Your grace and love are the soap we need. “Clean hands and a pure heart,” Lord-that is what we pray for today. When was the last time you checked to see if your hands were clean? Truth: The Foundation of Correct Decisions. Being willing to acknowledge the dirt on our hands and feet is the first step in becoming his disciples. Personal Revelation: The Teachings and Examples of the Prophets. He showed his skill with a bowl of water and a towel as he washed his disciples’ dirty feet (John 13). 3 Bible Verses about Having a Clean Heart What is a Clean Heart A clean heart is a heart with good affections, A heart that is free from sin and sanctified. What dirty objects are we clasping in our hands, holding onto for dear life, as if they have the power to be our God? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false, and does not swear deceitfully. Perhaps that’s because God knows how easily we can deceive ourselves about what we truly worship or about where we actually place our trust. Please notice that both clean hands and a pure heart are required to ascend into the hill of the Lord and to stand in. Brothers and sisters, it is possible for us to have clean hands but not have a pure heart. Such people do not “trust in an idol or swear by a false god.” Being dishonest or deceitful is something God hates. He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully (Psalm 24:34). The success of sainthood is the success attained by struggle and suffering and achieved by faith a success of honor, of clean hands and pure heart, of service to man and glory to God. God had issued a similar order through the prophet Isaiah: Wash yourselves. James’ charge to cleanse your hands focused more on the people’s worldly actions and outward deeds. Psalm 24 asks, “Who is worthy to stand in the holy presence of God?” The answer: Only those who have “clean hands and a pure heart.” What does the psalmist mean by that? The one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not trust in an idol or swear by a false god (Psalm 24:34). It offered everyone an opportunity to reflect about who God is in comparison to us, and to be reminded to humble oneself in God’s presence. He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who. ![]() Spiritually, the Lord wants us to have clean hands as well. However, the spiritual (immortal life) is not first, but the physical (the mortal life) then the spiritual, (1 Cor.15:46). ![]() ![]() In ancient times a bowl of water was placed at the entrance of the place of worship so that everyone who came to worship the Lord could wash their hands before coming inside. In the physical, we wash our hands with soap to kill germs, therefore, stopping infection or contamination.
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