![]() ![]() If your hands are dirty, then wash them in the precious blood of Jesus so that they may be clean! If you are truly saved, you will then act like it! Not perfectly, of course, but there should be a marked difference between your actions and those of a lost person. You cannot truly believe in the sacrifice that Jesus made on your behalf and continue in sin. BUT, true faith will always be accompanied by works of repentance. Unfortunately, some people, in their over-eagerness to preach the gospel of grace, neglect the need for repentance. If you are to stand on God’s holy hill, you must act accordingly-with clean hands. Some examples of this are given later in the verse: don’t worship idols or swear deceitfully. “Hands” is a figure of speech representing the entirety of a persons actions. God’s people are not limited to one race, but may come from all nations, tribes, and languages of mankind-if they are clean and pure.įirst, they must be clean outwardly. It is not because of his race but because of his character. Notice that the one who is standing on God’s holy hill is not doing so because he is Jewish he is there because of his purity and holiness. This is important for the nation of Israel to be singing. ![]() Then the psalmist answers his own question: only the one with clean hands and a pure heart can ascend the hill of the Lord and stand in His holy place. The first time he focuses on the physical distance by using the term ‘hill,’ and the second time he focuses on the moral distance by using the phrase ‘holy place.’ Both the hill and the holy place are out of reach for mankind. The psalmist illustrates this by repeating the question. He is unreachable by the grasp of man due to a vast separation, both physically and morally. The opening question of this passage asks a pertinent question for every seeker of truth: how can I get to God? The assumption (which is accurate) is that God is reigning in heavenly glory. ![]() But it has also been sung by millions of Israelites thanks to its origin in Psalm 24. That prayer has been sung by millions of Christians over the last few decades. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.Chris Tomlin is one of the great song writers of our time, and perhaps that’s because he finds so many of his lyrics in the Psalms! One of his classic praise songs is called “Give us Clean Hands.” It’s chorus repeats the following lines: Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. Let your eyes look directly ahead And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you. Put away from you a deceitful mouth And put devious speech far from you. Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life. ![]() For they are life to those who find them And health to all their body. Do not let them depart from your sight Keep them in the midst of your heart. My son, give attention to my words Incline your ear to my sayings. Guard Your Hearts: “Your word I have treasured in my heart, That I may not sin against You.” (Ps 119:11)Ī. But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." ( 1 Samuel 16:7 NASB) "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. Outward Beauty “Society today is more focused on the outward appearance than the condition of their hearts. God desires the truth in the inward parts Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom. Inward Purity "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. He continued to debate his case until finally the medical field listened. The hospital and doctors raised a stink and did the only thing they knew to do…they fired Dr. He began a crusade for washing the hands between procedures but whether you can believe it or not…it fell on deaf ears. Phillip began to observe that doctors went from autopsies of cadavers in the morgue to birthing babies-without washing their hands. When the baby died they called it “The Childbed Fever.” Vienna General called it “bad luck.” Blame went everywhere, especially onto the foreign doctors until Dr. Phillip Semmelweis became the assistant obstetrician at Vienna General. Introduction: The death rate of babies born at Vienna General Hospital was five times higher that that of woman who had their babies at home. Supplemental Passage: Jas 4:8b “Cleanse your hands, you sinners and purify your hearts, you double-minded.” Message Point: We must have clean hands and pure hearts to come before God. ![]()
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