Having a Claen Heart, 1 John 3:18-20
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John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Luke 6:27-28 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, 28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
Mark 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. Matt. 22:37 & Luke 10:27
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
A clean heart is produced by loving with actions & not with words only
19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
a. Love assures truth
b. Love satisfies conscience
20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
A clean heart is produced by God, why
For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
God knows how to assure our hearts and how to give us confidence toward Him.
God knows how to deliver us from the sense of guilt and condemnation.
a. God knows our need for cleansing & for release & rest of conscience
21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
b. God assures us
22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
A clean heart is produced by obeying the commandments
23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
A clean heart is produced by obeying the supreme commandment of God
a. By believing in God’s Son, Jesus Christ
b. By loving one another
24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
A clean heart is produced by the Spirit’s dwelling within us
a. A mutual indwelling
b. The Spirit assures that God lives within us