so hard. Yeah, so difficult. Yeah, it is I
mean I remember preaching one time on there's
a passage in Timothy's letters where he talks
about some people preach the gospel for profit
And I was like, well, that's really bad. And
then I thought wait, what is my job? Like I work
in ministry I'm getting paid for this. There's
an intent. There's there's always an incentive
for me to fake my way through this because right
You know, I could lose my job if I'm not looking
good on a Sunday, you know? But Jesus is calling
us to something higher. It's like, don't just
do your job. Don't do this for incentives other
than your following of Christ. Yeah. And so,
I think there's just always, like you were just
saying, there's just always this like, I can
do this for a good reason, but there's always
the side benefits. And so then... I don't know.
Does it feel like watering it down if I say like,
well, if it's really about like my primary focus?
Right. Yeah. Right. I mean, that feels more doable
then. Does it also then become less of a true
calling of what Jesus is saying? I don't know.
I think that's why I struggle a lot with this,
because then I think, you know, what does a person
who is pure in heart look like with Jesus? Right.
Right. But. like Justin says, like, what does
that look like in our world today? Because I
sometimes think like, you know, yeah, obviously
we're going to choose to be doing the things
that do bring us some benefit, even if we're
trying to come from a good place. So does that
mean we have to actively choose the things that
will bring us suffering, but we're doing it because
we care. And it's like, but I, I feel like that's
not the most effective way to live life either,
because, you know, Yeah, like, I'm not a masochist.
I just, you know, I want to still be happy. There's
this period of time in my life where I chose,
always chose the harder thing. Because for whatever
reason, in my... wrong theology of my brain,
the hard thing was the holy thing. Right. Which
sometimes the hard thing is the holy thing, but
that's not inherently true. Right? True, yeah.
I feel like, you know, definitely when I was
younger and I, you know, just purely believed
in God, but I wasn't actually, you know, reading
the Bible or anything. It definitely felt like
if I was going through something difficult or
punishing, it was like, this is what God wants.
It's like to be a Christian or to gain something,
I have to suffer. But I think over time, I've
learned that like God does want us to, you know,
enjoy life, I guess, because he did create things
in this world that are enjoyable. Right. It's
like. And like to pull it back to the Beatitudes,
like this is. Being up here in heart all of these
things are like a state of blessing mm -hmm and
Now blessing doesn't always mean like you know
happy excited Lovely life, but it like blessing
should be a good thing great, right? Yeah, I
mean I I also want to be careful. We don't Make
it sound like you've got to do this stuff in
order to be blessed Okay, I don't think the Beatitudes
are mandates in the sense that we normally think
of them. Like these are rules you need to follow
and if you do it, the reward comes down the pike.
You get a blessing, in this case, seeing God.
Again, I think it's primarily a vision of a kingdom.
So these things that Jesus says are only attainable
in faith. Like you've got to believe that God
is good for His word. He's going to bring this
world into existence. So there's a future oriented
thing here. You're looking at Jesus. He's the
proof that God's promise is good, his resurrection.
And then, you know, as things, everything around
you is contradicting this vision. Yeah. Right.
And you got to believe it's not do, do, do. It's
believe, believe, believe. I'm being very Protestant
here, but you got to believe that this kingdom
is more real than everything you're seeing around
you. That purity of heart matters, even though
the world is saying it doesn't matter. Yeah,
it's not. Be like this or you're cursed, right?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And so it reminds
me of. So Psalm 51, when when David is sort of
praying the psalm of forgiveness and asking God
for forgiveness, one of the things that he says
is. Um create in me a pure heart. Oh god and
renew a steadfast spirit within me And what that
me now? Yes exactly What that Brings to mind
for me is like this is actually work that god
does Like david doesn't say help me to create
a pure heart in myself. He says no god You do
it god create a pure heart in me, right? Um,
yeah, and so it's just like it's not us Yeah,
striving for it. I like exactly. I feel like,
you know, just as long as we still live in this
broken, fallen world, we're not going to be able
to meet the mark of pure and heart. However,
I think that's the point of, I guess, sanctification.
You know, yeah, you're constantly blowing that
theological saxophone. But yeah, because you
have to you have to pray every single day like
God. you know, change my heart, Holy Spirit come
into me so that I can, you know, be more like
Jesus. That's ultimately the point of it. And
I believe that we won't be like that as long
as we're in this life. However, in the next life,
we will be. Right. But I think it's like that,
you know, kind of saying, like, you know, being
pure in heart, that idea, it's like. I've over
time. I've learned that this this isn't like
a burden on you that you have to do everything
perfect more So it's like a calling to just constantly
be connected to God and constantly inviting God
in because that's the only way we can even be
Close to any sort of purity in our heart because
like I'm not like I'm definitely not pure in
heart without God I'd be even worse so I can
see that like hey, there's you know, like it's
just you just constantly have to be connected
to God and that's like I feel the closest way
we can even be pure in heart and that is Um,
I know we're gonna talk about it, but like, you
know seeing god, what does that mean? Right?
