Happy Are Those Who Serve "the Happy God" - WHY "THE PURE IN HEART" ARE HAPPY

 "Happy are the pure in heart," Jesus said,  "since they  will see God." (Matthew 5:8)  To keep our hearts pure, we must be clean on the inside and nurture chaste affections and desires.  We need to keep our thoughts clean so as to be spiritually untainted in our devotion to Jehovah. -Read 2 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Timothy 1:5.

Those who are pure in heat can enjoy a clean and happy standing before Jehovah, who declared: "Happy are those who wash their robes" (Revelation 22:14)  In what way do they "wash their robes"?   Anointed Christians "wash their robes" in that they are clean in Jehovah's eyes and will be granted immortal life and enjoy endless happiness in their heavenly position.  The great crowd who hope to live on earth can also enjoy a righteous standing as friends of God.  They are even now 'washing their robes and making them white in the blood of the Lamb.' -Revelation 7:9, 13, 14.

How, though, do the pure in heart "see God" when, in fact, "no man can see [God] and live"?  (Exodus 33:20)  The Greek word rendered "see" can carry the sense of "to see with the mind, to perceive, know." Those who see God with 'the eyes of the heart' are those who have really come to know him, appreciating his qualities.  (Ephesians 1:18)  Jesus perfectly reflected God's personality, so he could say: "Whoever has seen me has seen the Father also." -John 14:7-9. 

In addition to getting to know God's qualities, true worshippers can "see God" by observing the way he acts in their behalf.  (Job 42:5)  They also focus 'their eyes of the heart' on the wonderful blessings that God holds out for those who strive to remain pure and to serve him loyally.  Of course, resurrected anointed  ones will in a literal sense see Jehovah when they receive their heavenly reward. -1 John 3:2.  

Next time: Happy Are Those Who Serve "the Happy God" - HAPPY DESPITE DIFFICULTIES

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