Clean Hearts Dirty Hands Not Contradicting Psalm 24

Clean Hearts & Dirty Hands Not Contradicting Psalm 24: 3 -4

Psalm 24: 3 -4 Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false.

Clean Hearts & Dirty Hands Clean Hearts Matthew 23: 25 -26 • The goal is not outward conformity but inward transformation. Matthew 23: 27 -28

Matthew 23: 25 -26 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.

Matthew 23: 27 -28 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

Clean Hearts & Dirty Hands Clean Hearts • Trying to do something to show others how righteous you are is already a sign that the inside stinks.

Clean Hearts & Dirty Hands Clean Hearts • We don’t have the ability to clean our hearts like they need to be cleaned.

Clean Hearts & Dirty Hands We need to Trust God to: Proverbs 3: 5 Search Our Heart Psalm 139: 23 -24 Judge Our Heart Hebrews 4: 12

Proverbs 3: 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;

Psalm 139: 23 -24 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Hebrews 4: 12 For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

Clean Hearts & Dirty Hands We need to Trust God to: Cleanse Our Heart Psalm 51: 10 1 John 1: 9 Guard Our Heart Proverbs 4: 23 Philippians 4: 6 -7

Psalm 51: 10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

1 John 1: 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

Proverbs 4: 23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.

Philippians 4: 6 -7 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Clean Hearts & Dirty Hands Matthew 25: 31 -46 • Doing works won’t save you but the Saving Love of Christ will compel you to do good works 1 John 3: 16 -18

Matthew 25: 31 -46 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

Matthew 25: 31 -46 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,

Matthew 25: 31 -46 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me. ’ “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?

Matthew 25: 31 -46 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you? ’ “The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me. ’

Matthew 25: 31 -46 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in,

Matthew 25: 31 -46 I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me. ’ “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you? ’

Matthew 25: 31 -46 “He will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me. ’ “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life. ”

1 John 3: 16 -18 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.