![]() Satan knows our weakness well and has waged war on us with temptations of this world to drag us away from the straight and narrow path. The Lord also warned us of not being double minded when he taught, ' No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. These verses also clarify that to have a pure heart means we are to purify our heart and single our eye and mind to the glory of God. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.' 6 Therefore, unless we are pure in heart, and not waiver in our faith, we shall not receive anything of the Lord. ![]() For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. James further taught '.and purify your hearts, ye double minded' 5 and also 'But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. Therefore, only those who repent of their sins and who come unto Christ with ‘a broken heart and a contrite spirit’ will be accepted into the House of the Lord. Behold, he offereth himself a sacrifice for sin, to answer the ends of the law, unto all those who have a broken heart and a contrite spirit and unto none else can the ends of the law be answered.' 4 ![]() ![]() Wherefore, redemption cometh in and through the Holy Messiah for he is full of grace and truth. Yea, by the temporal law they were cut off and also, by the spiritual law they perish from that which is good, and become miserable forever. And by the law no flesh is justified or, by the law men are cut off. He taught: 'And men are instructed sufficiently that they know good from evil. Nephi further illustrated that this cleansing process is only made possible through the Atonement of Jesus Christ and only through Him can we be saved from our sins. ' 3 This clearly indicates to us that to have clean hands, we have to repent of our sins and have our hands made clean before we can enter into the House of the Lord. We learn from James that, '.Cleanse your hands, ye sinners. Here King David set forth several standards for those who seek to ‘ascend into the hill of the Lord’ and to ‘stand in His holy place’, i.e. This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob.' 2 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. Yet, another set of high standards for us to strive for to enter into the House of the Lord was proclaimed by King David when he declared: 'Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. We must prove worthy and obey the commandments before we can enter the House of the Lord. These questions, in a way, are the standards we have to meet when we want to go to the House of the Lord. I ask today for a heart that isn’t filled with bitterness, resentment, or brokenness.Ī heart that is full of grace, forgiveness, and love for others.Ī heart that is attentive to hear Your voice whenever You need to speak to me.Ī heart that keeps no record of wrongs towards others.Ī heart that refuses to carry offense because of wrongs that were done to me.įather, may my hands be clean and my heart be pure before You.In his talk 'Keeping the Temple Holy,' President Hinckley urged us to 'Keep His house holy!'1 He explained in quite some details the questions we have to answer when we go through temple recommend interviews. I thank you for the price you paid for me on the crossĪnd what you have sacrificed so that I might live in eternity with you! Here is a prayer that I pray will help all of us as we seek God for clean hands and a pure heart. And while I fail at times, my greatest desire is to be able to stand before God with a pure heart. There is a prayer I've prayed over my life for decades: Psalm 24:4 " 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." My prayer is that I would have “clean hands and a pure heart” in all that I do and say.
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