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The Heart of Mankind - Part 4: The Pure Heart

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In this fourth message, Pastor Dean Odle defines a pure heart as one unmixed with cherished falsehood, hypocrisy, deceit, or divided allegiance. Hebrews 12 and Matthew 5 frame the urgency: holiness is necessary to see the Lord, and the pure in heart are blessed because they shall see God. The sermon repeatedly connects purity with truthful speech, sincere love, a good conscience, genuine faith, and diligent guardianship of the inner life.

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Through 11:46

In this fourth message, Pastor Dean Odle defines a pure heart as one unmixed with cherished falsehood, hypocrisy, deceit, or divided allegiance. Hebrews 12 and Matthew 5 frame the urgency: holiness is necessary to see the Lord, and the pure in heart are blessed because they shall see God. The sermon repeatedly connects purity with truthful speech, sincere love, a good conscience, genuine faith, and diligent guardianship of the inner life.

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Through 23:32

In this fourth message, Pastor Dean Odle defines a pure heart as one unmixed with cherished falsehood, hypocrisy, deceit, or divided allegiance. Hebrews 12 and Matthew 5 frame the urgency: holiness is necessary to see the Lord, and the pure in heart are blessed because they shall see God. The sermon repeatedly connects purity with truthful speech, sincere love, a good conscience, genuine faith, and diligent guardianship of the inner life.

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Through 35:17

In this fourth message, Pastor Dean Odle defines a pure heart as one unmixed with cherished falsehood, hypocrisy, deceit, or divided allegiance. Hebrews 12 and Matthew 5 frame the urgency: holiness is necessary to see the Lord, and the pure in heart are blessed because they shall see God. The sermon repeatedly connects purity with truthful speech, sincere love, a good conscience, genuine faith, and diligent guardianship of the inner life.

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Through 47:03

In this fourth message, Pastor Dean Odle defines a pure heart as one unmixed with cherished falsehood, hypocrisy, deceit, or divided allegiance. Hebrews 12 and Matthew 5 frame the urgency: holiness is necessary to see the Lord, and the pure in heart are blessed because they shall see God. The sermon repeatedly connects purity with truthful speech, sincere love, a good conscience, genuine faith, and diligent guardianship of the inner life.

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Through 58:49

Through Nathanael, Psalms 15 and 24, and New Testament calls to holiness, Odle argues that purity is not passive innocence but an active commitment to truth and obedience. Believers must flee lust, reject guile and vanity, receive cleansing through Christ, and walk by the Spirit. The closing prayer asks God to wash His people, renew them, and enable a daily choice of holiness and truth.

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Through 1:10:34

Through Nathanael, Psalms 15 and 24, and New Testament calls to holiness, Odle argues that purity is not passive innocence but an active commitment to truth and obedience. Believers must flee lust, reject guile and vanity, receive cleansing through Christ, and walk by the Spirit. The closing prayer asks God to wash His people, renew them, and enable a daily choice of holiness and truth.

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Through 1:22:20

Through Nathanael, Psalms 15 and 24, and New Testament calls to holiness, Odle argues that purity is not passive innocence but an active commitment to truth and obedience. Believers must flee lust, reject guile and vanity, receive cleansing through Christ, and walk by the Spirit. The closing prayer asks God to wash His people, renew them, and enable a daily choice of holiness and truth.

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Through 1:34:06

Through Nathanael, Psalms 15 and 24, and New Testament calls to holiness, Odle argues that purity is not passive innocence but an active commitment to truth and obedience. Believers must flee lust, reject guile and vanity, receive cleansing through Christ, and walk by the Spirit. The closing prayer asks God to wash His people, renew them, and enable a daily choice of holiness and truth.

