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\nMatthew 5:2 And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: \u201cBlessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Job 42:6<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Psalms 34:18<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Proverbs 16:19<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Psalms 51:17<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Isaiah 66:2<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the LORD. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Proverbs 29:23<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0One’s pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>James 2:5<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Jesus had been teaching and healing every disease and demon possession. There were multitudes following Him and he goes up onto a mountain, sits down, the disciples come, and begins to teach them. We know this first part of the teaching to be the beatitudes. Someone has said that it is more like \u201cBe – Attitudes\u201d the attitudes every believer should \u201cbe.\u201d It has been said if you took all the good advice for how to live ever uttered by any philosopher or psychiatrist or counselor, took out the foolishness and boiled it all down to the real essentials, you would be left with a poor imitation of this great message by Jesus. It expresses the spiritual implications of the rule of Jesus in our lives and tells us how we will live when Jesus is our Lord. All<\/i>\u00a0of these character traits are marks and goals of\u00a0all<\/i>\u00a0Christians. It is not as if we can major in one to the exclusion of others. Blessings which have its secret within itself, that joy which is serene and untouchable, and self-contained, that joy which is completely independent of all the chances and changes of life.\u201d (Barclay) \u00a0\u201cNote, also, with delight, that\u00a0the blessing is in every case in the present\u00a0tense<\/i>, a happiness to be now enjoyed and delighted in. It is not \u2018Blessed\u00a0shall<\/i>\u00a0be,\u2019 but \u2018Blessed\u00a0are<\/i>.\u2019\u201d (Spurgeon)<\/p>\n
The\u00a0poor in spirit<\/b>\u00a0recognize that they have no spiritual \u201cassets.\u201d They know they are spiritually bankrupt.\u00a0\u201cNot what I have, but what I have not, is the first point of contact, between my soul and God.\u201d\u00a0The call to be\u00a0poor in spirit<\/b>\u00a0is placed first for a reason, because it puts the following commands into perspective. They cannot be fulfilled by one\u2019s own strength, but only by a beggar\u2019s reliance on God\u2019s power. No one mourns until they are\u00a0poor in spirit<\/b>; no one is meek towards others until he has a humble view of himself. If you don\u2019t sense your own need and poverty, you will never hunger and thirst after righteousness; and if you have too high a view of yourself, you will find it difficult to be in need of salvation through Jesus Christ. If we were to be able to examine our souls in light of the holiness of God we would find our hearts so far removed from God that our only true response would be an attitude poor in spirit. We would see the huge difference and no possible means to gain it. We would be left void of any self-reliance and worth. All of our earthly treasures would vanish away in meaningless vapors. It is when we come to this \u201cpoor in spirit\u201d in our lives that we begin to understand the mystery of salvation and the need for redemption.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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