Blessed are the Poor
in Spirit |
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Elder
George D. Walker (dec) |
We read in Matthew chapter 5:3; blessed are the poor in
spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. This word
blessed is used in each verse through verse 11. This is not
telling us that we will or can be blessed, but rather that
we are already in a blessed state or a blessed condition.
These
words are the words of Jesus Christ, and these words are
pure words, because they proceeded forth out of the mouth of
such a one that is holy and just in all of his ways. Blessed
are the poor in spirit. It does not say poor in these
worldly goods, but poor in spirit. Christ is talking about a
humble spirit, one that feels to be a beggar, not just a
beggar, but also a pauper. This is someone that realizes
that he or she is a sinner in the presence of a most holy
God. Not only a sinner, but also the vilest of all sinners.
One that feels and knows in his own heart that his sins
condemn his spirit, soul, and body to a devils hell forever
and forever.
No
matter how hard he tries to redeem himself from the curse of
sin, the further away from God he feels. He sets his mind to
keep from sinning, but finds that when he would do good,
evil is present with him. Paul says; for I know that in
me, that is, in my flesh dwelleth no good thing: for to will
is present with me: but how to perform that which is good I
find not. Then he says later; O wretched man that I am! Who
shall deliver me from the body of this death?
If this
is your experience in feeling the guilt of sin in your life,
feeling that if death was to come today, surely you would be
cast into a lake of fire and brimstone that burns forever,
and justly so because you have sinned against God, against
one that is supreme deity itself. Then Jesus says;
blessed are the poor in spirit. Christ is telling you
that you are a blessed person, and that yours is the kingdom
of Heaven. He is saying that he has performed a good work in
you, and will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.
We read
the words of David in Psalms 34:17 through 19; The
righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out
of all their troubles. The Lord is nigh unto them that are
of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite
spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous: But the
Lord delivereth him out of them all. Do you realize that
the only righteousness that you have is in and through the
blood of Jesus Christ?
Therefore if you feel to be loaded down with the grief of
sin, be thankful that the Lord has revealed to you what a
vile sinner you really are. This is an evidence of the
blessed condition that you are in. A child of Grace will
never understand what Grace is until he comes to the point
in his life that he realizes how vile and undone that he
really is.
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the Kingdom of
Heaven. Not will be the Kingdom of Heaven, but is
the Kingdom of Heaven. Oh! What a blessing it is to know
that Christ fulfilled all of God's Divine and Holy laws, and
God is satisfied. Christ did what we could not do. He was
the perfect sacrifice for sin. He poured out his blood, and
his blood covered our sins. Now when God looks at us, he
looks at us through the blood of Jesus Christ. He does not
see your sins; he only sees your perfection, which is in
Christ Jesus. Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is
the Kingdom of Heaven. AMEN.
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