MORNING MOTIVATIONAL: POOR IN SPIRIT, What it means

Politics By Faith w/Mike Slater

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News, Politics, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 1 March 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

The greek word Jesus used for "poor" means "one who is bent or folded, utterly destitute." It is someone who is so poor, they are reduced to begging. They are completely unable to provide on their own and can only rely on the gifts of others. It also means "to be thoroughly frightened, to cower down or hide one's self for fear." If you want to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, this is where you start. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.3	Good morning. Welcome to the morning motivation. This week we're talking about the very first of the
0:38.5	beatitudes in Matthew 5, Sermon on the Mount. The first one is, Blessed are the poor in spirit.
0:44.9	What does that mean? Blessed are the poor and spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
0:52.6	So here it is. You will never enter the kingdom of heaven until you
0:55.9	recognize your spiritual bankruptcy. To enter the kingdom and therefore to find true happiness,
1:05.4	you've got to recognize that you, on your own, have absolutely nothing. You are bankrupt. Why, why, I say this,
1:14.7	I don't like, I don't like what you're saying. This doesn't, this doesn't feel good.
1:18.2	The Greek word is Tohas. This word means for someone to be so poor, so destitute, that they are reduced to begging.
1:35.0	Now, there's a different Greek word for someone who is lazy.
1:39.7	This is different.
1:41.1	This is lazy in resorts to begging.
1:42.9	This is different.
1:43.4	This is someone who is so lazy in resorts to begging. This is different. This is someone who is so
1:45.2	absolutely powerless and helpless. They cannot do anything on their own. So they are left with
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