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  1. 0:00:00

    Thank you for forgiving us. Thank you for your mercy to us. Thank you, Jesus, for [music] filling our hearts with love for you first and for one another, Lord. Thank you, Jesus. Blessed be your holy name. We worship you, oh God. Yes, you're worthy. I like that grade. Are you Lord? He's so great. He's greater than we can [music] imagine here on earth. Blessed be his holy name. The God who lives forever. Jesus, I've heard you can't take what's broken and make it whole again. [music] Well, here's [singing] the pieces of my heart. Give me what [music and singing] you can do with him. I can't hold it all together [music and singing] anymore. So I let them fall [music] surrendered to the floor. Yeah. You make [music and singing] all things new. [music] You make [singing] all things new. [singing] God of mercy and love [music] to [singing] only you can do. and [music] make all [singing] things new. Do that. I've heard you [music and singing] can take what's broken. Verse verse again and make it [singing and music] whole again. Here's [singing] the pieces of my heart. What can you [singing] do [music] within? Cuz I can't hold it all together [singing and music] anymore. Who can hold it together? So I let them [singing and music] fall surrendered to the floor. Yeah.

  2. 0:03:02

    You [music] make [singing] all things new. [music] You make [singing] all things new. God of mercy and [singing and music] love to only you can do [singing and music] and make all things new. Only [music and singing] you can bring such beauty from the depths [music and singing] of all my pain. Only you can [music and singing] take this shattered heart and make it beat [music and singing] again. You hold it [singing and music] all together in your hand. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Lord. I surrender all I have. All I have and all I am. Yes. Thank you, Lord. You make [music] all [singing] things new, Lord Jesus. You [music and singing] make all things new, God of mercy [singing] and love. Do what only you can do. Make [music and singing] all things new. From [music] the ashes, from the dust. I will rise up. I'll rise up from the [singing] darkness into light. Up. We'll rise up. Rise up from [music] the ashes. From the [singing] dust I will rise up, rise up. [music] From the [singing] darkness into light, I will rise up. Rise up. [singing] You make all [music] things new. You make all [singing] things all things new. [singing] God of mercy and love. [singing] Do what only you can do and make [singing] all things new.

  3. 0:06:08

    Yes. Thank you, Lord. [music] You know the Lord Jesus Bible [music] says in Psalm 22 that he don't despise those who [music] are uh oh how does it go? He don't [music] despise us when we are uh broken and afflicted and he understands. [music] You know what? He went through way worse than we do and he [music] understands. So, let's sing that. Uh, let's sing that from [music] the ashes again. Y'all want to do that? From the ashes, from the dust, I will [singing] rise up. Rise up out of darkness into [singing] light. I will rise up. Rise up from the ashes. [music] From the dust I will rise up, rise [singing] up. [music] Out of darkness into light. I will rise up. Rise up. You make all [singing] things [music] new. You make [music and singing] all things new. God of [singing] mercy and love, do what [singing] only you can [music] do and make [singing] all [music] things all things. [singing] Lord, [music] you make all things [singing] [music] new. [music] Thank you, Jesus. Let's give the Lord a hand clap. Give him a hand clap. [music] Oh, come all [singing] ye faithful, [music] joyful [singing] and triumphant. Oh [singing] come ye, [music] oh come ye to be.

  4. 0:09:17

    [music and singing] Come and behold [singing] him born the king of angels. [singing] Oh come let us [singing] adore Oh come let us adore him. Oh come [singing] let us [music] adore him [singing] Christ the Lord. Yes Lord [music] we adore you this morning. Thank you Jesus. Sing [singing] choirs of angels. Sing [singing] in exaltation. Sing all [singing and music] you sits of heaven [music and singing] above. [music] Glory to God. [singing and music] Glory in the highest. Oh come [singing and music] let us adore him. Oh come let [singing] us adore him. Oh come let us adore [singing] him Christ the Lord. [singing] Thank you Lord. [music] Thank you Jesus. You're worthy. [music] Yay [singing] Lord we greet thee. born this happy [singing] morning. [music] Jesus, to thee [singing] be all the [music] gloryy. [music] Word of the [singing] father now in flesh appearing. [singing and music] Oh come let [singing] us adore him. Oh come let [singing] us [music] adore him. Oh [singing] come let us [music] adore him. [singing] Christ the [music] Lord.

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