THE BEATITUDES - “Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven,

On THE BEATITUDES

It’s best known collection of sayings and teachings of Jesus - the Sermon on the Mount.

The Beatitudes are the set of teachings by Jesus that begin "Blessed are...", and appear in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. The term beatitude comes from the Latin adjective beātitūdō which means "happy", "fortunate", or "blissful". In the Vulgate (Latin), the book of Mathew titles this section Beatitudines, and "Beatitudes" was anglicized from that term.

The Beatitudes

Matthew 5

And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him.

2 Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying:

3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit,

                For theirs is the kingdom of heaven,

4 Blessed are those who mourn,

                For they shall be comforted.

5 Blessed are the meek,

                For they shall inherit the earth.

6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for

                righteousness,

                For they shall be filled.

7 Blessed are the merciful,

                For they shall obtain mercy.

8 Blessed are the pure in heart,

                For they shall see God.

9 Blessed are the peacemakers,

                For they shall be called sons of God.

10 Blessed are those who are persecuted for

                righteousness’ sake,

                For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake.

12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

The Blessings are used in a definite article (“THE”) for 2-8 and (“THOSE”) for 10^th and specifically narrowing down to (“YOU”) on 11^th verse.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit,

                For theirs is the kingdom of heaven,

The First Blessing are for those who are poor in spirit – Now the poor in spirit is explained in many ways, but there is this saying from - The Bible account of Jesus' prayer in Gethsemane. Matthew Ch.26:41.

 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

For much as one wishes to achieve something, the frailties of the human body often make it impossible.

1 Timothy 4:8 NIV

For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.

Romans 8:26 NIV

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.

Romans 12:2 (KJV)

2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Galatians 5:16-25 

But I say, live by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh. 

17 For the flesh has desires that are opposed to the Spirit, and the Spirit has desires that are opposed to the flesh, for these are in opposition to each other, so that you cannot do what you want. 

18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law

Luke 4:18-19 

18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,

    because he has anointed me

    to proclaim good news to the poor.

He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners

    and recovery of sight for the blind,

to set the oppressed free,

19     to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

Have A Poor Spirit and A Blessed Day Ahead.