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Key Verse

“Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:3

Text — Matthew 5: 1-3

Message

Someone is said to be poor if he or she lacks the means to satisfy his or her basic needs. As at 2018, it is estimated that a single country in West Africa, has 86 million people living in extreme poverty. (Google). Nobody likes to be poor: with no good house to live in, not enough food to eat, no good clothes to wear and no money to pay his bills. Life won’t be easy at all. Some people are even ashamed to identify with the poor. Nations of the world are doing all they can to either reduce or eliminate poverty.

However, in our Bible passage, the Lord Jesus proposes blessing for the poor. There is a type of poverty therefore that brings blessing; that is, being poor in the Spirit. To be poor in Spirit means to realize that you have nothing at all that you can give to God in exchange for your soul. There is nothing you have on earth that God can accept as the price for the deliverance of your soul from hell. The richest person on earth does not have enough to redeem his own soul alone.

The poor in Spirit is humble and simple-minded. He is lowly in his sight and possesses a sense of guilt for his sins and wickedness. Your sense of guilt and helplessness must cause you to turn to the Saviour Who alone is rich enough to pay the price for your forgiveness and salvation.

Further Reading

Matthew 25:33,34

Prayer for today

Lord, nothing in my hand I bring, may Your sacrifice on the cross pay the price for my sins.