1 / 3

BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT

BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT. MATTHEW 5:3. The Beatitudes Matt. 5:3-12. The “ Be Attitudes ” begin with “ Blessed ” Character of a Christian (citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven) Composite description Composite reward Logical progression Not the same as Luke 6:20-26

fox
Download Presentation

BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT MATTHEW 5:3

  2. The BeatitudesMatt. 5:3-12 • The “Be Attitudes” begin with “Blessed” • Character of a Christian (citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven) • Composite description • Composite reward • Logical progression • Not the same as Luke 6:20-26 • Spiritual Only vs. Physical and Spiritual • 8 positive statements vs. 3 positive and 3 negative statements

  3. “Blessed are the poor in spirit” • Poor in spirit not financially poor 1 Tim. 6:17 • Poverty is not a virtue • Riches are a stumblingblockMark 10:23-27 • Poor in spirit is not weak-willed • It ishumility Matt. 18:1-3, 20:20-28 • Thefoundationof repentance, discipleship • Humility to see our faults Matt. 5:4 • Humility to submit to God Matt. 5:5 • Psalm 51:14-17, Matt. 11:28-30, Mark 16:16

More Related