Poor in Spirit
Matthew 5:3 – Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
For the next days, we will be looking at the Lord’s teaching fondly called the beatitudes. The above verse did not say the poor in flesh. Hence, the Lord was not teaching that the poor in flesh are blessed neither was He teaching that we as His followers should not be rich in the flesh. Jesus was speaking about the spiritual state of any human!
To be poor in the spirit is to be tamed in the spirit and brought under total control by God’s word. Poverty and wretchedness in the spirit to have referential fear of God; it is to tremble at the Lord’s command and instruction. This was shown in King David when Prophet Nathan met him 2 Samuel 12.
Beloved, God’s kingdom belongs to those that are poor in spirit, that in contrite in heart and are broken in spirit. I pray that God will make us poor in the spirit as we daily walk with him. Shalom!
Matthew 5:3 – Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
For the next days, we will be looking at the Lord’s teaching fondly called the beatitudes. The above verse did not say the poor in flesh. Hence, the Lord was not teaching that the poor in flesh are blessed neither was He teaching that we as His followers should not be rich in the flesh. Jesus was speaking about the spiritual state of any human!
To be poor in the spirit is to be tamed in the spirit and brought under total control by God’s word. Poverty and wretchedness in the spirit to have referential fear of God; it is to tremble at the Lord’s command and instruction. This was shown in King David when Prophet Nathan met him 2 Samuel 12.
Beloved, God’s kingdom belongs to those that are poor in spirit, that in contrite in heart and are broken in spirit. I pray that God will make us poor in the spirit as we daily walk with him. Shalom!
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