I think I think we're gonna get there. I'm not
gonna jump ahead You can go what does it mean?
Um I feel like it's You know, it's kind of like
um when brit said like you put on the glasses,
right? You start seeing the world not as just
the world But you start seeing people that annoy
you and you might not like but they are a person
who was creating the image of god who god loves
dearly so it's like I mean, I don't think that
Jesus is just going to be waiting for me in my
room being like, good job, you're pure in heart.
I think it's like we're just going to go around
in the world and we're going to start seeing
God. We're going to start seeing things like
love and compassion because our hearts are becoming
more like Jesus. And I think in doing that, we
become more like Jesus too. We are able to show
the same love that he shows. Yeah. That's, I
don't know. Yeah. Yeah. No, I think there's a
very real sense in which part of, maybe not the
whole thing, but part of what it means to see
God is seeing God in the world now, right? And
in interactions with other people, in the beauty
of creation, in all of these different things.
Yeah, I think that's definitely part of it. For
me, like as soon as I read these words, see God,
the like picture that comes to mind for me is
like of Moses. ascending the mountain and seeing
God. Well, part of God. Yes. Yeah, and if that's
what it means to see God, then first of all,
that's wild. And second of all, I don't know
if that happens this side of eternity. Yeah.
So there's another side to this. I don't know
if you're familiar with the term the beatific
vision. No, that's a fun word. Yeah, so the beatific,
it seems beatitude, which is the Latin word for
blessing. Yes. Right. So it's the blessed vision.
OK. And technically the blessed vision of God.
OK. And this is in the end of all things in heaven
or in the renewed heavens and new earth. Yeah.
We get to see God. Yes. Right. So we're no longer
thinking about God. We don't have mediated knowledge
of God. We see God. Right. Like immediately.
The way that Jesus sees God. Okay. Now. Right.
So this is viewed as the whole point of human
existence for most of church history. Okay. Like
this is the thing when Christians pine after.
Right. You know what their reward was. Yeah.
It wasn't, you know, getting to play a harp on
a cloud. It was I get to see God. Right. Right.
So people like Augustine and Luther and Calvin
and St. Thomas Aquinas, they all end their theologies
with we get to see God at the end. OK. And that's
a blessing, because as you know, it says in the
Old Testament, no one can see God and live. Right.
Yes. Right. Because we're we're still unholy.
and God can't be in the presence of the impure.
So there's debates about what does it mean, blessed
are the pure in heart, so they shall see God
means basically you get to go to heaven at the
end. And that's how most people have read this
verse throughout church history. But there's
another wrinkle in it because Jesus says in John's
gospel, Philip, if you've seen me, you've seen
the Father. Right. Right. So kind of like what
you were saying about seeing stuff Jesus is doing
in the world is kind of a foretaste, if you like,
of the of the direct vision of God that we get.
Right. In heaven. Right. So it's like right now
we still have this kind of faith requirement.
Right. We got to trust that even though the world
seems weird, I have to see things through the
lens of Jesus. Yeah. Imagine that he's actually
the king of this world. even though the world
seems like a lawless, anarchic place, it's heading
towards this place where God dwells in the middle
of the city with all of us, as in Revelation.
So it takes faith, but that faith will one day
become sight. Which is crazy. We will actually
get to see God. Now, what that means, there's
debates in theology. But it's going to be cool.
I would say yes. Well, we have to at least believe
right that should be in the creed like we should
probably god I believe that it will be cool To
see you one day. Yeah, that's kind of the crux
of this whole thing. Yeah. Yeah and Yeah, there's
so The the beatitudes most of the second parts
are like sort of future tense they will see god
And so there is a sense, yeah, that it's pointing
us towards a like future thing. And yeah, now
we get the little taste of it. Yeah. But it's
also real. Jesus is really resurrected. So the
future is kind of already happening. Time is
collapsing in on itself. Yeah, yeah. So so when
you see someone give a cup of cold water, I mean,
Jesus says this in Matthew twenty five. Right.
Right. Like, well, he puts himself in the position
of the oppressed. Yeah. Right. But he says, you
know, when you see this stuff happening, you
are following me. Yeah. And you're serving me
like there's more going on behind the curtain.
