5:3 Happy are the poor - In the following discourse there is, A sweet invitation to true holiness and happiness, ver. 3-12. # Matt 5:3-12. A persuasive to impart it to others, ver. 13 - 16. # Matt 5:13-16. A description of true Christian holiness, ver. 17; chap.vii,12, # Matt 5:17; Matt 7:12. (in which it is easy to observe, the latter part exactly answers the former.) The conclusion: giving a sure mark of the true way, warning against false prophets, exhorting to follow after holiness. The poor in spirit - They who are unfeignedly penitent, they who are truly convinced of sin; who see and feel the state they are in by nature, being deeply sensible of their sinfulness, guiltiness, helplessness. For theirs is the kingdom of heaven - The present inward kingdom: righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost, as well as the eternal kingdom, if they endure to the end. # Luke 6:20
I have been taught that the poor in spirit are those who humble themselves before God, acknowledging their own sinful creatureliness and God's perfection in all ways. One who is poor in spirit does not magnify himself of boast about himself, but instead, glorifies God and boast in what Christ as done in one's life.
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5:3 Happy are the poor - In the following discourse there is, A sweet invitation to true holiness and happiness, ver. 3-12. # Matt 5:3-12. A persuasive to impart it to others, ver. 13 - 16. # Matt 5:13-16. A description of true Christian holiness, ver. 17; chap.vii,12, # Matt 5:17; Matt 7:12. (in which it is easy to observe, the latter part exactly answers the former.) The conclusion: giving a sure mark of the true way, warning against false prophets, exhorting to follow after holiness. The poor in spirit - They who are unfeignedly penitent, they who are truly convinced of sin; who see and feel the state they are in by nature, being deeply sensible of their sinfulness, guiltiness, helplessness. For theirs is the kingdom of heaven - The present inward kingdom: righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost, as well as the eternal kingdom, if they endure to the end. # Luke 6:20
or meek you will never receive the things of the kingdom of heaven
I have been taught that the poor in spirit are those who humble themselves before God, acknowledging their own sinful creatureliness and God's perfection in all ways. One who is poor in spirit does not magnify himself of boast about himself, but instead, glorifies God and boast in what Christ as done in one's life.
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