Hey, this is Tyler at Bible Project. I record and mix the podcast.

This year we're exploring Jesus' teaching in the Sermon on the Mount.

We're currently taking questions for the first Q&R for this series and would love to hear from you.

Just record your question by February 6

and send it into us at info at Bible project.com. Let us know your name, where you're from

and try to keep your question to about 20 seconds and please transcribe your question when you

email it in. That's a huge help to our team. We're really looking forward to

hearing from you. Here's the episode.

This is a Bible Project podcast and we're reading through the Sermon on the Mountain. We're at the very beginning nine statements about who is at the center of experiencing God's coming blessings.

I'm John Collins and with me is co-host Michelle Jones.

Hi Michelle. Hi, John.

Okay, so these nine statements, they work in three pairs of three, three triads. Today we're going to go over the first triad.

The good life belongs to those who are poor in spirit because theirs is the kingdom of the skies.

The good life belongs to those who mourn because they will be comforted,

and the good life belongs to the meek because they will inherit the land.

That's the triad.

Now we're going to start with the poor and spirits.

Okay, so I grew up with that phrase, poor and spirit,

and I always thought it meant like to be downtrodden, be having a rough life to be depressed to be just kind of sad

Hmm yeah that's interesting I grew up thinking this phrase porn spirit meant to be humble.

So you're thinking humble, I'm thinking humiliated.

That's right. Now Tim is going to talk us through what this word means,

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