A Pure Heart

What is the biblical definition of a person who has a pure heart for the Lord? Just one who believes in Him or is it much more?

Q. What is the biblical definition of a person who has a pure heart for the Lord? Just one who believes in Him or is it much more?

A. Psalm 24:3-4 says, Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false.

This describes a person who neither does (clean hands) nor thinks (pure heart) anything that violates God’s law. Since it’s humanly impossible to meet this requirement, God sent His Son to die for us so we could be pardoned. A person who relies fully on the Lord’s death to purify him, and doesn’t try to add to it with religious works but confesses his sins and seeks forgiveness, has clean hands and a pure heart.