The text is Matthew 5:3-5 if you can turn your bible to the page or are using your Bible App. I will link to the scriptures used to further inspire the meaning of the text as we go along together. My definitions come from the Strongest NASB Exhaustive Concordance and the dictionary.
Matthew 5:3 says, "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for their's is the kingdom of heaven."
The meaning of "poor in spirit":
The Greek meaning of poor used in this text is: to be worthless,, one who crouches and cowers, a poor man.
After prayer and asking Jesus for wisdom and understanding it was revealed to me what He meant by being poor in spirit. This means that we have realized our worthlessness in the strength of our own spirit to overcome our sins (flesh desires), and defeat the principalities that battle against us. It further means that in our realization of our worthlessness, we totally surrender our lives because Christ Jesus paid the price for our sins and also defeated Satan through His resurrection, becoming a bond-servant to the Holy Spirit, who now has made us new creations, dependent on God's word as both bread and living water to provide daily continual strength.
The reward for us is God's kingdom, heaven. This is eternal life. Our souls will live on in eternal promise of life before our Father in heaven as brother's and sister's in Christ. No matter what we face, even unto death physically, we will live on eternally, because we have faith in what we believe and live out. We cannot do it apart from God's strength because we are worthless and poor in spirit without the Holy Spirit leading our lives.
Matthew 5:4 says, "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted."
Meaning of "mourn":
The Greek meaning of the word mourn in the text is: to lament.
The English meaning of lament is:" to express regret or disappointment over something considered unsatisfactory, unreasonable, or unfair."
This is often misunderstood to only mean mourning over a person who has physically died. The actual meaning goes deeper. To mourn her in the context of the attitude of a Christian, is a lamentation to God, because the stirring of the Holy Spirit within those that have Him within them. Their heart has changed into that of a repentant servant whose deepest desires have changed into being Christ-like in all aspects of their lives. This is a response to an unsettling of the Holy Spirit telling us when something isn't up to His standard in our lives. This includes what we see, hear or do in our lives. God has a 360 degree view in High Definition to our thoughts, and what we listen to, see happening (including TV and internet), and what we do. (1 Corinthians 10:31)
The meaning of comfort: to call for to exhort, to encourage-appeal : exhort-strongly encourage or urge someone to do something.
The bible says that believers that have came to a personal relationship with Jesus, no longer live in condemnation (Romans 8). This comfort is strong encouragement to urge us to do His perfect will in obedience of His commandments. His Spirit within us causes us to call out in respoinse to what God says that does not line up with the Word of Truth.
Matthew 5:5 says, "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth."
The Greek meaning of the word meek is: to be lowly in spirit, humble
The Greek meaning of the word inherit is: speaking of an inheritance (present tense)
The Greek meaning of the word earth is: the land--country--nations
Being meek means :lowly in spirit,: it means that our own will in our lives have became smaller than the will of the Holy Spirit living within us. We have taken ourselves out of every situation and let the Holy Spirit within us work to guide others to the love of Jesus through the Gospel. Micah 6:8 says, "He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD (Yahweh) require of you but to do justice, and love kindness, and walk humbly with your God?"
Remember, we have realized our weakness, and need for salvation. In this we have called upon the LORD and believed in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and became His bond-servant, to do His will in total surrender to our Father through Adoption (Ephesians 1). We have humbled ourselves by taking ourselves out of everything life throws our way, and are letting the Holy Spirit within us do the work of showing His love and sharing the truth of the Gospel to the world because He is directing our paths.(Proverbs 3:6; 16:11; Psalms 119:105)
Our inheritance on earth is seeing those who are lost realize their need to repent and turn to Jesus and be reborn as new creations in Christ Jesus, because we have demonstrated what it is to live out a lifestyle set apart as a Christian.
Tomorrow is the continuation of the "Be-Attitudes" of a Christian, is to "hunger and thirst after righteousness" Matthew 5:6. Also if you can read or listen to 1 Peter 2:21-25; 2 Corinthians 3:1-18; John 13:12-15, John 15: 9-11; 1 John 2:6; Colossians 3:13...
