1. Inner purity is necessary to approach and see the pure and holy God.
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God" (Matthew 5:8).
2. A pure heart comes through repentance and the commitment to continually change to be like Christ—to becoming converted.
"Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me" (Psalm 51:10).
3. Followers of Jesus Christ purify themselves to be like Him, so when He appears we can be children of God and see Him face to face.
"Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure" (1 John 3:2-3; see also 1 Corinthians 13:12 and Psalm 17:15).
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