Right. And you realize now because of Jesus's
reign and his resurrection. Right. Yeah. And
then in the future, it's all going to get unveiled.
Right. That's what it'll just be like, super
obvious. Oh, of course, this is what. Yeah. Yeah.
I mean, that's that's what apocalypse. means
in the New Testament apocalypse of John means
unveiling. Yeah, it's like all of a sudden we'll
see. It really was Jesus I was serving. I really
was Jesus I was visiting in prison. Yeah, this
really was his world the whole time. Yeah, it's
going to be awesome. And that also just I guess
like for when Jesus when he was crucified, like
even beforehand, he said, you know, you have
to have like. faith of children, right? OK, I
just want to confirm. You need to have faith
like a child. Like a child. And so when he was
resurrected, I think it took a lot of faith or
even just to believe that like Jesus would be
resurrected. This actually was Jesus in the flesh.
So in a way, it was kind of like for his disciples
and just the people back then, it's like they
had to have that pure childlike heart to be like,
oh, my goodness, this this is God. And so. in
that literal sense they did see God but I can
also imagine the alternative of them being like
I'm just going to be a doubtful adult all the
time even if I see proof and no that's not God
and it's like you I guess it is related to that
just like that childlike faith I mean it's funny
the challenge of faith there's the side of it
that's like I can't see right now but then there's
other the other side about I mean, you just did
this survey today for a church where you're like,
what are people worrying about? Because Rob's
preaching about worry. And the number one thing
was global events. Yes. Which was crazy, right?
I mean, we're all just worried about the world.
We're worried about the world because the world
looks nuts right now. Right. So it takes guts
to believe that that stuff is not as real as
God's perfect kingdom of justice and harmony
and love. Yeah, it takes faith. Yes, right. You
got to look at the resurrected Christ and be
like that's the real thing This stuff is just
passing. Yep So it's it's not like It's not Pollyanna
ish. It's like yeah, it's it's grit to believe
that stuff and then to act Yes in the way that
that fits that belief Yes, I've always exactly
I feel like faith is like On one hand, it's like,
it's really, really, really, really hard to have
faith. It's really hard to trust that, you know,
being obedient to God is real. And even just
personally for me, there are times where I start
doubting. I'm like, is God real? And I have to
really be like. you know, going kind of back
into that faith zone and prayer. But like those
doubts do come to me. And so it's and at the
same time, too, it's like because I used to always
think that, you know, you had to do the hard
thing in order to be seen well in God's eye for
God to like like you and want you to be in heaven.
It's like, actually, no, it's it's much easier
than that. We just have to have faith in God.
So it's like it's like so. Different where it's
like on one hand. It's actually quite easy You
don't need a scale a mountain or like being suffering
your whole life at the same time It's like you
just have to believe but then that's so hard
to just believe And I think it's like if you
were to just go in with completely blind belief
that is pure and hard, but I think humans it's
There's always just like that little bit of doubt.
I mean, that's why there's another blessing at
the end of I think Luke's gospel where Thomas
does this thing where he like feels the like
wounds and Jesus and he's like, OK, now that
I've seen these wounds, I believe. And then I
always imagine Jesus kind of turning to the camera
and being, yeah, but blessed are those who believe
and have not seen. Right. Yeah. Because I mean,
it's it's it's one thing. I don't know, I imagine
even the disciple, well, Judas, right? I mean,
the disciples, I don't think, never struggled
with faith after seeing the resurrected Christ,
right? Paul talks about struggling with sin and
Romans and so forth. But there's a special blessing
that we kind of have, right? According to Christ.
You know, yeah, that's true. I've definitely
said prayers in my life probably even just recently
being like God Can you just like speak to me?
Can you just like tell me what to do? And then
I have that voice In my head, that's like, but
blessed are those who have not seen. And I'm
like, OK, so like, if you want to, you can talk
to me. But like, if it's better for me for you
to not audibly speak to me, that's also OK, too.
That's true. Sometimes I'm like, I'm willing
to forego that blessing if I can see you. Yeah.
If you could just tell me what to do right now.
That could be helpful. I want to kind of throw
maybe another wrinkle in here. Sweet. Because
When I think about purity and we've sort of jumped
around this word a little bit like the other
word that comes to mind here is holy and So maybe
it's important for us to think about if we're
trying to be pure in heart Is that the same thing
as trying to be holy? Are they different? I think
I mean, I think the Greek word is more like clean.
Okay So it's for pure. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So it's
it's like cleansed cleaning that kind of thing.
Okay. Okay. Whereas holy would be holy is a different
word. Yes. Holy means set apart for particular.
