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Members‘Poor in Spirit’ and ‘Meek’ in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)

Humbleness and meekness are a precondition for receiving divine blessing.

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Some 2,000 years ago, when multitudes of Jews gathered around the Lord Yeshua upon an unknown mount near the Sea of Galilee, thousands had the opportunity to hear the teachings of the Son of God. There the divine Master delivered a unique sermon, known as the Sermon on the Mount, composed of three meaningful chapters (5, 6 and 7) in the Gospel of Matthew.

His very first saying was: “Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (Matt. 5:3). Then, only two verses later, the Lord taught:  “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth” (Matt. 5:5).

The two terms of ‘poor in spirit’ and ‘meek,’ in such a proximity, might at first glance appear to be very similar or perhaps a kind of a synonym. However, in reality, these two utterances express distinct characteristics and contain different meanings.

 

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One response to “‘Poor in Spirit’ and ‘Meek’ in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5)”

  1. Ken Kuhlmann says:

    Blessed are the poor in spirit and blessed are the meek certainly opens up the amazing way that GOD has designed the manifestation of His work in the life of each person He redeems from the curse of sin.
    Psalm 37, a Psalm of David lays out for each person who reads it the result for the one who trusts 100% in GOD who created the Heavens and Earth; the GOD of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; the same GOD who watches over Israel for HIS plan and purpose.
    What is that result you ask? That you would come to know that same GOD that Adam and Eve knew, that Abraham knew, that Moses knew, that Paul of Tarsus knew, that John the Apostle knew and everyone else who makes up the company of the redeemed, Rev 5:1-14. Isaiah 64.

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