Reply To: "up into a mountain to pray"

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Reply To: "up into a mountain to pray"

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June 16, 2018 at 12:17 pm #6713

Susanne

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Thank you, Jeremy!

Regarding Ps. 24: 4, “He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully”, here are some excerpts from Matthew Henry’s Commentary that I found helpful:

“We make nothing of our religion if we do not make heart-work of it. It is not enough that our hands be clean before men, but we must also wash our hearts from wickedness, and not allow ourselves in any secret heart-impurities, which are open before the eye of God. …

That is a pure heart which is sincere and without guile in covenanting with God, which is carefully guarded, that the wicked one, the unclean spirit, touch it not, which is purified by faith, and conformed to the image and will of God; …

They are such as deal honestly both with God and man. In their covenant with God, and their contracts with men, they have not sworn deceitfully, nor broken their promises, violated their engagements, nor taken any false oath.”