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1 | poor in spirit | Matt 5:12 | Dcmartin | 207500 | ||
Based in Mathew 5;3.What marks for a person that he is having a poor in spirit in his life?What for a person will do so that she can have that poor in spirit? what will be the relationship for a poor in spirit with the Kingdom of heaven? | ||||||
2 | poor in spirit | Matt 5:12 | bowler | 207501 | ||
Dcmartin This is a Quote; http://www.biblebb.com/files/MAC/sg2198.htm John MacArthur Matthew 5:3 says, "Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." I. WHY MUST A CHRISTIAN BE POOR IN SPIRIT? A. Humility Leads to a Right Knowledge of Self In the Beatitudes Christ spoke of a new standard of living. Being poor in spirit is a fundamental characteristic of a Christian. No one will enter Christ's kingdom on the basis of pride--the doorway into the kingdom is very low and must be crawled through. The sooner we realize we are incapable of attaining the standard Christ calls us to (Matt. 5:48), the closer we are to finding the One who can help us attain that standard. That calls for humility. Jesus was saying, "You can't be filled until you are empty. You can't be worthwhile until you realize you are worthless apart from Christ." In the church today there is little emphasis on self- emptying. I've seen many books on how to be filled with joy and other things, but I don't think I've ever seen a book on how to empty yourself of self. Too much of contemporary Christianity feeds on pride. But a person without poverty of spirit fails to understand the grace of God and cannot be a Christian since salvation is by grace through faith. Also, the graces of the Christian life can't grow without humility. A person that is living for Christ according the this passage down in verse 11 is marked as being persecuted for being a Christian. If you give up everything in this life that does not line up with God's holy world, that would be a whole lot of things and people too. When you do that you may end up "poor in spirit", sad, discouraged, humble, suffering because you chose to follow Jesus instead of being in love with the things of the world. Not everyone would agree with this concept, however, we are to imitate Christ. Christ was a man of many sorrows, He suffered for God and for us, He did not love the ease of life in this world, He was homeless, He cried out to God. If we are going to imitate Christ, we must "pick up our cross and follow Him". Christians are called to suffer and before we will be able to rejoice at that suffering there will first be tears and hurt and true loss. That is what a person can do to that "she can have that poor in spirit". The relationship of those who are saved, that is key, those who are saved, who are poor in spirit, who suffer, with the kingdom of heaven is that they will go there. The poor in spirit who are saved go to the kingdom of heaven, that is it, that is the relationship. Hope this helps. Mathew 5:11 Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you becuase of Me. blessings abound, bowler |
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