Right. Divine use. Right. Right. So yeah, I think
in the context of the Sermon on the Mount, it
means don't be double minded in your intentions.
Okay. I think so. I don't think it means moral
purity. Sure. Like people who sin less. Sure.
Get the privilege of seeing God. It's a part
of it. Sure. Right. But I don't think we are
given prizes for fewest sins. Sure. Which sounds
very counterintuitive, right? Only one person
is given a prize for fewest sins and it's Jesus
because he had no sins. Right. Right. And the
rest of us are riding on his coattails. So I
again, this is something that I think is vexed
me in my life. Maybe it sounds like you guys,
too, where you think I'm so sinful. Yeah. Because
of X, Y, Z things in my life. I'm not going to
see God. Yeah. And I think that's what Jesus
is talking about. Right. Right. Because the people
that thought they were righteous, that were following
all the rules. Yeah. Those are the ones who are
disqualified. And those are the ones Jesus goes
after the rest of the sermon. Yeah. And in other
places in the Gospels. Yeah. So it sounds like
like pure and heart is yeah about double mindedness
or intention and it sounds like you're equating
holiness with like sinlessness in some sense
i think sinlessness is the thing it's i think
it's a derivative quality of of something that's
holy okay sure well really is something that's
holy is something that's set apart for god to
use in a particular way right right so making
sure that thing is sinless and clean. Yeah, prepares
for it. But really, it's in the using of the
thing by God that makes it holy. Yeah, sure.
Sure. I wonder if like, OK, so like maybe pure
and hard it maybe it's like just like the vulnerability
that you have as well, because it's like, yeah,
like, how do you get to be pure and hard? None
of us are sinless. None of us, you know, are
going to be. you know, perfect like Jesus is.
However, maybe it's like instead of coming to
God being like, oh, yeah, God, like, can you
help me with this? Like if you have time, it's
just like maybe just being in that state of pure
desperation and vulnerability, because what's
what's more pure than like pain? Like I can't.
Yeah, like literally, like I cannot do this like.
Just being completely honest to God not putting
up any walls like we might in our life like Telling
God the hard truth that even it's harder hard
for us to admit Maybe that's like to appear in
heart and that's like when God is like, okay,
like I can work with you now because you're not
hiding and Maybe yeah Yeah, I mean, I think that's
true. That's like, think of all the ragtag group
of folks hanging out with Christ, right? He's
going after these people. He chooses the people
that are like, Peter falls down and he's like,
I'm not worthy, you know, in Luke chapter five,
Matthew, the tax collector is like, please not
me, Zacchaeus, please not me. Yeah. And Jesus
loves those people. Yeah. You know, it's the
people that are like, I deserve this that he
turns away. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So then. the pure
in heart the people who Feel like they're not
worthy but who are It's in some sense desperate
Yeah, right like they do your pure in heart and
one of the reasons one could be pure in heart
is you have no other options Yeah, that's why
it's easy for poor people and people to get to
heaven according to Christ, right? Right. They're
not as entwined in the world. They got nothing
at stake here. They're just all in. There's nothing
else to be in for. I've definitely heard testimonies
of people who were just on their last leg. They
were rock bottom and that's when they finally...
called out to christ and they you know i've heard
testimonies of people who actually had it's called
a christophany like when you actually see jesus
um and just other people who like after they
fully just like surrendered and was a pile of
tears and sadness but then that's kind of like
where they then started to see changes in their
life they were positive through god yeah um so
Maybe like being pure and hard is just like being
completely honest to God and completely like
I'm struggling with this This is really really
hard. I'm like a sinful mess Jesus helped me
right because I think even just saying like help
it's like really hard like to other people help
us hard, but to ask God that you cannot see it's
even harder. Yeah Yeah, which I think then actually
circles us back nicely to this idea that Like
being pure in heart is not actually a thing we
do. It's a thing. It's a gift we receive. It's
a gift we receive. It's a thing that God does
in us. And then we get to reap the rewards of
that. We get to see God because God gave us a
gift. That's the whole deal with Christianity
is we get the stuff that Jesus earned. Yeah.
Right. Jesus pleased God. Jesus refrained from
sinning. Jesus obeyed the Father. And he gets
all the benefits. And then we, I keep saying
this, ride on his coattails. Yeah. Through our
union with Christ by the Spirit. But we ride
on his coattails into heaven. Yes. Or into God's
presence, rather. Yes. This is all very cool.
Jesus is like pretty awesome. Yes. Yeah. I was
thinking about this, but it's like technically
like One day when we see Jesus, he'll be like,
oh, that was a cool podcast he did with those
people. OK, now you've ruined it. I'm terrified
now. Oh, no. Oh, I'm sorry. I don't know. I just,
of course, like, yeah, I guess like we're only
like we can't be pure in heart in this world.
