The document discusses the importance of guarding one's heart and having the right heart, head, and home. It emphasizes that a pure heart is necessary to see God and experience heaven. Having the right information in one's head through studying scripture is also important. Together, a pure heart and informed mind will lead to the right home of heaven. The document encourages readers to make sure Jesus is on the throne of their heart so they can one day dwell with God in their eternal home.

2. The Pure in Heart!
Mt 5:8 Blessed are
the pure in heart,
For they shall see
God.

5. Above all else,
guard your heart,
for everything you
do flows from it.
(Pr. 4:23)

6. The Sermon on the Mount!
Mt. 5-7
▪Three consecutive chapter of the
preaching/teaching of Jesus!
▸111 verses! (5 = 48, 6 = 34, and 7 = 29)
▸All except the first two and the last two are
spoken by Jesus! = 107!
▪It begins with “The Beatitudes!”
Mt. 5:3-12 “Blessed are...”
▸There are 8 or 9 depending on how you count
them. The last two are often counted as one.

7. The Heart of “The Beatitudes!”
Mt 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, For they
shall see God.
▪ The heart of the matter is, the matter of the
heart!
▪ The first and greatest commandment!
▸ Mk. 12:29-30 Jesus answered him, "The
first of all the commandments is: 'Hear, O
Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one.
'And you shall love the LORD your God with
all your heart, with all your soul, with all your
mind, and with all your strength.' This is the
first commandment.

8. It’s what’s inside that counts!
▪ Looks can be deceiving!
▸Wolves in sheep clothing! (Mt. 7:15-20)
▸Whitewashed tombs full of dead men’s
bones! (Mt. 23:1-39)
▸Angels of darkness dressed as angels of
light! (2 Cor. 11:13-15)

9. I. Right Heart!
▪ Sin always begins “in the heart!”
▸Mt 5:27-28 "You have heard that it was said
to those of old, 'You shall not commit adultery.'
"But I say to you that whoever looks at a
woman to lust for her has already committed
adultery with her in his heart."
▪ When we allow wrong thoughts to fill out
hearts, they later come out in our actions!
▸Mt 7:20 “Therefore by their fruits you will
know them.”

10. On the throne of our hearts,
self or the Savior?
▪ This has always been the question that
needs answered most!
▸Gen. 3:1-6 cf. 1 Jn. 2:15-17
–Lust of the flesh! “good for food!”
–Lust of the eyes! “pleasant to the eyes!”
–Pride of life! “desirable to make one wise!”
▪ God will never share the throne, we must
choose!

11. What we treasure fills our hearts!
Mt 6:21 “For where your treasure is, there
your heart will be also.”
▪ If we treasure God, then God will fill our
hearts! If sin, then sin will fill our hearts!
▪ We speak from what is in our hearts!
▸Mt 12:34 “Brood of vipers! How can you,
being evil, speak good things? For out of the
abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.”
▪ It is in the heart that faith begins!
▸Act. 8:37 cf. Rom. 10:10-21

12. II. Right Head!
▪ Many have the right heart, but the wrong
information!
▸Rom. 10:1-3 Brethren, my heart's desire
and prayer to God for Israel is that they may
be saved. For I bear them witness that they
have a zeal for God, but not according to
knowledge. For they being ignorant of God's
righteousness, and seeking to establish
their own righteousness, have not submitted
to the righteousness of God.

13. Not one without the other, but
rather both of them together!
Jn. 4:23-24 "But the hour is coming, and now is,
when the true worshipers will worship the Father in
spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to
worship Him. "God is Spirit, and those who worship
Him must worship in spirit and truth."
▪ This is why we need to take time to study!
▸2 Tim. 2:15
▪ This is why we need to check the facts!
▸Act. 17:10-11
▪ It is important for us to “do our homework!”

14. The Mind of Christ!
Php 2:5 “Let this mind be in you which was
also in Christ Jesus.” (cf. 1 Cor. 2:16)
▪ We need to always be learning to think
like Jesus!
▪ This requires, the mind of a man and the
heart of a child!
▸1 Cor. 14:20 My brothers, do not be
children in mind: in evil be as little children,
but in mind be of full growth.

15. III. Right Home!
2 Cor 5:1 For we know that if our earthly
house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a
building from God, a house not made with
hands, eternal in the heavens.
▪ “They shall see God!” (Mt. 5:8)
▸This is a Hebraism = to experience and
enjoy
▸See Jn. 3:1-5
▪ If we have the wrong heart or the wrong head,
we will miss out on Heaven!

16. How many of you desire a home in
Heaven?
▪ I would imagine that is why you are here
today! A-men!!! We desire to go “home”
some day to Heaven!
▪ I know that is why I am here!
▪ For us to get there these two things are
needed!
▸Right heart + right head = right home!

17. The best is yet to come
for the Christian!
▪ Jn. 14:1-3 "Let not your heart be
troubled; you believe in God, believe also
in Me. "In My Father's house are many
mansions; if it were not so, I would have
told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
"And if I go and prepare a place for you, I
will come again and receive you to Myself;
that where I am, there you may be also."

18. Conclusion:
▪ As we are concerned with what fills
are children’s hearts & minds, so is God!
▪ If you are here & not yet a Christian,
then come to Jesus & let Him purify your
heart & prepare you for a home in
Heaven!
▪ If you are a Christian, then make sure
to remain on guard against sin & Satan!