Matthew 5:3 says, "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for their's is the kingdom of heaven."
The meaning of "poor in spirit":
The Greek meaning of poor used in this text is: to be worthless,, one who crouches and cowers, a poor man.
After prayer and asking Jesus for wisdom and understanding it was revealed to me what He meant by being poor in spirit. This means that we have realized our worthlessness in the strength of our own spirit to overcome our sins (flesh desires), and defeat the principalities that battle against us. It further means that in our realization of our worthlessness, we totally surrender our lives because Christ Jesus paid the price for our sins and also defeated Satan through His resurrection, becoming a bond-servant to the Holy Spirit, who now has made us new creations, dependent on God's word as both bread and living water to provide daily continual strength.
The reward for us is God's kingdom, heaven. This is eternal life. Our souls will live on in eternal promise of life before our Father in heaven as brother's and sister's in Christ. No matter what we face, even unto death physically, we will live on eternally, because we have faith in what we believe and live out. We cannot do it apart from God's strength because we are worthless and poor in spirit without the Holy Spirit leading our lives.
Matthew 5:4 says, "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted."
Meaning of "mourn":
The Greek meaning of the word mourn in the text is: to lament.
The English meaning of lament is:" to express regret or disappointment over something considered unsatisfactory, unreasonable, or unfair."
This is often misunderstood to only mean mourning over a person who has physically died. The actual meaning goes deeper. To mourn her in the context of the attitude of a Christian, is a lamentation to God, because the stirring of the Holy Spirit within those that have Him within them. Their heart has changed into that of a repentant servant whose deepest desires have changed into being Christ-like in all aspects of their lives. This is a response to an unsettling of the Holy Spirit telling us when something isn't up to His standard in our lives. This includes what we see, hear or do in our lives. God has a 360 degree view in High Definition to our thoughts, and what we listen to, see happening (including TV and internet), and what we do. (1 Corinthians 10:31)
The meaning of comfort: to call for to exhort, to encourage-appeal : exhort-strongly encourage or urge someone to do something.
The bible says that believers that have came to a personal relationship with Jesus, no longer live in condemnation (Romans 8). This comfort is strong encouragement to urge us to do His perfect will in obedience of His commandments. His Spirit within us causes us to call out in respoinse to what God says that does not line up with the Word of Truth.
Matthew 5:5 says, "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth."
The Greek meaning of the word meek is: to be lowly in spirit, humble
The Greek meaning of the word inherit is: speaking of an inheritance (present tense)
The Greek meaning of the word earth is: the land--country--nations
Being meek means :lowly in spirit,: it means that our own will in our lives have became smaller than the will of the Holy Spirit living within us. We have taken ourselves out of every situation and let the Holy Spirit within us work to guide others to the love of Jesus through the Gospel. Micah 6:8 says, "He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD (Yahweh) require of you but to do justice, and love kindness, and walk humbly with your God?"
Remember, we have realized our weakness, and need for salvation. In this we have called upon the LORD and believed in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and became His bond-servant, to do His will in total surrender to our Father through Adoption (Ephesians 1). We have humbled ourselves by taking ourselves out of everything life throws our way, and are letting the Holy Spirit within us do the work of showing His love and sharing the truth of the Gospel to the world because He is directing our paths.(Proverbs 3:6; 16:11; Psalms 119:105)
Our inheritance on earth is seeing those who are lost realize their need to repent and turn to Jesus and be reborn as new creations in Christ Jesus, because we have demonstrated what it is to live out a lifestyle set apart as a Christian.
Tomorrow is the continuation of the "Be-Attitudes" of a Christian, is to "hunger and thirst after righteousness" Matthew 5:6. Also if you can read or listen to 1 Peter 2:21-25; 2 Corinthians 3:1-18; John 13:12-15, John 15: 9-11; 1 John 2:6; Colossians 3:13...
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