Jesus taught,"Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God."...Matthew 5:8. And with this statement by Jesus, we get a clear understanding how a son of God lives while surrounding by darkness. A pure heart means that the son has submitted his heart to the Spirit, by which the Spirit does a spiritual purge and eliminates all the iniquities that have a tendency to hide in the human heart...unforgiveness, bitterness, hatred, animosity, deception..etc...therefore the son of God operates from a heart which has been transformed into the righteous nature of the Spirit. With this transformation, every thought and action of the son of God is motivated to uphold the holy name of the Son of God, Jesus Christ. In all his dealings, in the workplace, at home and everywhere, there is no tendency to deceive anyone...as Jesus said, "But let your communication be Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil."..Matthew 5:37. On a practical level, if you are a business man, you always make honest deals, even if it means getting less profit...as a court room judge, you always dispense justice fairly and impartially, without regard for the economic and social standings of people before you. This is the life of the son of God, he is always guided by a pure spiritual heart under the control of the Holy Spirit. His motives are never self-righteous but always to bring all honour and glory to God, in all circumstances. With a pure heart, everything is about the business of the kingdom of God advancing on the earth and thus his biggest concern is the deliverance of souls from darkness. The son of God sacrifices his entire life---his own needs and wants for souls coming into a relationship in Christ...nothing else matters. And because this Christ-like spirit, the son of God will "see" God..or will be one with His Heavenly Father and intimately knitted by the Spirit into the Body of Christ, so that the son of God will "know" his Father, through his transformed spiritual nature...this all means that the son of God will live and exist in the image and the likeness of Divinity, even when he is in the midst of the darkness of this world. The evil spirit of this world cannot penetrate into his heart, as it has been submitted to be the eternal property of Almighty God. In our next study, we will look at, "THE GATHERING OF THE BRETHREN"..stay tuned.
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