We're only in the next world. And that's only
because of God's love, because Jesus loves us
that much. Yeah. By the way, have you seen those?
This TikToks of Jesus doing a podcast. What?
No. AI generated videos of Jesus being in a podcast.
I think I thought it was going to be blasphemous,
but it's actually pretty faithful to that. It's
him sitting, being like, yes, I'm sitting there
at this wedding. They run out of they run out
of wine and my mom comes up to me. And he's like,
oh, wow. I don't know what 21st century Jesus
would be like. I don't know, but it sounds chill.
Yeah. I mean, I feel like he would be chill.
Yeah, in a royal kind of way. Yeah. I feel like
he'd be funny. Like, he'd have a sense of humor
for sure. Well, Jesus was like the life of the
party. That's true. Most of the time. If you
were in the right kind of party. I don't know.
I have no idea. Yeah, sure. I can believe that.
He definitely wasn't a 13th century monk. No.
No. God bless the monks though. We need them
sometimes. They write good things. So, blessed
are the pure in heart. The people who are just
trying to follow Jesus. People that hunger and
thirst after righteousness. You can add that.
People that hunger and thirst after purity. I
guess like when you first kind of read this you
do feel like you have to kind of put on this
like Hoity -Tooty kind of like persona. I am
pure in heart. Right and I am all this and I
have such good intentions all the time but it's
like I guess like no maybe it's it's like you
just have to be the mess that you are and be
honest and open about that and I think Think
like every single person I believe is a mess
in some way whether they want to admit it or
not. Yeah However, maybe by being that method
acknowledging it you also develop a sense of
compassion and empathy for other people too So
instead of seeing someone who's pissed you off
like, you know as like you're a terrible person
I hope you do go away whatever you instead see
them as like actually I've been in your spot
before too and I don't agree with what you did
but like I don't condemn or judge you for that.
And perhaps that's like, you know, you you see
God in them, you see them as one of God's children.
And I think you get to that point after you've
been through that yourself and you've been like,
like, what's it called? Like when the when the
coal becomes like the diamond? Oh, yeah. Diamondification.
Yes. Is that the word? Yeah. Yeah. Cool. Yeah.
And so while you were talking, the word that
came to mind for you was like authenticity. It
feels like an essential or at least, yeah, an
important part of this. Because if someone is
being double minded in the sense of like they're
not. pure in their intentions. There has to be
a hiding that takes place in that, where I'm
like, I'm going to present this front, but actually
hide the fact that I'm doing this other thing.
So then being authentic and like, being like,
no, this is, I'm going to lay it all on the table.
It's like that dude that came up to Jesus who
was like, I want to make it into the kingdom
of heaven. It was like, all right, what have
you done? You got to love God with all your heart
and love your neighbor and stuff. And the guy's
like, yeah, I did all that stuff. So great. Sell
everything that you own. And it was exposed that
he didn't really want to follow Jesus. Yes. Right?
Because he was very rich and he's like, I don't
want to give up all that stuff. Yeah. Right?
He didn't have a pure heart. Yeah. And Jesus
still loved the guy. Oh, totally. But he didn't
get to see God. Or at least at that point. Yeah.
Yeah. Yes. So blessed are the pure in heart.
The people who are doing their best to follow
the way of Jesus. And importantly, have received
that as a gift from God. We just can't do it
by ourselves. And that's really nice to think,
though, that like, you know, God is giving us
a gift if we're just being who we are. Ultimately,
like we can't hide anything from God, but it's
like God loves the messy, gross pile of... mess
that we are. Yeah. What's that prayer that we
say that you're going to say in two seconds?
Oh, yeah. God from whom no secrets are hidden.
Yes. Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts. Yeah.
By the inspiration of your Holy Spirit. Yeah.
That we may perfectly love you. Yes. Perfectly.
I learned that prayer in Scotland when I used
to live there. So I just still hear people say,
perfectly love thee and worthily magnify thy
holy name. That's a terrible accent. I can't
say it that way, but that's lovely Yeah, so blessed
are these people because they're gonna see God
maybe now in little four tastes But definitely
in the end of all things right God's gonna be
there and it's gonna be awesome. Yeah Yeah, yeah.
Hey man Thank you so much folks and thank you
for tuning in to this week's episode of Trinity
Talks I hope that As you think about what it
means to be pure in heart, that that's not like
a super big, stressful burden that you carry,
but it's just. And accepting the gift of God
that we get to be on this journey and see him
all in the end. We'll see you next week.