They are poor in spirit because they do not have God in their lives.
I feel psalms 37:1-6 explains it really well. In this one he is telling everyone if someone is hurting, misusing you, lying, cheating, if you feel hopeless these are the poor in Spirit. We must go to God for help. There is so much on this subject it is a beautiful promise from our Heavenly Father. He promises that if you are poor in spirit and go to him and follow him you will be in the Holy Kingdom of God. (Ya!)
If you need more scriptures please let me know. I will be happy to give more.
Hi Margo! If you look up the word 'poor' in a concordance, you'll find it can also be translated, "reduced to beggary; begging; asking for alms; lowly; afflicted; powerless to accomplish an end; needy."
One who is poor in spirit is one who has been made to realize his or her absolute emptiness, destitution, neediness, helplessness.
Only when by God's grace we are brought to see our true condition as entirely poverty stricken spiritually, and in total need of the free gift of Christ's atoning work and righteousness; only as we see our utter helplessness and inability to save ourselves will be fly to Christ as our Savior and our All in all. Being 'brought low' by God's grace is a big gift from His heart and hand! :) It is great to be, in ourselves, 'nothing' - so that Christ can be Everything!
Go to Jeremiah 5:3,4
They are poor in spirit because they do not have God in their lives.
I feel psalms 37:1-6 explains it really well. In this one he is telling everyone if someone is hurting, misusing you, lying, cheating, if you feel hopeless these are the poor in Spirit. We must go to God for help. There is so much on this subject it is a beautiful promise from our Heavenly Father. He promises that if you are poor in spirit and go to him and follow him you will be in the Holy Kingdom of God. (Ya!)
If you need more scriptures please let me know. I will be happy to give more.
God bless my friend.
One who is poor in spirit is one who has been made to realize his or her absolute emptiness, destitution, neediness, helplessness.
Only when by God's grace we are brought to see our true condition as entirely poverty stricken spiritually, and in total need of the free gift of Christ's atoning work and righteousness; only as we see our utter helplessness and inability to save ourselves will be fly to Christ as our Savior and our All in all. Being 'brought low' by God's grace is a big gift from His heart and hand! :) It is great to be, in ourselves, 'nothing' - so that Christ can be Everything!
Blessings!
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